Katherine Early

Current

Corporate Counsel at LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier, Inc.

Past

Litigation Attorney at Sebaly Shillito + Dyer
Litigation Attorney at Faruki Ireland & Cox
legal intern at Harsco Corporation

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Education

The Ohio State University - The Max M. Fisher College of Business
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
The George Washington University

Beavercreek High School

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Connections

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Industry

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Websites

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Katherine Early’s Summary

Kate is working with the both the content licensing and publising licensing groups as a part of the LexisNexis legal counsel team.

Katherine Early’s Specialties:

Intellectual property (copyright, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and others), internet law, advertising law, contracts

Katherine Early’s Experience

Corporate Counsel

LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier, Inc.

(Public Company; REL; Publishing industry)

July 2009 — Present (6 months)

Content Licensing and Publishing
Litigation Attorney

Sebaly Shillito + Dyer

(Partnership; Law Practice industry)

August 2004 — July 2009 (5 years )

In her former job, Kate was a senior associate at SS+D in the litigation department, focusing on business litigation and intellectual property matters. Kate has argued before both state and federal courts, including the Sixth Circuit.

She has counseled clients in pre-litigation matters, including in finding the best business solution to avoid litigation when possible. She has represented clients in trials, motion practice of all types, depositions, and other matters.

Examples of matters:

Representation and counseling of employers in ERISA and other labor-related issues;
Representation of employers in non-compete, tortious interference, trade secret and fiduciary duty litigation (including one of the nationwide top 100 verdicts of 2008);
Representation of corporations in the defense of patent infringement claims, and in the assertion and defense of claims for trademark infringement; and
Representation of corporations in complex contractual disputes.
Litigation Attorney

Faruki Ireland & Cox

(Legal Services industry)

August 2002 — August 2004 (2 years 1 month)

Prepared briefs, summary judgment, procedural and evidentiary motions, legal memorandum, protective orders, arbitration demands, settlement agreements and discovery responses, and met with experts and clients. Investigated facts and coordinated large-scale projects with clients for discovery and strategic purposes.
legal intern

Harsco Corporation

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HSC; Information Technology and Services industry)

2001 — 2001 (less than a year)

Katherine Early’s Education

The Ohio State University - The Max M. Fisher College of Business

MBA , Corporate Finance , 1998 — 2002
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law

1998 — 2002

Externship with Justice Alice Robie Resnick at The Supreme Court of Ohio
Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS), Russian (federal grant of full tuition and living stipend with candidates chosen by law and language professors)

Activities and Societies:

Managing Editor, The Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution
Oxford University, Ohio State Summer European Law Program
The George Washington University

BA , International Economics , 1994 — 1998

Kate studied international economics, with a minor in Slavic (Russian) languages and literature and in economics generally.
Presidential Scholarship all four years.

Activities and Societies:

Phi Sigma Sigma
Beavercreek High School

1991 — 1994

Additional Information

Katherine Early’s Websites:

My Blog

Katherine Early’s Interests:

When not working, Kate enjoys traveling, genealogy, and photography, and is trying to learn how to cook things that are actually edible.

Katherine Early’s Groups:

Current Board Member, Greater Dayton Advertising Association
Current Chair, Dayton Bar Assoication's Business Law Division
Former Chair of Board, Epilepsy Foundation of Western Ohio
Former Chair, DBA Law & Technology Committee
Former Member, Carl D. Kessler Inn of Court
Member, Dayton Intellectual Property Law Association (“DIPLA”)

Admitted to practice in all State Courts in Ohio, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Member of the American, Ohio and Dayton Bar Associations.