Professional Activities
Pennsylvania Bar Association Review and Certifying Board, member
International Trademark Association
Ballard Spahr's Hiring Committee
Recognition & Accomplishments
Recognized as one of the "Best of the Bar" by the Philadelphia Business Journal for 2020
Chambers USA, intellectual property law, 2010-2017
Benchmark Litigation, "Local Litigation Star," Intellectual Property, 2017-2021; named one of the "Top 250 Women in Litigation," 2017-2018
Recognized as one of "IP Stars" in Pennsylvania by Managing Intellectual Property magazine, 2013, 2019-2020; named one of the "Top 250 Women in IP," 2013
Publications
Co-author, "Do Not Be Blindsided by SideWiki," myCorporateResource.com, November 20, 2009
Co-author, U.S. Trade Dress Law: A Primer for the New Millennium, with Glenn Mitchell, Steven J. Wadyka, Jr., and Melissa J. Lee, 2002
Speaking Engagements
"Ethics in Social Media," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 8th Annual Intellectual Property Law Institute, Philadelphia, April 9, 2014
"Web Suffix Explosion May Create .Concern: Strategies for Protecting Brands and Enhancing Data Security," Ballard Spahr webinar, January 13, 2014
"Facebook, Twitter, and Blogging…Oh MySpace! Legal Issues with Social Networking Sites," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, December 2010
Program planner and presenter, "IP Law and Its Intersection with Social Media," Pennsylvania Bar Institute's Intellectual Property Defense in an Age of Social Media CLE Program, Philadelphia, October 6, 2010; and Pittsburgh, September 29, 2010
"Facebook, Twitter, and Blogging…Oh MySpace! Legal Issues with Social Networking Sites," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, March 2010 and November 2009; Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, April 2010
"IP and the Internet: The story of GROW AND GO, the Fictional Drink of the Summer Games," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, November 2008, and at a Ballard Spahr CLE Program, Philadelphia, June 2008
"Hey, Knock It Off: Protecting Fashion Designs," University of Delaware (guest lecturer), February 2007
"Trial Advocacy," Villanova Law School (guest lecturer), November 2005
"Parody: Barbie is a Slut and Other Slurs Against Iconic Marketing Figures," University of Delaware (guest lecturer), Spring 2003
"Role of Counsel in Copyright Infringement: Download This! The Latest in Online Copyright Infringement," Ballard Spahr program, December 2003
"Right of Publicity," Intellectual Property Breakfast Seminar, Ballard Spahr, November 2002
"Protecting Websites and Graphical User Interfaces with Trade Dress Law," Intellectual Property Breakfast Seminar, Ballard Spahr, November 2001
Board Memberships
ALS Association, Greater Philadelphia Chapter