P. Stephen Fardy
312-923-8247 direct
sfardy@smbtrials.com

Born Fullerton, California, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Indiana and United States District Courts, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana; 1996, Illinois and United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois.

Education:
Indiana University (B.A., with honors, 1991; J.D., 1994)
The John Marshall Law School-Center for Intellectual   Property (LL.M., with honors; in Intellectual Property, 2001)
Member Jessup International Moot Court Team, 1992-1994 Chicago Bar Association Moot Court Team, 1993-1994

Member:
Illinois State and Indiana State Bar Associations
Defense Research Institute and Intellectual Property Law
  Association of Chicago
Federal Trial Bar for the United States District Court,   Northern District of Illinois
Named in Illinois Super Lawyers–Rising Star Edition 2008
  in Intellectual Property
International Trademark Association

Practice Areas:
Intellectual Property Transactions & Litigation
  Trademarks, trade dress and unfair trade practices
  Trade secrets
  Copyright
  Right of publicity and privacy issues
Commercial Litigation

Publications:
Feet of Clay: How the Right of Publicity Exception Undermines Copyright Act Preemption, 12 Tex. Intell. Prop. L.J. 444 (2004). Click here to download PDF, 240K