Associate Attorney at Fishman Stewart PLLC (2025-01 – Present)
Associate Attorney providing comprehensive trademark and intellectual property services
- Advise clients on strategic brand protection and intellectual property rights across domestic and international markets
- Provide comprehensive trademark services supporting all phases of brand development, protection, enforcement, and growth
- Perform reviews of trademark portfolios
- Manage domestic and international trademark prosecution, including clearance searches and filing strategies
- Conduct trademark policing and enforcement, including cease-and-desist correspondence and conflict resolution
- Support trademark litigation matters and coordinate with internal and external partners
- Negotiate trademark agreements and lead dispute-resolution efforts
- Perform due diligence reviews for acquisitions involving trademarks and other intellectual property rights
Senior Trademark Attorney at LZ Legal Services (2021-05 – 2025-01)
Senior Trademark Attorney managing trademark portfolio and client education
- Educate clients about the USPTO trademark registration process, their trademark rights and how to protect those rights
- Perform comprehensive clearance research on potential trademarks and provide opinion letters regarding a mark's ability to register
- File trademark applications on behalf of my clients
- Respond to USPTO Office Actions on behalf of my clients
- Negotiate with third parties on behalf of clients regarding intellectual property rights
- Draft and revise various trademark agreements and assignments
- Manage a significant caseload of active trademark applications in a fast-paced working environment
- Mentor, coach, and support junior attorneys
- Assist with development of training materials and development of new business offerings
Solo Practitioner (part-time) at Royal Trademark Law Services (2019-06 – 2021-05)
Solo practitioner providing trademark services
- Negotiate trademark agreements and lead dispute-resolution efforts
- Prosecute trademarks, perform clearance searches, and maintain existing registrations
Permitting and Right-of-Way Consultant at Black & Veatch, Inc (2017-07 – 2021-05)
Consultant managing permits and right-of-way acquisition for construction projects
- Research, identify, and obtain required permits for ongoing construction projects
- Develop scope of work, review bids, and manage subcontractors for environmental surveying and permitting
- Research and identify right-of-way acquisition needs for ongoing construction projects
- Manage environmental compliance programs for large-scale construction projects
- Manage right-of-way subcontractors to identify and obtain the required right-of-way for ongoing construction projects
Trust Compliance Manager at Commerce Bank (2015-07 – 2017-07)
Manager overseeing compliance programs for Commerce Trust Company
- Manage compliance program for Commerce Trust Company
- Perform, develop, and update compliance testing of business line processes and procedures
- Coordinate with business line leaders to address findings from compliance testing and address gaps in processes and procedures
- Prepare for, facilitate, and follow-up on findings from regulatory examinations
- Act as liaison between regulating authorities and C-suite members of Commerce Trust Company
- Perform and update risk assessments for each business line
