Patent Law

Introducing Mary Zachar!

By Mary Zachar

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND: Mary Zachar is a lawyer and mediator with a contemplative law practice specializing in business and copyright matters. After practicing business litigation in Los Angeles for 25 years and raising two daughters, she returned to her alma mater, Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis, Indiana, to pursue an LL.M. in Intellectual Property under Kenneth Crews, now Director of Columbia University's Copyright Advisory Office.

While working on her LL.M., Mary taught employment law to IUPUI undergraduates, and served as a pro bono mediator, assisting Steve Tilden, Director of Mediation with the Indiana Civil Rights Commission. As she finished her thesis, she also served as a juvenile court public defender, witnessing the need for mediation of disputes and conflicts within the criminal justice system at the adjudicative stage, as well as post-conviction restorative justice. Having recently returned to Los Angeles, Mary is delighted to join us at the IP ADR Blog to expand on her LLM training to show how mediation can serve the interests of those operating under the default provisions of the Copyright Act, as well as those whose creative drafting measures may conflict with the intentions of others.

ADR TRAINING: Mary has trained in both Indiana and Los Angeles, and is an advocate of mediation for the resolution of conflict, agreeing with Kenneth Cloke that at the heart of every conflict is a place of reconciliation awaiting skillful resolution.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Mary holds a J.D. and LL.M. from Indiana University School of Law- Indianapolis.

Full post as published by IP ADR Blog on March 02, 2010 (boomark / email).