Waldman, Hal K

Regina von Gootkin graduated with honors from the University of Connecticut School of Law in May, 2009. During law school, Attorney von Gootkin specialized in intellectual property law. For two semesters she worked as a student associate at the Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship Clinic (IPEC) helping Connecticut small business owners with their intellectual property issues. She spoke at the "Intellectual Property and Creative Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in the Digital Environment" conference at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland in May 2008. Attorney von Gootkin also completed UConn Law’s Intellectual Property Certificate Program. She holds a bachelors degree in Journalism and Political Science from the University of Connecticut – Storrs.

Attorney von Gootkin has been with Brown, Paindiris & Scott since her first year of law school, and will now be working primarily in the firm’s Commercial Law Department and will focus on commercial transactions and intellectual property. Her services include business formation, mergers and acquisitions, trademark and copyright filings, trade secret law, non-competition law, and commercial and residential real estate closings.

Regina is also the author of two books, Controversial Court Cases, Parts I & II. The books chronicle twelve notorious cases from Connecticut, including the 17th century witch trials, the Amistad case, Sheff v. O’Neill, Peter Reilly, Michael Skakel, Michael Ross and James Tillman. The books were published by Law First Publishing, a division of the Connecticut Bar Association, under her maiden name, Regina Forker.

Controversial Court Cases in Connecticut, Part I
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Controversial Court Cases in Connecticut, Part II
http://amzn.com/0974006971