Experience

Rating: 10.0 (Superb)

Honors

2014

The World's Leading Trademark Professionals, World Trademark Review

2013

The World's Leading Trademark Professionals, World Trademark Review

2011

Rising Star, Minnesota Law & Politics Magazine

2010

Author of the Year - E-commerce USA, Lexology (Association of Corporate Counsel)

2009

Pro Bono Scales of Justice Award, Dorsey & Whitney LLP

2005

Rising Star, Minnesota Law & Politics Magazine

1996

Prosser Prize - Copyright and Unfair Competition, University of California, Berkeley School of Law

1996

Prosser Prize - Advanced Legal Research, University of California, Berkeley School of Law

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Work Experience

2013 - Present

Chair, Privacy and Social Media Practice Group, Dorsey & Whitney, LLP

1997 - Present

Partner, Dorsey & Whitney LLP

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Associations

2010 - Present

The Works

Vice Chair, Board of Directors

2009 - Present

Minnesota State Bar Association, Computer and Technology Law Section

Section Council Member

1997 - Present

Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association

Member

2013 - 2014

Minneosota State Bar Association, Computer & Technology Law Section

Chair

2012 - 2013

Minnesota State Bar Association, Computer and Technology Law Section

Vice Chair

2011 - 2012

Minnesota State Bar Association, Computer and Technology Law Section

Treasurer

2011 - 2013

Minnesota Women Lawyers

Co-Chair, Communications Committee

2010 - 2013

International Trademark Association

Internet Committee (Web 2.0 Working Group)

2010 - 2011

Minnesota State Bar Association, Computer & Technology Law Section

Secretary

2009 - 2011

Minnesota Women Lawyers

Technology Committee Member

2008 - 2009

Minnesota Women Lawyers

Leadership Committee Member

1999 - 2003

Minnesota Justice Foundation

Board of Directors

1998 - 1999

Hennepin County Bar Association, New Lawyers Section

Professionalism Director

1998 - 1999

Hennepin County Bar Association

Governing Council Member

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Education

1997

University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1991

Stanford University

BA - Bachelor of Arts

N/A

Northwestern University School of Law

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Speaking Engagements

2012

Zenith Social Media Conference Social Media & The Law

2012

Minnesota State Bar Association, Computer and Technology Law Section Protecting Your Trademarks in the Domain Name Big Bang

2011

Women Attorneys on the Cutting Edge: Standing Out and Staying Relevant in the New Economy

The Insider's Perspective: How to Navigate and Find Success Within Your Own Organization

2011

West LegalEdCenter Breakneck Speed: 10 Hot Topics on Internet and Privacy Law

2011

Nonprofit Communicators Workshop

Un-Risky Business: Protecting Your Organization in the Online World

2011

National Cooperative Business Association Purchasing Co-op Annual Meeting

Social Networking and Privacy

2011

National Cooperative Business Association Annual Meeting

Protecting Your Co-op in the Online World

2011

Minnesota State Bar Association, Computer and Technology Law Section

Google+ Puts Facebook in Check and Facebook Moves Its King

2011

Minnesota State Bar Association Hand-held Devices & Privacy: We Know What You Read, Bought, Watched, Ate and Emailed Last Summer - Are You Scared?

2011

Computer & Technology Law Institute

There is No Law, There's Only Facebook

2010

Technology Law Conference New Developments in Keyword Advertising

2010

NALS Region 5 Conference

The Good, the Bad & the Ugly: Business Use of Social Networks

2010

INTA Roundtable

Policing Trademarks on the Internet and the Web 2.0

2010

ABA CLE

Don't Forget to Hit the Refresh Button: The Law of Keyword Advertising Changes Again

2009

Society for Marketing Professional Services

2009

Minnesota State Bar Association Computer & Technology Law Section Meeting

Beyond the Crawl Frontier: Keyword-Linked Advertising and Trademark Infringement

2009

INTA Roundtable

Madrid Protocol - A View From the U.S.

2009

Finding Your Tweetzone: Balancing the Benefits and Risks of Business Social Networking

Finding Your Tweetzone: Balancing the Benefits and Risks of Business Social Networking

2009

Dorsey & Whitney LLP Client CLE

Your Business in 140 Characters or Less: Overview of Legal Issues and Business Considerations in Social Networking

2009

Computer & Technology Law Institute

Keyword Advertising: Courts Search for “Trademark Protection”; Google Comes Up With No Results

2008

Dorsey & Whitney LLP Corporate Counsel Symposium

Tasting, Kiting, Phishing and Pharming: IP Law Goes Online

2006

Law Seminars International

Trademark and Franchise Licensing: The Fine and Uncertain Line Between Too Much and Not Enough Licensor Control

2005

Dorsey Corporate Counsel Symposium

IP Strategies and Patent Reform: Where We Are, Where We're Going, and New Problems to Worry About

2004

Trademark Staff Training

International Trademark Law - Nothing Sucks Like an Electrolux

2003

Mergers and Acquisitions practice group

Trademark Due Diligence

2002

Trademark Staff Training

Handling Domain Name Disputes

2002

Art Institutes International Minnesota

2001

William Mitchell College of Law

Internet Roundtable

2001

Minnesota CLE

Pointing Their Browser Your Way: Developing Business and Preventing Cybersquatting Through Strategic Registration of Domain Names

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Publications

2012

Dorsey & Whitney e-Update Planning for Proliferation: Delays in the Expansion of Generic Top Level Domain Names Create Additional Time to Protect Your Company’s Rights

2011

Dorsey & Whitney eUpdate .XXXcluding Your Brand from the Online Adult Entertainment Industry

2010

Landslide Magazine Heads You Win, Tails You Lose: Striving to Make Sense of Keyword Advertising Cases Post Rescuecom

2010

Dorsey & Whitney LLP e-Updates Facebook Places Has Checked-in: Brand Owners Should Consider Proactively Setting Up Pages to Prevent Unfixable Errors

2010

Dorsey & Whitney LLP e-Update Blogging, Online Employee Comments, and Online Endorsements: Complying with the FTC’s New Guidelines Just Got Easier

2009

ADWEEK Web 3.0 Free-for-All

2009

Dorsey & Whitney LLP eUpdate Brand Owners and U.S. Government Tell ICANN: Domain Name Plan Will Confuse Consumers and Hurt Us – Especially in These Tough Economic Times

2009

Dorsey & Whitney LLP eUpdate Don’t Just Close Your Eyes and Leap: Top Five Issues in the Facebook Terms of Use

2009

Dorsey & Whitney LLP eUpdate Keyword Advertising after Rescuecom: Predictability Remains Elusive

2009

Dorsey & Whitney eUpdate Internationalized Domain Name Process Launched November 16, 2009

2008

Dorsey & Whitney LLP eUpdate Web Free-For-All on the Horizon – Brand Owners Should Begin Planning Their Defensive Strategy Now

2008

Dorsey & Whitney LLP eUpdate Domain Name Alert: Ringing Up The New .tel Top-Level Domain Name: One of Many TLDs to Come

2008

E-Commerce Law Report Protecting Your Brand in DotChaos -- Overview of the New Generic Top Level Domain Name Application Process and Updates from ICANN's November 2008 Meeting in Cairo

2006

Computer Law News Internet Governing Body ICANN Approves Next Generation of Top Level Domain Names

2003

Young Lawyer Successful Trademark Practice

1997

Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. Time to Pay Up: Internet Service Providers Universal Service Obligations Under the Telecommunications Act of 1996

1993

Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal Software Look and Feel Protection in the 1990s

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Languages

English

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