Professional Experience

Ms. Sheehan’s practice focuses on commercial litigation matters, with a significant portion of her practice devoted to copyright, trademark, advertising, contract and unfair competition law.  Ms. Sheehan has represented individuals and corporations in the consumer products, entertainment, media, publishing, technology, pharmaceutical, sports, retail and financial services industries. 

Prior to joining Manatt, Ms. Sheehan served as a law clerk to the Honorable Barrington Parker Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Education

Columbia Law School, J.D., 2004.
James Kent Scholar.
Executive Submissions Editor, Columbia Journal of Law and the Arts.

Yale University, B.A., History, with distinction, 1998.

Memberships & Activities

Admitted to practice in New York State and before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of New York and Eastern District of New York.

Member, Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

Member, The Copyright Society of the U.S.A.

Honors & Awards

Visiting Fellow, AHRC Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law, University of Edinburgh School of Law (November 2006)

Recipient, Carroll G. Harper Prize for Intellectual Property, Columbia Law School, (2003-2004)

Co-recipient of two Sports Emmy Awards; National Broadcasting Company; The Games of the XXVII Olympiad (2000)

Publications

"Tasini Aftermath: The Consequences of the Freelancers' Victory," 14 DePaul LCA J. Art & Ent. L. 231 (2004). [article excerpted in Intellectual Property in Business Organizations Cases and Materials (Matthew  Bender & Company, Inc. 2006)]