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Fawn M. Horvath
Corporate Counsel Section
Fawn M. Horvath of New York
(Macy’s Inc.) has been elected chair of the Corporate Counsel
Section of the New York State Bar Association.
Horvath received her undergraduate degree Middlebury College and earned
her law degree from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
Horvath is senior counsel of Macy’s, Inc., which operates
approximately 850 retail department stores across the country under the
names Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s. Her practice involves
managing trademark, copyright, and patent conflicts; policing
infringements; and counseling clients regarding intellectual property
issues in advertising and product development. She also drafts and
negotiates license agreements and partners with clients on antitrust
law, business ethics, and general business matters. She is the
company’s primary counsel for intellectual property and on-line
brand protection issues. She previously worked at the firm of Hall
Dickler, LLP practicing in the areas of intellectual property and
advertising compliance.
A veteran member of the Corporate Counsel Section, Horvath has served on
the section’s executive committee since 2005. She also is a member
of the Intellectual Property Section.
The 76,000-member New York State Bar Association is the official
statewide organization of lawyers in New York and the largest voluntary
state bar association in the nation. Founded in 1876, NYSBA programs and
activities have continuously served the public and improved the justice
system for more than 130 years.
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