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ADAM S. WALKER

** ********** ***** ■ Reisterstown, MD 21136 ■ 410-***-**** ■ *********@*****.***

BAR ADMISSIONS

Admitted to the Maryland State Bar, 2008; Admitted to the D.C. Bar, 2010;

Admitted to the New York State Bar, 2010

EDUCATION

University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, MD Juris Doctor, May 2008

Concentration in Business Law and Intellectual Property Law

Honors: Highest Grade in Sports Law, Collective Bargaining, Media Law; Staff Editor, Journal of Environmental Law; Executive Board Member, Phi Delta Phi, Legal Honors Fraternity

Activities: Member: Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law Associations

Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY Bachelor of Arts in History, May 2005

Honors: Phi Gamma Delta AAA and Syracuse Academic Scholarship Recipient, Dean’s List three semesters

Activities: President, Phi Gamma Delta

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE

Nutramax Laboratories, Inc., Edgewood, MD In-House Transactional Attorney, July 2010- Present

Negotiated, drafted, monitored and reviewed corporate transactional issues, including intellectual property transfers, master collaboration and research agreements, asset purchase agreements, endorsement and sponsorship contracts with celebrity personas, internet distribution agreements, and non-disclosure agreements

Engage in business, corporate and product development discussions; draft and implement corporate contract review/request policy and social media guidelines; monitor for FTC compliance.

Negotiated and drafted domestic and international distribution, supply and/or manufacturing agreements, with emphasis on licensing of intellectual property, for goods and services totaling over $60 million dollars.

Negotiated and drafted asset purchase agreements for tangible and intangible items totaling over $5 million dollars

Monitor and prosecute intellectual property infringement and misuse.

Special Counsel/ Pelton & Associates, Baltimore, MD/Falls Church, VA Contract Staff Attorney, April 2009–July 2010

■ Handle trademark registration, draft office action responses, petitions to cancel, notices of opposition, copyright registrations, UDRP warnings and complaints, and research and write memoranda on IP, civil, criminal and labor issues

■ Draft business documents, including articles of organization, by-laws, deeds of trust, non-disclosure, confidentiality and employment, assignment, trademark coexistence agreements and licensing agreements, purchasing agreements, as well as file orders to docket for commercial foreclosure.

Registered over fifty trademarks and successfully responded to office actions assigned by the PTO, draft ex parte appeal briefs and responses, TTAB litigation, oral arguments in front of TTAB Board.

Drafted and amended commercial leasing contracts totaling over $400 million dollars; initiated and foreclosed a quarter of a million dollar commercial property upon default.

Action COACH, Las Vegas, NV Contract Associate In-House Counsel, September 2008–March 2009

■ Handled all intellectual property matters, including registering more than 30 trademarks internationally in the U.S., EU, Asia-Pacific, Caribbean, and South American countries utilizing the Madrid Protocol and Agreement.

■ Registered copyrightable materials with the U.S. Copyright Office and sought protection internationally under Berne.

■ Conducted legal research and drafted memoranda regarding all in-house corporate matters, including intellectual property, civil, criminal, contract, and business law issues.

■ Drafted and modified corporate contracts, including assignment, licensing, and transactional contracts, operating agreements, confidentiality agreements, trade secret agreements, notices of breach, and cease and desist orders.

LAW CLERKING EXPERIENCE

Silverman, Thompson & White, Baltimore, MD Law Clerk, September 2007–May 2008

■ Registered trademarks with the USPTO and copyrights with the U.S. Copyright Office, as well as monitored registered trademarks and copyrights for potential infringement and registered business entities with SDAT.

■ Drafted trademark reports and memoranda on commercial, business, intellectual property and contract law issues, as well as filed civil complaints and motions.

Law Office of Elsa Ramo, Los Angeles, CA Law Clerk, Summer 2007

■ Registered trademarks with the USPTO and copyrights with the U.S. Copyright Office.

■ Negotiated and drafted intellectual property, business, labor/entertainment contracts, articles of organization, statements of information, and legal memoranda on commercial and corporate law issues.

Law Offices of Diane Leigh Davison, Baltimore, MD Law Clerk, Summer 2006

■ Drafted memoranda on entertainment, intellectual property, and business issues; registered copyrights for visual and written work at the U.S. Copyright Office; and filed civil complaints and motions.

■ Conducted trademark searches and registered trademarks with the USPTO; created articles of incorporation and organization, by-laws, minutes, and minute books.

PUBLICATIONS

Author: Thumbnails, Search Engines, and Copyrights: A Whole Mess of Confusion, Journal of the Copyright Society of the USA, 56 J. Copyright Society 647 (2009).

Author: Fair Use In Copyright Law, American Bar Association Young Lawyers Section, June 2010.

Author: The Trademark Ex Parte Appeals Process, American Bar Association Young Lawyers Section, September 2010

Author: Benefits of Non-Disclosure Agreements American Bar Association Corporate Lawyer Section, April 2011

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Proficient in MS-Office, Westlaw, LexisNexis, USPTO-TEAS/TEAS PLUS, ATMOSS, CTM-ONLINE, TTAB/TMEP, McCarthy’s on Trademarks, and Time Matters.

VOLUNTEER SERVICES

Dr. Stan Walker: 2010 LLS Man of the Year, Baltimore, MD Campaign Manager, November 2009-May 2010

Organize and promote fundraising events, solicit sponsors and donation request and negotiate advertising placements

Set 2010 record for money raised for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Maryland Chapter; successfully raised over $113,000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

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