Julia M. Lang leads the firm’s Intellectual Property Group and focuses her practice on the business and transactional aspects of intellectual property protection. She has extensive experience counseling clients on trademark clearance, selection, prosecution, registration, enforcement, and licensing. Julia regularly assists clients with brand development and provides strategic advice in selecting and protecting trademarks, including developing filing strategies to maximize brand protection in an efficient and cost-effective manner. She advises clients on a wide range of additional issues related to intellectual property, such as trade dress, copyrights, licensing, internet and domain issues, trade secrets, and due diligence in corporate transactions and collaborations.
Julia has been recognized by Super Lawyers® as a Rising Star since 2021 and by Best Lawyers®: Ones to Watch since 2023. She has also been ranked among leading trademark lawyers by World Trademark Review since 2023 and by St. Louis Small Business Monthly annually since 2020. She currently serves as Vice Chair of the American Bar Association’s USPTO Trademark Practice & Policy Committee. She received her J.D. from Seattle University School of Law and her LL.M. in Intellectual Property & Technology Law from Washington University Law.
Admissions
- Missouri
- Washington
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri