Jeanette has more than 25 years of combined in-house and law firm experience as a trademark professional in the consumer goods, food and beverage, and sports industries.

Jeanette was a senior IP paralegal for the global alcoholic beverage company Diageo for 13 years, until the beginning of 2020. As part of a global IP team, she managed large trademark portfolios for well-known alcoholic beverage brands and had oversight for IP clearance and prosecution for many new product launches and advertising campaigns. She supported opposition and conflict matters and worked closely with local business teams in the US and Canada to ensure legal and regulatory compliance of advertising and product packaging materials.

At Diageo, Jeanette helped create and implement new ways of working for searching, filing programs, and renewals to effect significant cost savings across the global IP function.

Prior to Diageo, Jeanette worked as a senior trademark specialist for 6 years at Pfizer, where she was involved in all aspects of trademark searching and prosecution and supported the name clearance process for new pharmaceutical products in development with high volumes of in-depth searching and clearance. She gained earlier professional IP experience at The Coca-Cola Company and NBA Properties, Inc., as well as several law firms.

Jeanette earned her BA from the University of Rochester and recently completed a master’s degree in Law Firm Management from The George Washington University.