Education:

  Legal Experience:
  • Southeast Missouri State University - 1967
    B.S.B.A - Marketing
  • St. Louis University School of Law - 1976
    J.D.
  • Ralston Purina Company - 1974 to 1983
    Trademark & Copyright Attorney

  • Sole Practitioner - 1983 to 1988 and
    1997 - Present
    Practice limited to Trademark, Copyright and Unfair Competition Law
  • Heller & Kepler - 1988 to 1997
    Practice limited to Patent, Trademark,
    Copyright and Unfair Competition Law
Court Admissions Bar Membership
  • Admitted to bar - 1976
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri - 1983
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit - 1990
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit – 1982
  • Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, 1976 to Present; Offices held: Vice President, 1986-87; Treasurer, 1985-86; Chair, Patent, Trademark & Copyright Section, 1992-93.
  • The Missouri Bar, 1976 to Present; Offices held: Chair, Patent, Trademark & Copyright Committee, 1987-1990; Board of Governors – Member 1993 - 99
  • American Bar Association, 1976 to Present; Section Membership - Patent, Trademarks & Copyright; Franchise; and Litigation
  • Women Lawyers Association of Greater St. Louis, 1976 to Present; Offices held: President 1981-82, Vice-President 1980-81
  • Lawyers Association of Greater St. Louis, 1982 to present
Miscellaneous Information
  • Faculty Staff of the St. Louis Community College - Lecturer for class on Understanding Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights, 1987 to Present.
  • Lecturer for Bar seminars and other organizations on Trademark & Copyright Law
  • Leadership St. Louis - Class of 1986-87

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