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Lori Lesser is a Partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, where she co-heads the Firm's East Coast IP transactional practice. Ms. Lesser advises on all aspects of intellectual property and technology law, including complex corporate transactions, licensing, counseling and litigation, in fields including media and entertainment, computer software and technology, financial information, consumer products, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, Internet and e-commerce services, fashion design and non-profits.
Ms. Lesser has represented companies including Accenture, AIG, Airvana, AOL, Datatel, Deutsche Bank, Google, ITT, JPMorgan Chase, Mars, Microsoft, Owens-Illinois, Sesame Workshop, Sirius XM, TD Bank, Travelers, Universal Studios, Viacom, Virgin Mobile, Warner Music XM and private equity firms including Apax Partners, Blackstone, Centerbridge, Hellman & Friedman, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Sesame Workshop, Silver Lake and Vestar in private and public transactions. Her IP transactional expertise includes mergers and acquisitions, securities and corporate finance, joint ventures and credit transactions, licensing and counseling, while her IP litigation practice comprises trial and appellate work and World Intellectual Property Organization arbitrations.
Ms. Lesser is ranked in Chambers USA – Guide to America’s Leading Business Lawyers, The Legal 500 and The Best Lawyers in America, for which she was named the “Information Technology Lawyer of the Year” for New York City. She is listed in the “Top 50 Under 45” U.S. IP Lawyers (IP Law & Business magazine) and the “Top 45 Under 45” U.S. women lawyers (American Lawyer). She was ranked in New York City’s top 100 lawyers and top 50 women lawyers by Super Lawyers. She has received the Burton Award for legal writing and the Award of Excellence from Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts. Her IP work in private equity deals was featured on the cover of IP Law & Business.
Ms. Lesser was a David Rockefeller Fellow in 2009-10. She serves on the Executive Committee of the Harvard Law School Association, the steering committee of the Kate Stoneman Project and the Business Advisory Council of ProPublica.
Ms. Lesser has lectured to the Practising Law Institute, Copyright Society, Harvard Law School, New York New Media Association, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, D.C. Bar Association and Licensing International Conference, and has published articles in Bloomberg Law Reports, Cyberspace Lawyer, Distributed Computing, ECommerce Law, Intellectual Asset Management, Journal of Proprietary Rights, Mealy's Litigation Report, Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, Thomson & Thomson's Client Times, the PLI Press book "Advising High-Technology Companies" and the Lexis/Nexis book "Intellectual Property in Business Organizations."
Ms. Lesser graduated from Harvard University (A.B., magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, 1988) and Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1993).
Honors/Rankings
- "Top 50 Under 45" U.S. IP Lawyers, IP Law and Business magazine
- "Top 45 Under 45" U.S. women lawyers, American Lawyer magazine
- Chambers USA - Guide to America's Leading Business Lawyers, (Technology category)
- The Legal 500 (Technology Transactions category)
- Best Lawyers in America for New York City, "Information Technology Lawyer of the Year"
- Best Lawyers in America (Cyberlaw and Information Technology Law categories)
- "Top 100 New York Lawyers" and "Top 50 Women Lawyers," Super Lawyers
- “The IAM Strategy 250” - The World’s Leading IP Strategists and “The IAM Licensing 250” – The World’s Leading Patent and Technology Licensing Practitioners, Intellectual Asset Management
- Burton Award for Achievement in Legal Writing
- Award of Excellence from Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Associations
- David Rockefeller Fellow, 2009-10
- Harvard Law School Association, Executive Committee
- Kate Stoneman Project, Steering Committee
- ProPublica, Business Advisory Council
- Copyright Society of the USA
- International Trademark Association
- New York Intellectual Property Lawyers Association
Publications
Speaking Engagements
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Lori Lesser to Co-Chair, and Lesser and Buzz Frahn to Speak at PLI’s Open Source and Free Software 2011: Benefits, Risks and Challenges
October 28, 2011
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Lori E. Lesser to Speak at PLI's "Advanced Seminar on Copyright Law 2011"
March 23, 2011
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Lori Lesser to Moderate Expert Panel at PLI’s “Social Media 2011: Addressing Corporate Risks” Conference
February 17, 2011
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Lori Lesser to Co-Chair, and Lesser and Buzz Frahn to Speak at PLI’s “Open Source and Free Software 2010: Benefits, Risks and Challenges” Conference on November 17, 2010 in New York City and December 8, 2010 in San Francisco
October 22, 2010
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Lori E. Lesser to Speak at PLI's Information Technology Law Institute 2010 Program
May 7, 2010
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Lori E. Lesser to Speak at PLI's Advanced Seminar on Copyright Law 2010 Program
April 16, 2010
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Admissions
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New York 1994 |
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U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York 1994 |
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U.S. District Court Southern District of New York 1994 |
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U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit 1995 |
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U.S. Supreme Court 1997 |
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Education
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Harvard Law School, 1993 J.D.
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Harvard University, 1988 A.B.
magna cum laude;
Phi Beta Kappa |
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