Admitted to Practice | Washington, 2008 | | U.S. District Court Western District of Washington, 2008 |
| Noelle focuses her practice on content, intellectual property, and technology licensing and commercial transactions, particularly in the media and communications sectors. Noelle’s experience includes drafting and negotiating a variety of agreements, as well as counseling clients on a range of issues, including defamation, copyright, privacy, trademarks, right of publicity, pre-publication review, and First Amendment issues. Noelle also has experience litigating copyright, defamation, and First Amendment matters in state and federal court.
Practice Highlights
- Advocate for First Amendment right of theaters and related artists to perform plays that include theatrical smoking
- Defense of copyright infringement for media clients in film and television
- Trademark enforcement for clients in a variety of industries
Selected Experience Theatre Communications Group 2010 Represented Theatre Communications Group, which includes 476 theaters, as amicus in support of First Amendment challenge to Colorado law outlawing theatrical smoking. (09-1118) Read the amicus brief.Closely held corporation 2009 Defended closely held corporation and its officers against complex claims by a former shareholder relating to share restriction agreements, stock pledges, and claims of misrepresentation. Successfully resolved at mediation after depositions in four states. (U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 2009) 2008 Drafted expert opinion at the request of defendants on U.S. intellectual property issues with respect to a 2008 lawsuit in the United Kingdom High Court alleging infringement of copyrights and trademarks in costumes for the movie "Star Wars." Additional Qualifications
- Summer Associate, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, Wash., 2006
- Legal Intern, Arts and Cultural Institutions, Office of the City Attorney, San Francisco, Calif., 2005
- Bailiff to Hon. Helen L. Halpert, King County Superior Court, Seattle, Wash., 2004
- Artist Manager, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, N.Y., 2000-2002
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Professional and Community Activities Education J.D., Columbia University School of Law, 2007
- Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
- Joseph Solomon Fellow, Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts
- George W. Ellis Fellow
- Submissions & Notes Editor, Columbia Human Rights Law Review
B.A., History of Art, Italian, Middlebury College, 2000, cum laude
- Dillon Dunwalke Fellow
- Study abroad: Universita di Firenze, Italy; University of St. Andrews, Scotland
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