Kathleen Lambert Starts in Firm's Omaha Office
Husch Blackwell is pleased to announce that Kathleen A. Lambert joined the firm's Omaha, Neb., office as an Associate. She will focus her practice in Intellectual Property law.
Prior to joining the firm, Lambert worked in Creighton University's Department of Intellectual Resource Management, handling invention disclosures from faculty, staff and students. Lambert determined the commercial viability of new products and, when applicable, licensed them to the business community, which included obtaining copyrights, trademark licensing and material transfer agreements. Lambert also facilitated the formation of startups based on new university technologies.
Lambert obtained her B.A. in Political Science, cum laude, from Creighton University (2003), followed by her J.D. from Creighton University School of Law (2006), and B.S. in Physics at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (2009). During law school, she was an editorial staff member of Creighton Law Review, and clerked in the office of the Nebraska Attorney General assisting state attorneys in the Division of Public Protection. Lambert is currently studying to receive her B.A. in French at Creighton University.
Upon receiving her J.D., Lambert worked for a small law firm in Omaha. She researched and wrote legal memoranda, briefs and court documents pertaining to Indian law cases throughout the country. She then joined an Omaha-based Intellectual Property firm, where she assisted clients with patent, trademark, copyright and related technical matters.
Husch Blackwell has more than 80 Intellectual Property attorneys, primarily located in the firm's Kansas City, St. Louis, Omaha, Denver and Chicago offices. The group's legal and technical knowledge guides Husch Blackwell clients in transactions involving intellectual property acquisition, development, maintenance, protection, enforcement and commercialization. Intellectual Property Today magazine recently named Husch Blackwell as a "2011 Top Trademark Firm."