Hi, I’m Autumn. I’m an experienced lawyer who helps high-achieving and ambitious entrepreneurs reach their big goals, faster and smarter.
Ready to make a meaningful impact with your business? We work with the leaders of the most dynamic businesses in the new economy, including, to name just a few:
• Being Boss
• Boss Mom
• Mary Beth Storjohann of Workable Wealth
• Reina Pomeroy of Reina + Co.
• Braid Creative & Consulting
• Indie Shopography
• Stacy Tuschl of She’s Building Her Empire
• Jenni Waldrop of Fuzzy & Birch and Etsy Academy
• Shawn Fink of Abundant Mama
• Biddy Tarot
The Law Office of Autumn Witt Boyd is the go-to law firm for creative and online business owners.
We love helping businesses as their general counsel, meeting regularly to give guidance and focused decisionmaking, proactively, as a key advisor for the executive team.
We have special expertise in protecting brands, by registering trademarks and copyrights, and advising clients on intellectual property matters.
We also work with businesses to get started on the right foot, create airtight contracts, and understand their legal issues in plain English.
YOUR LEGAL PARTNER
If you’re looking for the best law firm in the online space, you’re in the right place. My support team and I are ready to give you strategic legal advice, so you can stop worrying and focus on building the business of your dreams.
We’re not the lowest-priced law firm serving online entrepreneurs, although we do think we provide the best value.
Any lawyer can set up an LLC or draft a contract, and you can hire LegalZoom to file a trademark registration application. But we’re not just order takers.
Where we stand out is providing high-level counsel to business owners. We ask a lot of questions and really take the time to get to know you, your business, and the mark you want to make on the world.
When you come to us for a new contract, for example, we don’t just create the contract you think you need. We help you figure out what kind of contract you really need to accomplish your end goal (if you actually need one at all), how to use it, navigate any negotiations, learn when you might need to change it, and tell you potential problems to watch out for. We’ll also help you decide what to do when an issue you never could have predicted comes up. And, of course, we’ll also write a great contract for you.
This is our approach for every client and every legal issue.
Practice areas
• Guide small and online companies in managing intellectual property rights and licensing deals • Register copyrights with US Copyright Office • Register trademarks with US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) • Handle trademark office action responses and opposition and cancellation proceedings in front of USPTO • Send cease and desist letters, negotiate and file cases in federal court to stop infringement of copyrighted works and trademarks • Negotiate author agreements with publishers
17 years, 150 cases
• Guide small and online companies and individuals in negotiating and drafting contracts, making strategic business decisions, collaborations, partnerships and joint ventures, liability protection, dispute resolution, and compliance with complex laws
15 years, 50 cases
• Guide online and e-commerce companies and individuals in selling and protecting their digital products, e-courses, and content, including compliance with complex laws • Website audits
6 years
• Send cease and desist letters, negotiate and file cases in federal court to stop infringement of trademarks • Handle trademark registration opposition and cancellation proceedings with US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO)
6 years
• Send cease and desist letters, negotiate and file cases in federal court to stop infringement of copyrighted works
17 years, 50 cases
Languages spoken
English
State | Status | Acquired | Updated |
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TN | Active | 2004 | 12/15/2020 |
Legal answers | 0 |
Legal guides | 0 |
Award name | Grantor | Date granted |
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Rising Star - Intellectual Property | SuperLawyers | 2016 |
Order of the Coif | Order of the Coif | 2004 |
Title | Company name | Duration |
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Attorney, owner | Law Office of Autumn Witt Boyd | 2015 - Present |
Attorney | Harmon & Seidman, LLC | 2008 - 2016 |
Attorney | Chambliss Bahner & Stophel | 2006 - 2008 |
Law Clerk | Hon. Curtis L. Collier | 2004 - 2006 |
Association name | Position name | Duration |
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Chattanooga Women’s Leadership Institute | Board Member | 2017 - Present |
Tennessee Bar Association | Intellectual Property Section - Executive Committee Member | 2016 - Present |
Tennessee Volunteer Lawyers & Professionals for the Arts | N/A | 2008 - Present |
American Inns of Court | N/A | 2006 - Present |
Chattanooga Friends | Past President | 2005 - Present |
Southeast Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women | N/A | 2004 - Present |
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Copyright Society of the U.S.A. | N/A | 2009 - 2015 |
Publication name | Title | Date |
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WeddingIQ | Contracts 101: An Attorney’s Perspective on the Importance of Client Agreements | 2016 |
TheGem | All Your Copyright Questions Answered from Lawyer Autumn Witt Boyd Esq. | 2016 |
ConvertKit | Five steps every blogger should take to get legit legally | 2016 |
Chattanooga Federal Bar Association Quarterly Journal: | Blurred Lines, Substantial Similarity in the Feel of a Song | 2015 |
WePropelle | Do You Need To Set Up An LLC Or Corporation For Your Business? | 2015 |
Chattanooga Federal Bar Association Quarterly Journal | Combatting Theft of Digital Photographs and Content | 2013 |
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School name | Degree | Graduated |
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Vanderbilt University Law School | JD - Juris Doctor | 2004 |
Indiana University | Bachelor of Arts | 2001 |
Conference name | Title | Date |
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CO.STARTERS | Legal Basics for Startups | 2017 |
Altitude Summit | Why (and How) to Podcast | 2017 |
Workshop for Creative Entrepreneurs | Legal Basics for Creatives | 2016 |
Transactional Practice CLE | Intellectual Property Basics for Transactional Attorneys | 2016 |
Startup Week Chattanooga | Legal for Startups, 10 Tips to Keep You Out of Hot Water | 2015 |
Southeast Tennessee Lawyers’ Association for Women CLE | Time is Money: The Key to Maximizing Both | 2015 |
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Copyright Society of the USA, National Mid-Winter Conference | Recent developments in copyright law | 2015 |
Tennessee Bar Association Intellectual Property Seminar | Copyright registrations under fire | 2011 |
Tennessee Bar Association Intellectual Property seminar | Copyright statute of limitations, injury or discovery rule? | 2010 |
Association for Visual Arts (Chattanooga) Workshop Series | Legal issues for visual artists | 2009 |
Case name | Outcome |
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Grant Heilman Photography, Inc. v. McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings, LLC and Mcgraw-Hill School Education Holdings, LLC | Settled |
Ayelet Flynn, Intellectual property Attorney on Aug 26, 2015
Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community
I endorse this lawyer. Autumn is talented, honest, and hardworking. Her understanding of IP is second to none.
Santosh Narayan, Business Attorney on Jun 13, 2015
Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community
I endorse this lawyer. Autumn combines creative thinking with her mastery of the law; which makes her an asset to clients.
Jill Thrash, Copyright application Attorney on Mar 9, 2015
Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community
I endorse this lawyer. Autumn is intelligent, compassionate and has a great reputation in the community. She is exactly the kind of lawyer I would hire for myself if I had a copyright or intellectual property dispute.
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