About Mary
Mary Ellen Roy practices in the area of commercial litigation. She represents media and advertising companies in pre-publication and pre-broadcast review, defamation defense, privacy law, courtroom access, public records and open meetings, reporter’s privilege, negligent misrepresentation, and other First Amendment issues. She also handles intellectual property law matters, including copyright and trademark counseling, litigation, registration, prosecution and proceedings before the U.S. Copyright Office, the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). She has experience with various Internet and technology law issues, including domain name disputes in international arbitrations before the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), privacy and terms of use policies for websites, and anonymous speech postings.Ms. Roy’s practice includes representing electric, gas, and water utilities in antitrust and consumer class actions, municipal franchise disputes, expropriation litigation, and regulatory proceedings before the Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). In addition, she represents corporate clients in a wide variety of litigation matters, including bank mergers and acquisitions, franchisor/franchisee disputes, shareholder and securities suits, entertainment law issues, unfair trade practices claims, protection of trade secrets, lender liability, real estate partnerships, arbitration, and general business torts.
Mary Ellen Roy practices in the area of commercial litigation. She represents media and advertising companies in pre-publication and pre-broadcast review, defamation defense, privacy law, courtroom access, public records and open meetings, reporter’s privilege, negligent misrepresentation, and other First Amendment issues. She also handles intellectual property law matters, including copyright and trademark counseling, litigation, registration, prosecution and proceedings before the U.S. Copyright Office, the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). She has experience with various Internet and technology law issues, including domain name disputes in international arbitrations before the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), privacy and terms of use policies for websites, and anonymous speech postings.
Ms. Roy’s practice includes representing electric, gas, and water utilities in antitrust and consumer class actions, municipal franchise disputes, expropriation litigation, and regulatory proceedings before the Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). In addition, she represents corporate clients in a wide variety of litigation matters, including bank mergers and acquisitions, franchisor/franchisee disputes, shareholder and securities suits, entertainment law issues, unfair trade practices claims, protection of trade secrets, lender liability, real estate partnerships, arbitration, and general business torts.
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Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - First Amendment, New Orleans (2024)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - First Amendment, New Orleans (2022)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Intellectual Property, New Orleans (2019)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Intellectual Property, New Orleans (2016)
- Recognized: Advertising Law
- Recognized: Litigation - First Amendment
- Recognized: Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Recognized: Media Law
- Practice Area: First Amendment Law
- Practice Area: Information Technology Law
- Special Focus: Advertising
- Special Focus: Appellate
- Special Focus: Constitutional
- Special Focus: Copyright
- Special Focus: Defamation
- Special Focus: Defendants
- Special Focus: Electronics
- Special Focus: Entertainment Law
- Special Focus: Free Speech
- Special Focus: Information Technology
- Special Focus: Intellectual Property
- Special Focus: Internet
- Special Focus: Litigation
- Special Focus: Media
- Special Focus: Software
- Special Focus: Trade Secrets
- Special Focus: Trademark
- Special Focus: Unfair Trade Practices
- The Best Lawyers in America
- New Orleans Magazine - Top Lawyers
- Louisiana Super Lawyers
- IP Star - Managing Intellectual Property Magazine