Cory M. Amron
Ms. Amron is a partner in the Vorys Washington, D.C. office and chair of the intellectual property group in the D.C. office. She counsels clients in sophisticated domestic and foreign trademark and copyright matters, strategic brand protection, policing and infringement, and domain names. She represents clients in licensing, acquisition and sales, due diligence, intellectual property audits, confidentiality, and trade dress matters and has significant experience in conflict resolution and negotiated settlements.
Career highlights include:
- Being responsible for thousands of domestic and foreign trademarks, some of which are American icons
- Structuring and negotiating complex third party licenses, copyright, domain, and internet issues and providing due diligence in acquisitions and divestitures for a Fortune 500 company
- Negotiating multi-million dollar licenses of trend-setting clothing brands
- Being named one of the top Intellectual Property Lawyers in 2004 and 2007 in the Washingtonian Magazine and the 2004 lawyer of the year by the Women’s Bar of the District of Columbia
- Structuring and implementing license programs and quality control oversight for multimillion dollar licenses
- Counseling a government contractor on copyright and trademark rights in software deliverables, including competitors’ rights to use deliverables to create derivative works
Ms. Amron is a member of the American Bar Association, the District of Columbia Bar, the Bar Association of the District of Columbia, the Women’s Bar of the District of Columbia, the Virginia State Bar, and the International Trademark Association. Ms. Amron is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia.
Ms. Amron has presented at numerous seminars on intellectual property and other topics, including trademarks, intellectual property rights in China, licensing, negotiation techniques, drafting and negotiating written contracts, and issues related to women lawyers.
Ms. Amron received her J.D. from Harvard Law School and her B.A. with distinction from the University of Rochester.
Professional and Community Activities
- American Bar Association
Standing Committee on Public Education, Member, 2008-present
Out of the Box Committee; Section on Legal Education, Co-Chair; Diversity Subcommittee, 2000-2008; American Bar Association President’s Advisory Council on Diversity, 2002-2005; Commission on Domestic Violence, Member, 1998-2002; Commission on Women in the Profession, 1987-1998, Chair, 1991–1994; “MacCrate” Task Force on Law Schools and the Profession: Narrowing the Gap, 1988-1992; Multicultural Women Lawyer’s Network: Joint Committee of Commission on Women and Commission on Minorities, 1989-1991
Young Lawyers Division, 1981-1989 - American Bar Foundation – ABA
D.C. Chapter, Chair, 2001-2003; Vice Chair, 1999-2001; Secretary, 1997-1999 - District of Columbia Bar
Task Force on Reproductive Cancer, Member, 1994-1996; Commercial Real Estate Committee, Chair, 1986-1989 - Bar Association of District of Columbia
Quality of Life Award Committee, 1997-present - Bar Association of D.C./Young Lawyer's Section, 1980-1989
- Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia, 1979-present
- Women's Bar Foundation
Auditor-Board of Directors, 1981-1986 - D.C. Advisory Committee on Emergency Medical Services, 1980-1985
Community Member, appointed by the Mayor
Bylaws Committee and Regulations Committee, Chair - Temple Rodef Shalom
Long Range Planning Committee, 1998-present
Board of Directors, 1996-present
Honors & Awards
- Washingtonian Magazine,Top Lawyers-Intellectual Property, November 2007
- Washington D.C. Super Lawyers, Intellectual Property, 2007
- Fellow of the American Bar Foundation since 1990
- Fellow of the American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division
- Top IP Lawyers, Washingtonian Magazine, December 2004
- Lawyer of the Year, Women’s Bar Association of D.C., 2004
- “Stars of the Bars,” Women’s Bar Association of D.C., 2003
- Bar Association of the District of Columbia, Young Lawyers Section, James Eastman Award, 1991
- Featured in “D.C. Firms Exceed Average in Women Partners,” E. Kerlow, Legal Times, February 13, 1989 (Vol. XI, No. 36)
- Featured in “20 Young Lawyers Who Make a Difference,” Barrister Magazine, Summer 1988 (Special Issue)
News
- Amron, Bresnahan and Kappel featured in Columbus Dispatch article "Local Firm's D.C. Lawyers Named Best in Washington"
- Vorys Attorneys Among the Best in Washington
- Amron, Bresnahan and Kappel featured in Columbus Dispatch article "Trio of Vorys Lawyers 'Top' in D.C."
Publications
- Cory M. Amron & William H. Oldach, "On-Line Infringement are Central in Today's IP Landscape," September 2008.
- “Choosing, Using and Protecting Trademarks,” 2007.
- Cory M. Amron & Cruz Reynoso, “Diversity in Legal Education: A Broader View, A Deeper Commitment,” Journal of Legal Education, December 2002 (Vol. 52 No. 4).
- “Take Care with Intellectual Property Outside the US,” Washington Business Journal, August 31, 1988.
- “Don’t Just Hear it Through the Grapevine; Studying Gender Questions at your Law School,” American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession, 1998 (ABA Press, Editor).
- “Elusive Equality: The Experiences of Women in Legal Education,” American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession, 1996 (ABA Press, Chapter Author and Editor).
- “Lawyers and Balanced Lives: A Guide to Drafting and Implementing Workplace Policies for Lawyers,” American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession, 1990 (ABA Press, Chapter Author and Editor).
- District of Columbia Practice Manual, 1987 (District of Columbia Bar Press, Chapter Author, Editor and Steering Committee Member).
- Metropolitan Area Statutes, 1984 (2d Ed., Bar Association of the District of Columbia, Young Lawyers Section, Chapter Author and Editor-in-Chief).
- “Home Sweet Office: Law Firm Life,” Full Disclosure: Do You Really Want to be a Lawyer, 1989 (Peterson's Guides).
- Professionalism; The Real Bottom Line, 1989 (Publication of the American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, Chapter Author).
- “A Forum for Female Lawyers; Book Review of ‘Women Lawyers, Perspective on Success’ by Emily Couric,” Trial Magazine, July 1984.
- “ABA Recognizes Barriers to Women in the Profession,” MemberNet, October 1988 (Vol. 4 No. 1).
- “Publish or Perish,” MemberNet, January 1986 (Vol. 1 No. 3).