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Curriculum Vitae
TRIAL EXPERIENCE:
- Argued before the Tennessee General Sessions Court,
State Circuit Court, State Chancery Court, State Criminal Court, State
Court of Appeals, and Federal District Court.
- Prepared pleadings and motions in the Tennessee
General Sessions Court, State Circuit Court, State Chancery Court, and
Federal District Court.
- Prepared Appellate Brief and argued before the State
Court of Appeals.
- Prepared Request For Permission To Appeal to the
Tennessee State Supreme Court.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY EXPERIENCE:
- Prepared and filed numerous trademark applications
with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.
- Prosecuted trademark applications and office
actions.
- Prepared trademark oppositions and petitions of
trademark cancellation.
- Prepared and negotiated trademark assignments.
- Prepared pleadings in trademark, right of publicity
and unfair competition litigation.
- Negotiated settlements in various trademark, right
of publicity and unfair competition lawsuits.
- Prepared and filed numerous copyright registrations
with U.S. Copyright Office.
- Prepared and negotiated copyright assignments.
- Prepared pleadings for copyright infringement
actions.
- Prepared and filed numerous copyright renewals for
various pre 1978 musical compositions.
- Negotiated settlements in copyright infringement
litigation.
- Prepare domain name oppositions and actions to
recover domain names.
- Negotiated settlements in domain name disputes.
- Prepared and negotiated software licensing
agreements.
- Online research experience in all areas of
intellectual property, excluding patents.
CONTRACT EXPERIENCE:
- Prepared and negotiated publishing agreements.
- Prepared and negotiated management agreements.
- Prepared and negotiated exclusive songwriting
agreements.
- Prepared and negotiated artist recording agreements.
- Prepared and negotiated merchandising agreements.
- Prepared and negotiated concert tour promotion
agreements.
- Prepared and negotiated production agreements.
- Prepared and negotiated distribution agreements.
- Prepared and negotiated participation agreements.
- Prepared and negotiated affiliation agreements.
- Prepared and negotiated sponsorship agreements.
- Prepared and negotiated spokesperson agreements.
- Prepared and negotiated sub-publishing agreements.
- Prepared and negotiated affiliation agreements.
- Prepared and negotiated letters of direction.
- Prepared and negotiated business management
agreements.
- Prepared and negotiated employment agreements.
- Prepared and negotiated licensing agreements.
- Prepared and negotiated copyright and trademark
assignments.
- Prepared and negotiated mechanical licenses.
- Prepared BMI, ASCAP, and SESAC membership
agreements.
GENERAL BUSINESS:
- Formed corporations, partnerships, limited
partnerships and limited liability companies for entertainment and non
entertainment entities.
- Formed non-profit corporations.
- Prepared bylaws and articles of organization.
- Prepared annual reports.
- Prepared business plans.
EDUCATION:
- Juris Doctor, University of Tennessee College of
Law, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1995 Honors and Activities: James C. Kirby,
Jr. and Barbara Eggleston Kirby Academic Scholarship; National Trial
Team; American Jurisprudence Award, Civil Advocacy; Academic
Excellence Award, Civil Advocacy; Dean's List, four semesters; Student
Bar Association, career services committee, special events chairman;
Dean's Advisory Committee, 1994-95; Sports and Entertainment Law
Society, co-founder, vice-president 1993-94, president 1994-95
- Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.
1993 Summer Law Program in Florence, Italy: International Law &
Business
- Bachelor of Science, University of Miami, Coral
Gables, Florida, cum laude, 1992; Major in Communication, Minor
in Music Merchandising & Industry; GPA: 3.7 / 4.0 Honors and
Activities: Dean's List, four semesters; University of Miami Honors
Program, three years; Golden Key National Honor Society; National
Speakers Association Competition, finalist
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES, ASSOCIATIONS
- Licensed to practice law in Tennessee on October 16,
1995.
- Cases tried in other states on pro hac vice basis.
- Adjunct Professor of Intellectual Property, Belmont University.
MEMBER
- American Bar Association, Entertainment & Sports Section
- Tennessee Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section
- Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association
- Nashville Bar Association, Sports & Entertainment Law Section
COMMUNITY SERVICE
- ACT I Theatre
- Nashville Publisher's Network
- Nashville Entertainment Association
| Not certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the Tennessee Commission on
Continuing Legal Education and Specialization. Certification as a copyright,
trademark, contract and entertainment specialist is not currently available in Tennessee. |
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