Harriet Ivy, of counsel in the Birmingham office, has broad experience in the area of business litigation. She concentrates her focus in areas of intellectual property litigation, particularly trademark, trade secret and copyright litigation. She has also represented and counseled clients in the field of antitrust law. Ms. Ivy has extensive experience representing clients before appellate tribunals, having primary responsibility for briefing in appeals pending before the Alabama Supreme Court, Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. She has presented oral argument before the Alabama Supreme Court and Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Ms. Ivy has assisted clients and has obtained successful results in many complex litigation matters, including multi-district litigation and class actions.
- Obtained successful results for client in lower federal court and in Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals with regard to a challenge brought under the Dormant Commerce Clause to Tennessee's regulatory framework for the distribution of alcoholic beverages.
- Defeated a putative class representative's motion for class certification in a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(3) action brought against gaming industry client.
- Obtained dismissal of suit alleging trade secret misappropriation against software company and received final judgment affirming the dismissal from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
- Obtained victory for client in appeal construing Alabama's lease recording statute.
- Presenter – "In Focus aqnd Being Heard Now: The Latest from the Courts on Copyright and Trademark Law in Film and Music," Third Annual Sidewalk Film Festival CLE (August 2011)
- Presenter – "Brought to You By ....Product Placements in Film and Television," Second Annual Sidewalk Film Festival CLE (September 2010)
- Presenter – "Electronic Discovery," Birmingham, Alabama (January 21, 2009)
- Presenter – "Fundamentals of Copyright Law," Birmingham, Alabama (October 28, 2008)
- Presenter – "Fundamentals of Intellectual Property Law," Birmingham, Alabama (May 23, 2006)
- Presenter – "Fundamentals of Intellectual Property Law," Atlanta, Georgia (May 10, 2006)
- "Three Recent Government Losses in Major Merger Cases Challenge Conventional Wisdom," Baker Donelson Antitrust Alert (October 2004)
- "Means Testing Under the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1999: A Flawed Means to a Questionable End," 17 Bankruptcy Development Journal 221 (2000)
- AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- Listed in Alabama Rising Stars, Intellectual Property Litigation (2011 and 2012)
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society Leadership Class of 2011 (AL and MS Chapter)
- Member – American and Birmingham Bar Associations
- Member – Alabama State Bar
- Managing Editor – Bankruptcy Developments Journal
- Recipient – Keith J. Shapiro Consumer Bankruptcy Writing Award
- Alabama, 2001
- Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. District Courts, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama
- Emory University School of Law, J.D., 2001
- Duke University, B.A., 1998, cum laude