Angela M. Lipscomb, Esq.

Angela M. Lipscomb, Esq. is a partner at Lipscomb & Partners, PLLC, who focuses her practice on complex commercial and intellectual property litigation.

Practice Areas:

Intellectual Property

• Patent Litigation
• Trademark, Trade dress, and Trade secret litigation
• Copyright Litigation
• Trademark Prosecution, including opposition and cancellation proceedings
• Trademark, Copyright and Patent Assignments, Licenses, Consent Agreements, Cobranding Agreements, Distribution Agreements and similar types of agreements
• False Advertising Litigation
• Unfair Competition Litigation

Commercial Litigation:

• Shareholder and Partnership Disputes
• Non-compete Litigation
• Disputes involving the sale of goods under the Uniform Commercial Code or the UN Convention for the International Sales of Goods
• Collection of large debts due and owing
• Breaches of Fiduciary Duty
• Representation of Receivers and Trustees

Education:

Ms. Lipscomb received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Florida Levin College of Law, magna cum laude. During law school, Ms. Lipscomb interned at the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office for two semesters as a legal intern certified by the Florida Supreme Court and participated in numerous bench and jury trials.  Ms. Lipscomb was also a successful member of the International Commercial Arbitration Moot. Prior to law school, Ms. Lipscomb graduated with a B.A. in English, magna cum laude, from Florida State University.  As a result of Ms. Lipscomb’s scholastic achievements, she was admitted to the Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi honor fraternities.

Representative Experience:

• Serves as outside general counsel to an international beauty and haircare company, including the defense and enforcement of its trademark portfolio and overseeing its licensing and international distribution agreements.
• Participates in national litigation to enforce various patents on behalf of inventors, patent holders and patent assignees.
• Successfully defended multiple companies against patent infringement actions and actions seeking declarations of non-infringement
• Represented court-appointed receiver over a company engaged in the business of originating and servicing over $200 million in mortgages on behalf of approximately 800 investors.
• Represented court-appointed receiver in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida in a $36 million Ponzi scheme involving FOREX trading.

Community Involvement:

• Board Member, Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc.
• Board Member, Miami-Dade Chapter of the Florida Association of Women Lawyers (2011-2013)
• Veteran’s Pro Bono Project (providing free legal services to veterans of the United States military)
• Board Member, Lower School Family Association of the Pine Crest School