Practice/Organization Description
General business / intellectual property attorney for companies and individuals in a wide variety of business industries:
• Business litigation and dispute resolution involving:
- intellectual property
- general business and contract matters
• Legal advice regarding the ownership, protection, and licensing of intellectual property:
- trademarks
- copyrights
- trade secrets and nondisclosure agreements
- privacy and publicity rights
- unfair competition and false advertising
- tech transfer from universities and government funded entities
• Negotiation and drafting of business contracts
• Legal advice regarding advertising and marketing issues
• Formulation of privacy and data security plans
• Legal matters for information technology businesses:
- software development, marketing, and protection
- internet commerce and business transactions
- internet contracts and negotiations
- online communication laws and policies
- intellectual property issues
- privacy and data security issues
Professional Associations & Memberships
American Intellectual Property Law Association
American Bar Association
Kentucky Bar Association
Fayette County Bar Association (Chair of Intellectual Property & Computer Section, 1999-2001)
Junior Achievement of the Bluegrass (Board Member, 2001-2003)
University of Kentucky Natural Products Alliance (Industry Participant, 2002-2003)
Lexington Vanderbilt Alumni Club (President, 1998-2002)
Kentucky Technology Council (Steering Committee, 2002)
Leadership Bluegrass (Graduate, Class of 1994-95)
