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Lucy Prashker, Partner

lprashker@cainhibbard.com

Great Barrington
Tel 413-528-4771
Fax 413-528-7973

Lucy chairs the firm's Technology and Internet Department. She represents businesses and individuals on a wide variety of intellectual property, Internet and business practice issues. Lucy is also a litigator, handling complex commercial cases in both state and federal courts. Much of Lucy's practice is devoted to advising clients in the fields of health and nonprofit law. Her clients include artists and writers, cosmetic manufacturers, financial services firms, emerging software companies, museums and health care providers.

Lucy is active in the South Berkshire County community. She serves as town counsel to the Town of Alford , where she lives with her husband and daughter. Chair of the eagle fund, a privately-endowed educational enrichment fund that supports public education, Lucy is also a member of the board of directors of the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington.

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AREAS OF PRACTICE

Intellectual Property Law

Technology and Internet Law
Trademarks
Copyrights
Licensing
Intellectual Property Litigation

General Commercial Litigation and Business Counseling

Health Law

Nonprofit Law

EDUCATION AND CLERKSHIPS

University of Massachusetts, B.S., 1977, summa cum laude

Albany Law School of Union University, J.D., 1981, magna cum laude

Editor and Member, Albany Law Review

New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, Law Clerk 1981-1982

BAR ADMISSIONS

Massachusetts

New York

District of Columbia (inactive)

COURT ADMISSIONS

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York

MEMBERSHIPS

American Bar Association

Association of The Bar of the City of New York

Berkshire Bar Association

Massachusetts City Solicitors and Town Counsel Association

Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts

 


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Experience Highlights:

Serves as primary outside counsel to largest health system in Berkshire County.

Serves as general counsel to several nonprofit entities dedicated to the arts.

Represented Fortune 500 companies in complex litigation in federal courts in Massachusetts, New York and Texas.

Served as adjunct professor at Albany (N.Y.) Law School, where she taught technology licensing from 1993 to 2004.

Former partner of New York City firm of Milgrim, Thomajan & Lee PC, with a concentration on intellectual property litigation.

Former staff attorney at the Federal Trade Commission in Washington , D.C. , where Lucy litigated in antitrust enforcement actions.

Recent Presentations/ Publications

"Massachusetts Health Care Reform, Small Businesses and the Contingent Workforce," Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, June, 2006

"Practicing Safe Send: Managing E-mail Risk," featured speaker, Southern Berkshire Chamber of Commerce, January 2006, published article, Berkshire Trade and Commerce , February 2006.

"Protecting the Crown Jewels: Intellectual Property Do's and Don'ts," featured speaker, Berkshire Chamber of Commerce, March 2004.

"From Safe Send to Safe Save - Managing E-mail Risk," featured speaker, Siena Business Institute , November 2003; Consulting Alliance May 2003.

"Artists Online: The Evolving Law of the Internet," featured speaker, Norman Rockwell Museum , Business and the Arts Series, July 2003.

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