Office Assistant

Paula B. Mays

Attorney at Law

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Alexandria, VA 22314

(h) 703-***-**** (c) 703-***-****

email: ***********@*******.***

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Summary of Qualifications

Accomplished attorney with a specialization in trademark law; Proven

leadership capabilities, significant experience in analyzing complex legal

questions of law and decide cases in a quasi- judicial manner: Extremely

strong writing, research, and litigation skills.

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

March 2008-Present:

Hudson Legal Services Washington, D.C. - Contract attorney for Davis Polk

and Wardwell, LLP, New York, for major antitrust merger acquisition cases.

Reviewed thousands of documents for responsiveness to Department of Justice

Specifications; Reviewed thousands of documents for Privilege and

determined which documents to be withheld; Redacted thousands of privileged

documents with regard to Privileged information. Work was determined to be

superior and outstanding.

Intellectual property consultation specifically, trademarks, copyright,

trademark infringement for foreign and domestic clients, trademark

prosecution, copyright filings and licensing agreements; Contract

trademark prosecution services to Ian Burns and Associates, Nevada

including: responses to office actions, trademark trial and appeal board

matters.

March 1995-March 2008: Attorney Advisor United States Patent and Trademark

Office

Decided over 20,000 cases on complex legal issues; Conducted trademark

searches, Issued decisions on the registrability of trademarks under the

Lanham Act; Defended final decisions in appeals before the trademark trial

and appeal board; Issued refusals and compliance letters under the Lanham

Act and international treaties and instruments. Significant experience in

complex computer, internet and machinery cases; Specifically assigned to

handle the mark: Internet for over three years. Produced high quality

opinions under stringent production based system demanding high quality and

expediency in deciding cases; Utilized Lexis Nexis, the Internet and online

sources and other research tools in order to determine the actual nature of

complex and often newly-developed goods or services; Senior mentoring

attorney in an office of complex machinery goods, reviewed junior

attorney s work product, signed off on office actions before they were sent

out, reviewed recommendations for registration, and offered assistance in

assuring production and agency goals.

Selected Accomplishments:

. Senior mentoring attorney

. Original member and developer of USPTO's first E-commerce law office

which was created to pilot the electronic examination of trademark

applications and the Trademark Electronic Applications Systems, (TEAS)

. Executive Board member of the NTEU 245, National Treasury Employees

Union. Participated in negotiations and bargaining for the benefit of

trademark examining attorneys and the benefit of trademark operations.

Worked on issues including e-government, telecommuting, and

performance appraisal

AWARDS

Certificate of Achievement for Development of E-Commerce Offices; USPTO

Outstanding Performance Bonuses multiple years

April 1985- August 1991 assistant state s Attorney Prince George s County

Maryland

Prosecutor Prince George s County, Maryland. Prepared and argued hundreds

of cases before the Courts of Prince George s County, Maryland; responsible

for court orders for signature of judges; Team leader of agency attorneys;

September 1991- February 1995: Private Practice of Law Office Paula B.

Mays, Largo, Maryland;

Represented clients in a variety of civil and criminal matters: Responded

to and prepared interrogatories, depositions, legal memoranda, and other

legal writing: Won stock arbitration claim against major financial

company.

EDUCATION

. JD 1984 Ohio Northern University Law School, Ada, Ohio

Activities: Moot Court Board of Advocates, Moot Court Book Award,

Best Brief, Regional finalist: Moot Court Competition (1983-

1984)

. BA 1981 WESTMINSTER College, New Wilmington, PA

major: Political Science/

Broadcasting

bar membership: Maryland

language skills: Spanish (written and spoken)

ADDITIONAL INTERESTS AND AFFILIATIONS

Lay Reader/ Usher- Washington National Cathedral; Read appointed lessons

before thousands of people, including tourists from around the world.

Immediate past Secretary to St. Anna's Fund, multimillion-dollar fund to

provide housing for indigent women. Member, British Chamber of Commerce in

Spain served on the Board of local chapter.

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