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

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
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