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Tony Booker is the managing attorney at the Law Offices of Tony L. Booker. Tony began his education at the University of Kansas, receiving his Bachelor’s Degree in Economics. From there, he moved on the Washburn University School of Law to receive his JD. Mr. Booker has extensive experience in the field of law, and holds a primary focus in trademark law and litigation. Mr. Booker has been highly accomplished as a trial attorney, and has also served as a mentor and a trial advocacy judge for the American Bar Association. In 2017, Mr. Booker successfully completed Harvard Business School’s HBX Core Program (Credential of Readiness). When dealing with clients, Tony Booker focuses not only on the relationship of attorney to client, but also seeks to establish a relationship as business partners. Tony’s excellence in the field of trademark law can serve clients for years to come. Tony can ensure that a trademark is properly registered, protect it from infringement, and in future endeavors, ensure that the trademark remains intact and viable for clients. He understands the needs of growing businesses and individuals alike.

As the Principal Attorney at Mortimer Legal, PLLC, Deborah C. Mortimer is a legal expert in intellectual property law, blending an eclectic background of legal expertise in trademark and copyright services with a background in writing and publishing. She’s been there before from both sides of the fence—and she knows what her clients need. For Deborah, it all starts with a simple concept: integrity. Clients experience her strong work ethic in every aspect of the attorney-client relationship: detailed, transparent communication and direct, honest management of expectations. Her keen, creative, and persuasive legal writing skills pair well with her concept of working with clients as a team. On this team, consider her your most persistent advocate, and chief negotiator. Now, Deborah brings her background as a litigator and legal writer/editor to the world of intellectual property. Mostly dealing with trademark and copyright registration, enforcement, and maintenance, Deborah brings the same habits that brought her clients success: organization, due diligence, and a tough-minded approach to offering the best possible representation. Deborah is also an author and owner of a publishing imprint that develops and promotes books with a focus on diversity, inclusion, and representation. Additionally, she coaches aspiring authors looking to publish books under their own imprint. This combination of legal and boots-on-the-ground experience makes her the ideal teammate for anyone who wants to protect their brand and ideas with nationwide trademark and copyright registration along with well-written agreements. She’s built brands herself, and she knows what it takes to protect those brands over the long haul.

Jabari A. Shaw earned his law degree from Salmon P. Chase College of Law, where he served as an Associate Editor of the Northern Kentucky Law Review. He also served as President of the Black Law Students Association and Chase’s liaison to the Cincinnati Bar Association. During law school Jabari externed for the Honorable Timothy S. Black and Magistrate Judge Stephanie K. Bowman of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, interned in the Northern Kentucky Athletic Departments Compliance Office, and was a student-clinician in Chase’s Small Business and Nonprofit Law clinic. Prior to attending law school, Jabari studied business while playing collegiate soccer at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and the University of Cincinnati. Jabari's law practice focuses on business representation, estate planning, and sports & entertainment law!

Julian Haffner is a Business Attorney with over 15 years of experience. In that time, Julian has worked with a range of individuals and companies to proactively identify and minimize risk and devise solutions to legal problems inhibiting or threatening the growth of his clients' businesses.Julian believes that the needs of the client are paramount. That's why learning and understanding the external factors affecting them is the key to providing practical and sound legal advice. Julian routinely assists clients with choosing and forming business entities, structuring transactions, protecting and licensing intellectual property, and providing employment law compliance counseling. Julian also works with local and state government officials on behalf of his clients to achieve their business objectives. Contact Julian today to discuss your legal issue and how Haffner LLC may be of assistance.

