Stacy A. Cole

Stacy Cole is a partner in the firm's Business Representation & Transactions Group and a member of the firm's Data Privacy & Cybersecurity and Intellectual Property & Technology Groups. Stacy focuses on the efficient and practical resolution that best serves the client’s business interests.

Stacy has experience in developing privacy compliance programs from start to finish, including: gap and data assessments; coordinating technical consultant services; insurance policy analysis and negotiation; policy crafting; creating vendor management programs; training; and guiding implementation. Stacy is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States and Europe (CIPP/US, CIPP/E) and a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) through the ANSI-ISO-accredited International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) certification programs.

Stacy regularly handles data incidents, offering service that fully wraps around the incident and includes: implementing and leading the incident response; directing the forensic investigation; coordinating with insurers to maximize coverage; advising as to legal obligations to notify affected consumers, business partners, and regulators; overseeing the notification of third parties; communicating with law enforcement; responding to regulatory inquiries; and providing representation in litigation and enforcement actions arising from the incident. Stacy does what it takes to support clients through the entire process.

In addition, Stacy advises clients on IP strategy, portfolio management, and vetting, and regularly files and prosecutes federal copyright and trademark registration applications. She has significant experience in drafting license agreements, confidentiality and release agreements, e-commerce agreements, Web site terms and conditions, and privacy policies.

Stacy has handled federal and state cases involving trademark, trade dress, copyright, and patent infringement claims, and disputes concerning proprietary information and trade secrets. She has served as lead trial counsel on numerous federal copyright infringement cases, securing favorable—and often profitable—resolutions for clients based on the strong positioning obtained through litigation and discovery strategy.

Stacy has resolved numerous trademark registration challenges before the USPTO’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, including working with consumer survey experts to successfully position a regional client against a major online retailer. She has also successfully pursued dozens of Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy cases to secure the transfer or cancellation of “cybersquatting” domain names.