35 years legal experience with a multi-national law firm (5 years), in-house at a major national broadcasting company (3 years), and 28 years as an intellectual property attorney for two government agencies.
21 years at one government agency earning numerous client awards and promoted to senior counsel in the field of intellectual property, where she advised clients, worked on pre-advertising review and clearance, prosecuted trademark applications, and drafted, revised, and negotiated contracts, licenses, and agreements in the field of trademarks, copyright and rights of publicity.
Responsible for a team of seven IP lawyers and paralegals, with sole oversight of outside counsel and an annual government IP budget.
President of a very active high school parent organization with an eight-person Executive board and 83 subcommittee chairs responsible for weekly event planning, volunteer coordination, community outreach, development, and educational fund-raising.
Served on educational and local community boards coordinating volunteer teams, college alumna and parent boards, and has volunteered as a recruiter, interviewer, event planner, DEI co-chair, educational liaison and, and is a Middle School catechist and a substitute teacher for grades K-12.
Proficient at MS Office Suite, social media, and video conferencing platforms.
B.A., Magna Cum Laude, Barnard College, Columbia University; J.D., New York University School of Law