Dwayne L. Bentley is a Registered Patent Attorney, focusing his practice on patent, trademark and copyright prosecution, litigation, licensing, and opinion work and counseling. He also represents clients in litigation in the Civil and Supreme Courts of New York. With acquired knowledge and experience as in-house counsel with a large corporation coupled with working for several law firms and the U.S. Federal Government, he has served both sides of the spectrum where he has gained expertise to effectively serve his clients. Upon graduating law school, Mr. Bentley became a United States Patent Examiner at the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO). At the USPTO, he was employed in the field of semiconductor devices where he developed proficiency for understanding the patent application process. After working at the USPTO, he was employed at the intellectual property law firm of Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner (formerly Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth P.A.) in Minneapolis, MN, where he represented multinational corporations and midsize technology companies for the electrical, mechanical, and software arts. He then became in-house counsel for MinorityInterest Network Corp., an Internet Company in New York City, where he procured trademarks and copyrights, as well as drafted and analyzed many legal contracts. Mr. Bentley then relocated to Chicago to work for one of the most well-known U.S. intellectual property law firms, Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione to specialize in intellectual property, such as preparing and prosecuting patent applications. In 2003, Mr. Bentley opened a law practice in Brooklyn, NY. After managing a successful law practice in Brooklyn, Mr. Bentley became Intellectual Property Counsel for General Electric (GE) Healthcare, Life Sciences. Several years later, he decided to re-open his private practice in NY. Mr. Bentley has conducted Intellectual Property seminars concerning confidentiality, U.S. Patent Law, Patent searching, and determining inventorship. Most recently, he has presented "Trademarks, Selecting a Business Name & Types of Businesses", "Trademarks Used in the Food Industry", and "The Legal Importance of Trademarks and Copyrights to Small Business and Entrepreneurs." He is a member of the New York State Bar Association (Intellectual Property Committee and Trust & Estates Diversity Committee) and the Metropolitan Black Bar Association. Mr. Bentley is also a Board Member of the Erasmus Neighborhood Federation, Inc. and an alumnus and mentor at Sponsors for Educational Opportunity. Mr. Bentley received his Juris Doctor from Syracuse University College of Law. In addition to his law degree, he holds a Bachelor's of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Morgan State University. He is admitted to practice in New York, the U.S. District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and is registered to practice before the United States Patent & Trademark Office.

Alissa L. DePass is the founder of DePass Legal, a boutique intellectual property and business law firm in NYC. As both a commercial litigator and transactional attorney, she counsels clients on key decisions impacting their businesses, ranging from strategies to protect their intellectual property to product development and regulatory compliance.  She also assists clients with matters involving workplace discrimination and NYC’s Freelance Isn’t Free Act. Alissa’s clientele spans various countries and industries, including tech, consumer products, health/wellness, international development, publishing, e-commerce and digital media. She began her legal career at one of the top 100 law firms in the nation, where she successfully defended corporate clients against multi-billion dollar claims and helped government entities recover million-dollar losses, both in the U.S. and abroad. Alissa has extensive experience in complex commercial litigation, including representing U.S. and international clients in state and federal courts around the country.  She is admitted to practice in New York, Florida and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (among the most prestigious federal courts in the nation). On a personal note, Alissa serves on the Advisory Board of the Queens Sickle Cell Advocacy Network, supporting people living with sickle cell disease and their families.  She also judges startup competitions, including for ConsenSys, the leading blockchain venture production studio worldwide, and Start-Up Chile, an accelerator founded by the Chilean government.

I  am the principal attorney at The Polaris Law Firm. Our website can be found at www.thepolarislawfirm.com. I focus my practice on traffic violations, criminal law, intellectual property, and expungements While in law school at North Carolina Central University School of Law, I served as the President of Phi Delta Phi International Legal Honor Society. Within the legal profession, I  strive to be a “social engineer” for his community. As stated by Charles Hamilton Houston, “A lawyer is either a social engineer or a parasite on society A social engineer [is] a highly skilled, perceptive, sensitive lawyer who [understands] the Constitution of the United States and [knows] how to explore its uses in the solving of problems of local communities and in bettering conditions of the underprivileged citizens.”

Dynamic and Successful solo attorney specializing in Entertainment, Employment, and Business transactions and litigation.

Tanisia Moore is the founding attorney of Moore Legal Solutions, an entrepreneur and a true creative! She not only understands the creative process but she also has been through it herself as a published author of the novel After The Storm.  She knows that creatives need assistance in understanding the laws that protect their brands, products, services, and creations and she has chosen a career in which she can use her skills to propel others into their dreams. She understands and encourages you to protect your brand through the use of trademarks, copyrights and well written contracts. Before becoming an entrepreneur, she worked as a contract negotiator at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company and was a contracts and grants officer at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. As an active member of the Alabama State Bar, she has served on a task force to help increase the bar passage rates in Alabama. She is a proud Rattler, receiving her law degree at the Florida A&M University College of Law and a proud alumna of Clark Atlanta University majoring in Mass Media Arts with a concentration in Radio. She is also a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. When she is not helping fellow creatives or small business owners protect their intellectual property, she spends time with her two beautiful princesses and her loving husband.

