Areas of Practice

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

McNamer and Company has significant litigation and trial experience including experience in Intellectual Property, Complex Commercial, Sports, Entertainment, Real Estate and Employment litigation. Whatever the dispute, McNamer and Company can help you resolve it efficiently and effectively.CORPORATE

BUSINESS LAW

McNamer and Company offers a wide range of expert business law services including contract negotiations, the purchase and sale of businesses and the formation of business entities.  Representing all types of business, with an emphasis on the hospitality industry, with representative clients that include Le Pigeon, Little Bird, Canard, Chefstable, Revelry, Bunk Bar, Tube, Ox, Taqueria Nueve and Bullard.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Whether you’re licensing your core technologies, branding your company, or writing a memoir, McNamer and Company has the experience you need to secure, protect, defend, and exploit your valuable intellectual property assets.

As counsel to major software companies, major recording artists, Internet start-ups, and inventors, McNamer and Company's attorneys offer a diverse array of intellectual property services including trademark counseling, prosecution and litigation, trade secret counseling and litigation, copyright counseling, prosecution and litigation, and patent litigation, including cutting edge services relating to the Internet and e-commerce. We understand the issues, and will work with you to effectively manage your intellectual property.

MEDIA

At McNamer and Company, we know that information is a precious commodity. Specializing in intellectual property, media, entertainment and technology, McNamer and Company is uniquely situated to help you understand and capitalize on the convergence of those areas of law.

With experience handling copyright, trademark, defamation, libel, invasion of privacy, advertising, and Internet issues for television and radio stations, publishers, and talent, McNamer and Company's attorneys can provide you with cost-sensitive legal support for everything from the simplest talent release to the most complicated copyright lawsuit. We have the transactional and litigation experience necessary to help you thrive in this age of information.

SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

McNamer and Company represents amateur and professional athletes in contract negotiations for sponsorships, endorsements, and professional appearances. In addition, McNamer and Company represents professional athletes in disputes and litigation, with representative clients such as Jamie Bestwick (No. 1 BMX Vert Rider in the World).

For entertainment transactions and litigation, McNamer and Company provides a genuine understanding of the unique issues, concerns and obstacles – legal, professional and personal – faced by those who engage in creative endeavors. As counsel to members of the entertainment industry, McNamer and Company offers sophisticated legal services covering all facets of the business, including music, film, television, theater, and visual arts. Whether you are a musician, producer, filmmaker, screenwriter or other professional in the entertainment industry, McNamer and Company can meet all of your legal needs.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAW

McNamer and Company counsels and advises telecommunications clients on a broad range of issues that encompass transactions, operations, regulation and litigation. The firm’s clients have included competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), domestic and international interexchange carriers (IXCs), ISPs, satellite service providers, communications equipment manufacturers and other communications and technology companies. In the arena of telecommunications law, the firm’s work has included:

  • Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and state public utility commission (PUC) advocacy, including rulemakings, declaratory petitions, adjudications, enforcement matters and formal and informal complaints.

  • Drafting and negotiating wholesale, enterprise customer, dark fiber and other commercial contracts

  • Negotiating and arbitrating interconnection agreements (ICAs) with ILECs before state PUCs.

  • Negotiating and drafting traffic exchange agreements.

  • Challenging PUC decisions in federal district courts and before the U.S. Court of Appeals.

  • Challenging FCC orders before the U.S. Court of Appeals.

  • Preparing initial tariffs and revising existing tariffs filed with the FCC and state PUCs.

  • Representing CLECs in commercial litigation before state and federal district courts.

  • Federal and state regulatory compliance and reporting.

  • Regulatory fee matters, including Universal Service Fund (USF) issues and state equivalents.

  • Intercarrier compensation (ICC) issues.

  • Numbering issues.

APPELLATE PRACTICE

An appeal usually occurs after the trial court enters a final judgment. Appellate practice is much different than trial practice, and is often considered a “high stakes” affair. Our firm has successfully represented clients in numerous appeals on both the state and federal levels. We have successfully defended winning decisions and effectively appealed unfavorable decisions.