Dorothy Mitchell

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Dorothy Mitchell is a civil litigator with experience in a wide range of fields, including commercial contracts, antitrust, intellectual property, employment, insurance coverage and products liability. Ms. Mitchell worked at Brune & Richard from 2001 to 2003 and joined the firm again in April 2004.

In 2003, Ms. Mitchell took a leave from Brune & Richard to accept an appointment as Intellectual Property Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee. At the Senate, she was responsible for advising the Committee Chairman on intellectual property matters, drafting legislation, organizing Committee hearings, and interacting with members of the intellectual property community on a wide array of issues.

From 1996 to 2001, Ms. Mitchell worked at the National Football League as Counsel for Policy and Litigation and Assistant League Secretary. Her responsibilities at the NFL included management of litigation, enforcement of the League’s broadcast-related intellectual property rights and legal oversight of the League’s medical and safety committees. From 1995 to 1996, she was the Labor Relations Counsel at the NFL Management Council, where she represented NFL clubs in player-related arbitrations under the League’s collective bargaining agreement and advised on labor and employment-related issues.

From 1989 to 1995, Ms. Mitchell worked as a litigation associate at Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C.

In 2000, Ms. Mitchell was an Adjunct Professor at the Northeastern University School of Law where she taught a class on copyright issues in broadcast media.

Ms. Mitchell graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1989. In 1985, she graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in English from Duke University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

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