Cheryl has focused her practice exclusively on trademark, copyright, trade secret and related intellectual property matters. Her litigation practice has included trademark, copyright and trade secret litigation in different courts throughout the nation. She regularly practices in trademark opposition and cancellations before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. She also prosecutes and defends her clients in domain name dispute proceedings before the World Intellectual Property Organization, the National Arbitration Forum and the American Arbitration Association.

Her business counseling practice has included assisting a wide range of intellectual property, Internet, marketing and newly formed companies on matters as diverse as prosecuting trademark and copyright applications, managing a large trademark portfolio, creating company-wide intellectual property identification and protection programs, creating comprehensive employee trade secret protection programs, and licensing.

LEGAL EDUCATION

University of Missouri – Kansas City, J.D., 1999

Washburn University, B.A. English Literature, 1993

Washburn University, B.A. Political Science, 1994

MEMBERSHIPS

International Trademark Association

Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association Patent,
   Trademark, and Copyright Committee

Association for Women Lawyers of Greater
    Kansas City

Lawyers Association of Kansas City

American Bar Association

BAR ADMISSIONS

Missouri, 1999

Kansas, 2008

U.S. District Court, Western District
    of Missouri, 1999

U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, 2000

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2001

U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 2003

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Author, "An Intellectual Property Checklist for
    Websites," AWL Link, March 2007
Speaker, "Lost: Navigating the Jungle of
    Intellectual Property Law," October 2007
Speaker, "The Madrid Protocol," 2002