Mary J. Hildebrand focuses her practice on strategic planning, commercialization, protection, and management of intellectual property and technology assets in the United States and many foreign jurisdictions. A member of the firm in the Tech Group, she is recognized in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2009-2011) for her work in Intellectual Property. Prior to joining Lowenstein Sandler, Ms. Hildebrand was a partner at Goodwin Procter LLP where she served as Chair of the firm's IP Transactions & Strategies Practice in the New York City and New Jersey offices. Ms. Hildebrand has been lead counsel in many substantial transactions with particular emphasis on complex structures involving the development, distribution, exploitation, sale, license and outsourcing of intellectual property assets and web-enabled ventures. She regularly provides counsel regarding product distribution, marketing, dispute mediation, the acquisition and sale of technology companies and due diligence evaluations in the context of mergers, investments and venture capital transactions.
Clients that Ms. Hildebrand has performed work for include Stryker Corporation, American Express OPEN, State Street Bank & Trust Company, Telcordia Technologies, Centennial Communications Corp., Dun & Bradstreet, FujiFilm Holdings America, Inc. and its affiliates, Public Service Electric & Gas, Purdue Pharma, Dow Jones & Company, The CIT Group, Inc., Viacom International Inc., Allied Signal (now Honeywell), Chase Manhattan, Hypovereinsbank, Citibank, Dell Financial Services, CBS, Inc., NBC Universal, AdvisorCentral (a joint venture of Fidelity, Putnam, Franklin Templeton and PFPC), The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Factiva, Inc. (a joint venture of Dow Jones and Reuters), Investors Bank & Trust Company and Mellon Investor Services.
Ms. Hildebrand is the author or co-author of numerous articles in publications such as Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, Advisor Today, inc.com, Computerworld, Biotechnology Law Report, Intellectual Property Litigation Reporter, National Law Journal, The Computer and Internet Lawyer, For the Defense, New York Law Journal, New Jersey Law Journal, the Chief Information Officer Journal, the Journal of Management Consulting, Computer Lawyer, and the Rutgers Computer and Technology Law Journal.
Ms. Hildebrand regularly lectures in her area of expertise for organizations that include: American Corporate Counsel Association (NY, NJ, District of Columbia and Northeast Chapters), the Computer Law Association (where she designed and chaired the annual CLA CyberSpaceCamp Conference from 1996-2002), Women Corporate Counsel Association, the Massachusetts Bankers Association, Practicing Law Institute, American Bar Association, the New York Bar Association, Electronic Financial Services Council, New Jersey Technology Council, the Women Presidents Organization and the Licensing Executives Society. In January 2008, Ms. Hildebrand co-chaired the Annual Corporate Counsel Institute for the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, where she presented on the legal aspects of off-shore outsourcing transactions. In October 2008, Ms. Hildebrand participated in a panel presentation sponsored by the New Jersey Corporate Counsel Association and the Licensing Executives Society on Open Source Software together with attorneys from Ricoh Corporation of the Americas, Telcordia Technologies, Inc., and Alcatel Lucent.
Ms. Hildebrand is also a founder and Co-chair of STRIDES®, Advancing Women in Business, an initiative sponsored by Lowenstein Sandler PC that promotes visibility, leadership opportunities, and quality peer interaction for women in business. Ms. Hildebrand was honored at the Executive Women of New Jersey's Salute to the Policy Makers, which recognizes women who set policy at major corporations or other organizations based in New Jersey. Ms. Hildebrand was also honored by the Women's Political Caucus of New Jersey with the 2011 Mary Philbrook Award for her contributions to the advancement of women in the legal profession.
Ms. Hildebrand was an Armstrong Merit Scholar at Union College and was elected by the faculty to the Pi Sigma Alpha and Omicron Delta Epsilon honor societies.
Publications
· White House Proposes A Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights
Privacy Law Alert, March 1, 2012
Mary Hildebrand, Katherine Varker
· March 1, 2012 Deadline for Amending Vendor Contracts to Comply with Massachusetts Data Security Regulations
Privacy Law Alert, February 2012
Mary Hildebrand, Katherine Varker
· New EU Data Protection Regulations Could Mean Hefty Fines for U.S. Companies: How You Should Prepare
Privacy Law Alert, February 2012
Mary Hildebrand, Katherine Varker
· Data Breach Legislation 101: Top Principles for Mitigating Brand Risk
Hospitality Technology, April 6, 2010
Mary Hildebrand, Matthew Savare
· New Massachusetts Privacy Regulations Affect Companies Across the Country
Bloomberg Privacy & Information Reports, July 2009
Mary Hildebrand, Elaine Hughes, Matthew Savare
· The Prevalence Of Privacy: Issues For In-House Counsel In The Information Age
The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel (also published in the NJCCA Newsletter, July 10,2009), June 2009
Matthew Savare, Mary Hildebrand, Robert Chesler
· Privacy Principles for Accountants
The CPA Journal, May 2008
Mary Hildebrand, Matthew Savare
· Portrait Of A Tech Group: At Home In The U.S., The UK And The Global Arena
The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, January 2006
Mary Hildebrand
Press Mentions
· Mary J. Hildebrand is highlighted for being selected one of the 2011 "Best Fifty Women in Business" by NJBiz magazine., Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, April 2011
· Lowenstein Sandler is highlighted for its diversity and diversity programs; Mary Hildebrand and Christine Osvald-Mruz discuss STRIDES, the firm's networking program for women in business, as well as the firm's membership in the Hidden Brain Drain Task Force (a project of the Center for Work-Life Policy), which conducts studies on how the business community can realize the assets of women and minority employees., New Jersey Law Journal, September 22, 2008
· Mary J. Hildebrand is profiled on her background and recent arrival to the firm's Tech Group., New Jersey Law Journal, December 19, 2005
Affiliations
· Licensing Executives Society, New Jersey Metro Chapter
- Co-chair
- Recipient of the Outstanding Chapter Award for 2004
- Member of the Planning Committee for the 2006 Annual Meeting in NYC
· Executive Association of New Jersey
- Past President
- Chair of the Board of Trustees
· American Bar Association
· New Jersey State Bar Association
· Essex County Bar Association
· Computer Law Association
· Women President's Organization