Lee Barrington Stark > Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP Offices
2 NORTH LASALLE STREET
SUITE 1700
CHICAGO, IL 60602
ILLINOIS
United States
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Lee Barrington Stark
Work Department
Associate, Intellectual Property
Position
Lee is a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property & Technology Transactions practice group. She focuses her practice on assisting clients with a variety of trademark, copyright, trade secret, and patent matters including litigation, enforcement, prosecution, and agreements.
Lee has a dedicated pro bono practice with a focus on civil rights litigation. During law school, Lee was a litigation team leader in the Civil Rights and Police Accountability Project of the Mandel Legal Aid Clinic at the University of Chicago Law School on a lawsuit that recently achieved one of Chicago’s largest settlements for wrongly convicted persons. She has served as an intern at The Policing Project at New York University School of Law, the Chicago non-profit Beyond Legal Aid, and the historic civil rights firm People’s Law Office.
While pursuing her degree, Lee worked as a law clerk in the Intellectual Property group at NGE and was a 2019 NGE Summer Associate. She currently serves on the firm’s Sustainability Committee, and is a member of the IP-focused Richard Linn American Inn of Court and the National Lawyers’ Guild. Lee also serves on the Boards of Directors of Full Spectrum Features and First Floor Theater, Chicago arts organizations committed to increasing diversity and inclusion in the independent film and theater industries.
Education
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University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 2020),with pro bono honors
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Northwestern University (B.A., 2007), magna cum laude,Communications
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
Chicago-based law firm Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP provides a one-stop-shop which integrates its counselling practice with its litigation offering, supporting clients in disputes at state and federal level, in addition to those before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). The team is led by Thomas McDonough, who employs pre-designed litigation strategies to act for clients across the consumer electronics, hospitality, beverages, software, and entertainment sectors, and Michael Kelber, an expert in software licenses. Other key figures include Lee Eulgen, who advises clients on data ownership and online compliance, and Antony McShane, a specialist in traditional and digital IP assets. Andrea Stein Fuelleman develops international anti-counterfeiting programs and is recommended alongside associates Lee Barrington Stark, who serves on the firm’s sustainability committee, and Jessica Rissman Cohen, who handles social media and cybersquatting matters. Counsel Andrew Fraker brings strength to the tech sectors. All lawyers mentioned work in Chicago.