Elected and Appointed

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young partner Elizabeth O'Donoghue was named a 2020 fellow of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity.

The LCLD has more than 320 corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners who aim to create a diverse U.S. legal profession.

O'Donoghue concentrates her practice on all aspects of intellectual property matters, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and licensing matters.

She represents clients from individuals, startups and educational institutions to large corporations in a variety of industries such as life sciences, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, chemicals, financial, retail, apparel and online businesses.

O'Donoghue has a technical background in anatomy and neuroscience, particularly applicable to the life sciences and pharmaceutical space, and her practice includes domestic and international patent preparation, prosecution and management, and client counseling regarding patentability, infringement and validity.

O'Donoghue also assists clients in developing domestic and international trademark and copyright portfolios and strategies for enforcement.

Additions

Antheil Maslow & MacMinn announced that Peter J. Smith joined as a partner of the firm. Smith is a business lawyer and serves commercial and individual clients.

Smith's practice focuses on corporate law, business transactions, mergers and acquisitions, contracts, commercial finance, debtor/creditor relations, business disputes, nonprofit organizations, real estate and trusts and estates.

Smith counsels businesses involved in manufacturing, distribution, marketing, e-commerce, technology, health care, pharmaceutical research, professional services, real estate, construction and retail.

In addition, he has experience with startup ventures, family-owned businesses, limited liability companies and 501(c)(3) public charities.

He also represents individuals and families in estate and business succession planning.

Speakers

Gina Rubel, founder and CEO of Furia Rubel Communications Inc., is slated to present a two-part, interactive session at the Legal Marketing Association's annual Conference on Law Firm Crisis Communications.

During part one, Rubel will present on how to plan and execute a communication plan. Following the presentation, she will mentor a group of participants as they are presented with a crisis that requires collaboration and teamwork to solve.

Over the course of the conference, the crisis will morph, and teams will deal with the issues in real-time. Part one is slated to take place from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. March 26.

During Part Two, participants will reconvene and debrief on the overall process and lessons learned, evaluating their execution and reviewing how they might have improved. Part two is slated to take place from 1:15 to 2:15 p.m. March 27.

The event will be held at the Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center in Denver.

The Legal Marketing Association annual Conference helps legal marketing and business development professionals tackle challenges and explore new products and services.

The conference offers three days of programming, including specialized preconference programs and over 40 breakout sessions.

Announcements

The Delaware Business Court Insider is seeking contributors to provide analysis and insight into recent Delaware Court of Chancery decisions, as well as litigation and issues currently of interest to the business law community.

Potential topics that would be appropriate include, but are not limited to, arbitration, books-and-records requests, breach of contract lawsuits, controlling stockholder litigation, derivative claims, discovery disputes in commercial litigation, corporate dissolution, breach of fiduciary duty lawsuits, intellectual property litigation, jurisdictional battles in corporate litigation, merger and acquisition lawsuits, special committee decisions, corporate governance, limited liability company litigation and limited partnership agreement litigation.

Examples of articles written for DBCI are available online at www.delbizcourt.com. For more information, contact Kristie Rearick at [email protected].