Tara’s Resume

Education

• J.D., University of Tennessee, 2004
  Member, Order of the Coif
  Member, Law Review, 2002-2004
• B.A., cum laude, Vanderbilt University, 1997
• Semester Abroad, University College Cork (Cork, Ireland), 1996

Honors and Awards

• 2013 – 2016 Best Lawyers
• 2012 – 2015, Super Lawyers Mid-South Rising Star
• 2016, USA Trademark Lawyer of the Year, Women in Law, Lawyer Monthly

Selected Publications and Presentations

• Presenter, “Advising U.S. Clients About GDPR Compliance,” Tennessee Attorneys Memo Conference, November 2018
• Presenter, “GDPR and U.S. Companies,” Nashville Entrepreneur Center, August 2018
• Presenter, “GDPR One Month Later,” Nashville Technology Council, June 2018.
• Presenter, “Software and Copyright,” Nashville Product Meetup, February 2018.
• Lecturer, Dresden University of Technology, Studies in Intellectual Property Law “Introduction to U.S. Copyright Law” (45MB Mp3), July 2015, 2016 and 2017.
• Author, “Concepts of Use of a Trademark under European Union and United States Trademark Law,” The Trademark Reporter®, 106 TMR No. 6 (November-December 2014)
• Speaker, International Trademark Association, “Baseball, Dictators, and Mean Girls in Short Shorts: When Trademarks Overlap with Publicity Rights”; Munich, Germany (December 2014)
• Speaker, Wyoming Library Association, Copyright and Fair Use, Casper and Sheridan, Wyoming (2015, 2017)
• Moderator, International Trademark Association Annual Meeting, To Tweet or Not to Tweet: Keeping Students Engaged and Off Social Media During Class (Hong Kong 2014)
• Speaker, Institute of Trademark Attorneys, “Using Copyright to Protect Famous Brands“; London, England (March 2014)
• Contributing Author, “Overlapping Intellectual Property Rights,” Wilkof, Neil and Basheer, Shamnad, eds., Oxford University Press (2012)
• Presenter, “Content Wars: A History of the Recent Battles Between Copyright Owners and Users;” Tennessee Bar Association, June 2012.
• Speaker, “Label and Publishing Basics for Entrepreneurs,” National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) Music Startup Academy, April 2012
• Speaker, “Put It in Writing: Why Good Contracts Matter for Software Developers and Their Clients“; Day Camp 4 Developers, March 2012
• Speaker, “An Introduction to SOPA,”  Tennessee Bar Association LawTech Day, February 2012
• “Appealing IP: Legal Issues Surrounding the Development of an App“; InForma IP Magazine, February 2012
• Moderator, “Could SOPA Break the Internet?”; Innovation Nashville, January 2012
• Technical Editor, Music Copyright Law, by David Moser and Cheryl Slay, Course Technology (2012).
• “Trademarks and Copyrighted Content in Social Media“; Presented in Berlin, Germany , October 10, 2011
• “Fair Use in a Content-Sharing World,” PodCamp Nashville, Tennessee, March 26, 2011.
• “What Entrepreneurs and Content Creators Need to Know About Business and Intellectual Property” Co-Labs Nashville, Tennessee, June 18, 2010
• “Providing Pro Bono Legal Services After a Disaster,” Webcast for TennBarU, May 12, 2010
• “Broadcaster Performance Royalty Debate – ABA IP Section Committee Report,” ABA Forum on Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law, Committee on Broadcasting, Sound Recordings and Performing Artists, May 2008

Previous Affiliations

• Associate, Stites & Harbison PLLC, Nashville, Tennessee 2004-2011

Professional Activities

• Chair, Copyright Society of the South, 2016-2018
• Member, International Association of Privacy Professionals
• Member, Trademark Reporter committee, International Trademark Association (INTA), 2018-
• Subcommittee Co-Chair, Trademark Scholarship Symposium, Academic Committee, INTA, 2016 – 2017
• Board of Trustees,Copyright Society of the U.S.A (CSUSA), 2015 – 2018
• Member, Planning Committee, When Trademarks Overlap with Other Rights, INTA (December 2014)
• Chair, Social Media Committee, CSUSA., 2011
• Co-Chair, Southeastern Chapter, CSUSA, 2011
• Member and Past Chair, Nashville Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section
• Member, SOURCE (Women in the Music Business)

Professional Licenses

• Tennessee
• CIPP/US