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Phone: 216.456.3847
Fax: 216.456.3877
Email:
Areas of Practice:
Business Litigation
Intellectual Property
Information Technology/Privacy
Entertainment Law
Licensed:
Ohio
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
Education:
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, 1999, J.D., magna cum laude; Order of the Coif
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1996, B.A., cum laude
- Maureen P. Tracey - Of Counsel
Maureen has more than ten years of experience representing business clients in litigation involving a wide array of complex legal issues, including fraud, breach of contract, deceptive trade practices, lender liability, tortious interference claims and copyright and trademark infringement. She also has significant experience with all aspects of media and advertising law, including defamation and privacy issues, FTC and FCC regulations, and public records matters, and has litigated a number of high-profile First Amendment cases. In addition, Maureen has extensive experience with appeals in both state and federal courts.
Her notable experience includes:
- Successfully defending a talk radio station in a high profile defamation action filed by a professional football player
- Litigating a First Amendment/retaliation action against the mayor of a large Ohio city for issuing edict prohibiting city employees from speaking with the local newspaper
- Securing an opinion from the Supreme Court of Ohio upholding the confidentiality of patient medical records and preventing plaintiffs and their attorneys from discovering personal medical information about third parties not involved in litigation
- Securing media access to search warrants in a highly publicized murder investigation in a city in California
Maureen has given seminar presentations on topics including electronic media law, invasion of privacy torts, defamation and advertising law. She received her J.D. magna cum laude from The Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law where she was a member of the Order of the Coif and Research Editor for the Ohio State Law Journal. Additionally, Maureen graduated cum laude from Miami University.
Honors and Awards
Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Stars, Business Litigation, 2011
Rising Star, YWCA of Greater Cincinnati, 2003
Professional Memberships:
Cleveland Metropolitain Bar Association
Ohio State Bar Association
American Bar Association
Community Involvement:
- Board Member, Prayers From Maria Children's Glioma Research Foundation, 2012
- Trustee, Valley Riding, Inc., 2010-Present
- Vice-Chair, ABA Forum on Communications Law, Training and Development Committee, 2003-2007
- Adjunct Instructor, University of Cincinnati, Electronic Media Law, 2002-2006
- Adjunct Instructor, Miami University, 2003
Publications:
- “Recent Trends in Publicity Law,” Communications Lawyer, 22(2), Summer 2004
- "Clinton’s Other Infidelity: Signing, Ignoring, and Disobeying Helms-Burton," Executing the Constitution: Putting the President Back Into the Constitution, 2006 (Christopher S. Kelly, Ed.)
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