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Chicago, Illinois, Us

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Member of the Data Management Legal team, providing thought leadership, guidance, and legal support to McKinsey's internal functions and client-serving teams on data risk, data management, data privacy, and artificial intelligence.Provides legal support and thought partnership to McKinsey.org (a philanthropic initiative of McKinsey) in its mission to help unlock the full potential of nonprofits.

Bridgewater, New Jersey, Us

Counsels clients on contentious and non-contentious intellectual property matters, with a focus on domestic and international trademark prosecution, copyright and trademark enforcement, licensing, and right of publicity matters. Works with clients to find creative solutions for the selection, registration, use, and protection of their intellectual property rights. Advises clients on all phases of litigation, including pleadings, sophisticated fact and e-discovery, motion practice, argument, mediation, and trial. Appears in federal courts, the state courts of New York and California, and before the USPTO’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Represents clients in cases involving trademark and copyright infringement, false advertising, commercial disparagement, business torts, deceptive trade practices, Lanham Act claims, state and federal unfair competition laws, and other business disputes.

Advised clients on a variety of litigation and transactional matters related to the clearance, prosecution, licensing and enforcement of trademark, copyright, and related rights. Appears in state and federal court and before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Focused practice on complex insurance coverage matters and bad faith litigation. Represented insurance carriers in a variety of insurance coverage issues, including cases arising out of first- and third-party claims involving primary liability policies, negligence and professional liability claims. Managed a large-scale e-discovery project overseeing 5 document reviewers.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Practiced in the areas of labor and employment, intellectual property, business litigation, construction litigation, and entertainment, but concentrated her practice on product liability and toxic tort litigation. Manged active caseload with limited oversight. Routinely participated in all phases of litigation including conducting discovery, drafting pleadings and motions, preparing for and taking depositions, and assisting with trial. Negotiated and drafted settlement agreements.

Represented clients in intellectual property litigation, general commercial litigation, construction litigation, and international arbitration. Assisted clients with trademark prosecutions and proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Second chaired a trial and conducted a cross examination. Drafted and filed motions, briefs, legal memoranda, and licensing agreements. Handled discovery requests, document productions, and deposition and trial preparations. Assisted with settlement and mediation negotiations. Assisted partners with court correspondence, discovery requests, document productions, and deposition preparations.

Toronto, On, Ca

Edited, researched, and published online resources for Intellectual Property & Technology, Labor & Employment, Commercial, and Antitrust services. Projects included trade secret state surveys, a trademark infringement practice note, a copyright duration flowchart, a franchise portal proposal, and antitrust standard documents. Corresponded with contributing writers.

Newark, New Jersey, Us

A fellowship position providing legal support to the Construction Law and Corporate Law Groups. Reviewed and drafted construction contracts on behalf of owners, developers, and architects. Assisted with taking depositions. Drafted motions and accompanying memoranda of law related to construction litigation. Researched and wrote memoranda on workers compensation, green building law, intellectual property, statute of limitations, and real party in interest issues. Participated in dispute resolution boards arbitration before the American Arbitration Association.

A fellowship position providing legal support to the DCA’s Legal Department. Reviewed commercial licensing, funding, and security agreements for the Capital Projects Unit. Assisted with the development of an Americans with Disabilities Act policy. Researched and drafted memoranda on the Percent for Art Law, the New York Multiple Dwelling Law, the Freedom of Information Law.

Drafted and revised contracts for independent contractors. Developed and presented an intellectual property training session for the Collections Department. Drafted memoranda on trademark prosecution, orphan works, deaccessioning, and the Unrelated Business Income Tax. Assisted with document preparation for the annual Board meeting.

Assisted the Associate General Counsel in daily operations. Assisted with document preparation for the annual Board meeting. Drafted memoranda on intellectual property issues, such as orphan works and deaccessioning. Drafted in-house policy for employees on landmark laws. Developed and presented an intellectual property training session for the Collections Department. Drafted contracts for independent contractors. Assisted in preparing documentation for immunity from seizure for an upcoming exhibition. Edited the employment policy manual in accordance with State and Federal laws.

Englewood Cliffs, Nj, Us

Conducted pre-broadcast review of business news programming and paid programming. Vetted scripts for Mad Money. Reviewed, approved, and drafted documents for licensing requests. Drafted contracts for television/website productions. Reviewed third party materials in past programming for compliance with fair use, copyright, and trademark policies.

J.D., Intellectual Property

B.A., International Studies

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