Liz is an associate in the Litigation Department of Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP. Liz represents businesses and individuals in a wide variety of complex civil litigation. Liz has experience handling commercial disputes involving claims of trademark and copyright infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract, negligence, fraud, unfair trade practices, and anti-SLAPP.
Notable Experience
· Brought successful motion to dismiss claims in suit against a national banking association concerning liability under Regulation CC of the Expedited Funds Availability Act and common law negligence.
· Successfully defended large national retailer against a preliminary injunction in trademark infringement lawsuit.
· Assisted software company with litigation against online service providers and secured permanent injunction against infringing software designer for trademark and copyright infringement.
· Represented telecommunications company during debt refinancing transaction.
· Represented several nonprofit organizations in drafting amicus brief filed in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts concerning constitutional issues implicated by English-language testing for teachers.
· Represented pro bono client in appeal of denial of social security benefits resulting in award of back-pay.
· Served as Special Assistant District Attorney for Middlesex County in Lowell District Court.
Recent Speaking Engagements and Publications
· "Resale Price Maintenance - Dead or Alive," co-author, Edwards Wildman Palmer Client Advisory, May 2012.
· "Minimum Advertised Pricing Programs: Practical Pointers in the Wake of Leegin," co-author, The Price Point, Newsletter of the ABA Section of Antitrust Law Pricing Conduct Committee, Volume 11, Issue 1, Winter 2012.
· "Applying the Presumption of Mens Rea to a Sentencing Factor: Does 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(iii) Penalize the Accidental Discharge of a Firearm?," 41 SUFFOLK U. L. REV. 615 (2008).
· "Businesses That Sell to Resellers May Be Free To Control Resale Prices - Supreme Court Overrules 96-Year-Old Ban on Resale Price Maintenance," co-author, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Client Advisory, June 29, 2007.
News & Publications
May 2012, Client Advisory: Resale Price Maintenance - Dead or Alive
February 16, 2012, Pat Sullivan and Liz Kelly Provide Pointers on Minimum Advertised Pricing Programs in ABA Publication
June 29, 2007, Client Advisory - Businesses That Sell to Resellers May Be Free To Control Resale Prices - Supreme Court Overrules 96-Year-Old Ban on Resale Price Maintenance
Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge
Before Edwards Wildman Before joining the firm, Liz served as a law clerk to the Honorable Francis X. Flaherty, Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court. While in law school, Liz represented juvenile defendants as a student attorney at the Suffolk University Law School Juvenile Justice Center and won the Suffolk Jurisprudence Award in Criminal Law. She also served as Associate Production Editor of the Suffolk University Law Review and interned for a Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Prior to attending law school, Liz spent five years working as a paralegal at a business litigation law firm in Boston.
Besides Edwards Wildman Liz is a member of the United States Tennis Association and enjoys playing tennis and competing in women's tennis leagues.
Memberships
· Boston Bar Association
· Rhode Island Bar Association