As Founder of The Wilson Firm LLC, David A. Wilson ("D.A.") is an Atlanta, Georgia based attorney and concentrates his practice on transactional business and tax law. D.A's mission is to guide clients through the process of business ownership and beyond. In order to accomplish this, D.A. advises entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and investors on wide variety of matters, including business & tax planning, entity formation, corporate governance, mergers & acquisitions, payroll & self-employment taxes, retirement plans for small businesses, intellectual property, real-estate transactions, state & local taxes, tax-exempt organizations & non-profit law, tax controversy, and drafting & negotiating business/corporate agreements. D.A.’s professional opinion is that the areas of business law and taxation are inseparable, therefore, the modern transactional attorney needs to be well versed in both in order to adequately address a client’s needs. D.A. is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and received his B.A. degree from Albany State University, earned his M.S. degree from Georgia State University, his J.D. degree from John Marshall Law School (Atlanta), and his LL.M. degree from Boston University School of Law.

Romola, has a transactional practice, specializing in Business Formation and Sustainability, Wills, Trusts and Estates. We provide legal services to members of the LGBTQI community, seniors, filmmakers and other artists, non-profits, and small business owners.

Mr. Diaw is an experienced IP litigation and counseling partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Diaw’s litigation experience includes examining and defending expert and fact witnesses at depositions, arguing dispositive and discovery related motions before federal district court and magistrate judges, and examining witnesses at trial for both plaintiffs and defendants. Representative products within Mr. Diaw’s patent litigation experience include wireless networking devices, personal computer hardware and software, cellular telephones and mobile broadband devices, consumer electronics devices, and agricultural products among others. Mr. Diaw has represented clients in active patent litigation venues including the Eastern District of Virginia, the Eastern District of Texas, and the District of Delaware. Mr. Diaw’s IP counseling experience includes extensive work with startup companies at various stages of maturity and work for larger entities. Mr. Diaw has guided clients through legal issues associated with the development and launches of new products, developed terms of use and terms of service agreements, and established IP protection policies and procedures to ensure that growing companies protect their IP. Mr. Diaw also advises clients on IP issues related to mergers and acquisitions, and financings. Mr. Diaw’s M&A advisory experience includes a $2.1 billion acquisition in the generic pharmaceutical space. Mr. Diaw helped lead the IP analysis that drove the deal which involved a substantial portfolio of generic drug products and critical IP issues related thereto. Mr. Diaw has represented and counseled clients in a wide range of industries including the financial services, mobile application, personal computer design and manufacture, telecommunications, consumer electronics, medical device, power systems, and pharmaceutical industries. Mr. Diaw also represents clients in general litigation matters in state and federal courts. In addition to his IP litigation and counsel, and general litigation practices, Mr. Diaw also provides counsel to professional athletes on a broad range of issues. Mr. Diaw received a B.A. in English from Georgetown University in 2006, with a minor in computer science, where he was a 4-year varsity athlete on Georgetown’s basketball team. He received his J.D. in 2009 from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was a member of the Virginia Sports and Entertainment Law Journal’s Editorial Board advisor. Activities: Mr. Diaw serves as Secretary on the Board of Directors of Georgetown University’s Hoya Hoop Club. Mr. Diaw is also an At-Large member of the Board of Directors of Hoyas Unlimited. He is also a Class Agent for the University of Virginia School of Law Foundation. Recognitions: Mr. Diaw was recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star and Top Rated Intellectual Property Attorney in D.C. in 2017 and 2018. Mr. Diaw has received numerous awards for his commitment to pro bono including an Outstanding Achievement Award from the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs for his work on a case that resulted in a groundbreaking state-wide settlement with the State of Virginia concerning accommodations for deaf inmates in its prisons.