July 01, 2007
(Burlington) Jamie E. Platkin of Concord, N.H. has joined the law firm Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC (DRM) as an associate. Working from the firm’s Burlington office, she focuses her legal work in intellectual property law, particularly in the areas of trademark clearance and prosecution, licensing and other intellectual property agreements, and intellectual property counseling.
“We’re pleased to welcome a lawyer with Jamie’s background and experience to our team,” said Lawrence H. Meier, head of DRM’s Intellectual Property Practice Group. “She is well prepared to help us meet the vigorous demand for IP legal services, a dynamic area of the law that continues to be a rapid growth area for clients in the northeast.”
Since graduating from law school in 2005, Platkin has been an associate with Shaheen & Gordon, P.A. in Concord, N.H., where she handled intellectual property matters and practiced in the areas of corporate, employment, criminal and construction law, as well as general civil litigation and insurance defense. She also worked with Shaheen & Gordon as a law student. In addition, Platkin worked as an intern in the legal department at The Timberland Company, where she gained additional experience with trademark, domain name, anti-counterfeiting and corporate law matters.
Platkin graduated cum laude from Franklin Pierce Law Center, where she concentrated her studies on trademark and copyright law and was a research assistant in trademark law. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Tufts University.
DRM, with more than 80 attorneys and legal professionals in six offices in Vermont and New Hampshire, provides legal services to local, national and international clients in practice areas which include litigation, business law, labor and employment, captive insurance, environmental law, estate planning, family law, tax law, public utilities, real estate, health care, intellectual property, creditors rights, venture capital and insurance defense. It represents clients in legislative, regulatory and public affairs through the Government Affairs group. DRM is the law firm member for Vermont of Lex Mundi, the world's leading association of independent law firms.
