Sharon Carlstedt Britton

Sharon Carlstedt Britton has practiced in the area of commercial litigation since 1992, representing clients on a variety of complex litigation matters, including in the areas of contract, bankruptcy, insurance, securities and intellectual property. Notably, she has litigated high profile copyright infringement actions on behalf of record labels, music publishers, and artists against Internet companies such as and Napster. Prior to joining Phelps Dunbar, Ms. Britton practiced in New York City as an associate and then as a partner at Thelen, Reid & Priest LLP. Ms. Britton was the co-hiring partner for the New York office of Thelen, a member of the Commercial Litigation Department, the Intellectual Property & Trade Regulation Practice Group and the Diversity Committee.  Ms. Britton was also Of Counsel at the Lauro Law Firm in Tampa where she practiced commercial litigation and white collar criminal defense.