Representative Experience
Trademark, unfair competition, false advertising, copyright, art law, patent appeals
Extensive experience in grey market goods litigation
General litigation, including white collar, regulatory, contract, and the Fair Credit Reporting Act
Practicing before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) arbitrations
Prior Experience
Associate, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, New York
Summer Associate, Proskauer Rose LLP,
New York, New York
Intern, The Honorable John G. Koeltl, U.S.D.J., Southern District of New York
Publications and Presentations
Co-author, “Using IP Laws to Prevent Parallel Imports,” National CLE Conference, Aspen, CO, January 2006
Note, “’Recognized Stature’ in the Visual Artists Rights Act,” 68 Fordham Law Review 1935, April 2000
“Paul Baudry and the Paris Opera: ‘The Artist as “Renovateur,’” The Art Journal, Spring 1987
Memberships and Activities
Committee on Fine Arts for the NYSBA
General Counsel, Private Art Dealers Association (PADA)
New York Bar, Southern District of New York, Eastern District of New York
Fellow, Pierpont Morgan Library
Education
J.D., Fordham University School of Law, 2001
- Editor-in-Chief, Fordham Law Review
PhD Candidate, London University, Courtauld Institute of Art, 1979 - All But Dissertation
M.A. in Modern History, Oxford University, 1997
B.A. in Modern History, Oxford University, 1979
Languages
Fluent in French, reading knowledge of Italian
