Areas of Practice
Intellectual Property; Broadcast; Cable TV; Media; Internet & eCommerce; Entertainment; Advertising & Marketing Law

Representative Experience
Advises and represents clients before the U.S. Trademark and Copyright Offices, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and federal court in connection with trademark and copyright licensing and infringement matters

Represents broadcast and cable television clients at the Federal Communications Commission and in connection with a variety of transactional and regulatory matters, including ownership, attribution and political broadcasting/cablecasting issues

Advises clients on legal issues relating to music licensing, Internet gambling and potential liability for defamation, obscenity and indecency

Advises IPTV clients and others on copyright/fair use, trademark/domain names, terms of use, and other Internet-related intellectual property issues

Worked with a group of domain name registrars in connection with their efforts to maintain competition in the secondary market for domain names

Served as an expert witness in both Bermuda and Canada on cable and Internet music licensing issues

Represented a trade association in U.S./Canadian border broadcasting dispute before the Office of U.S. Trade Representative

Prior Experience
Partner, Cole, Raywid & Braverman LLP, 1986-2006

Associate, Cole, Raywid & Braverman LLP, 1980-1985

Publications and Presentations
Co-author, “The FCC’s Main Studio Rule: Achieving Little for Localism at a Great Cost to Broadcasters,” Federal Communications Law Journal, May 2001

Co-author, “FCC Content Regulation of Cable Programming Networks in the Areas of Indecent/Obscene Programming and Children’s Programming,” in PLI Program on Cable Television Law 2005: Competition in Video, Internet & Telephony

Panelist, Entertainment Law in Review Seminar, presented annually before DC Bar and other groups

Panelist, “Clients and Contracts in the Entertainment Industry,” co-sponsored by the Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts (WALA), the DC Bar’s Arts, Entertainment, & Sports Law Section and WAMA (Washington Area Musicians Association)

Panelist, “The World Is Your Audience—Internet business ideas for network, cable and radio,” sponsored by American Women in Radio & Television, Washington, DC Chapter

Memberships and Activities
District of Columbia Bar

American Bar Association

Federal Communications Bar Association

International Trademark Association

The Copyright Society

American Intellectual Property Law Association

National Association of Broadcasters (Associate Member)

Education
J.D., Northwestern University, 1980

M.A. in Communications, Northwestern University, 1976

B.A., New College, Sarasota, FL, 1973