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Elizabeth S. Ritter  practices in business law and intellectual property law. The firm specifically provides legal counsel for businesses and individuals in the following areas: general business and corporate law; business planning and formation; contracts; mergers and intellectual property, namely copyright, trademarks, internet law and license agreement drafting and negotiation. Prior to establishing Ritter Law Firm, LLC, Ms. Ritter worked as an associate at Goodrich Law Firm, LLC from 2003-2010.

Ms. Ritter maintains that a company’s identity is one of its most valuable assets. She has aided clients in everything from the selection of their trademark to its registration, enforcement and maintenance. Additionally, the protection of creative works, ranging from artwork to literary works to computer software, through copyright registration is an integral part of our intellectual property practice. She has filed for and successfully registered numerous copyrights and trademarks in the course of her practice. Ms. Ritter regularly advises clients concerning the licensing, policing and enforcement of their intellectual property rights.

In the corporate arena, she has advised numerous companies on the practical, business and legal consequences of their choice of entity selection and has formed numerous corporations and limited liability companies, as well as nonprofit corporations. Ms. Ritter has assisted in the negotiation and drafting of buy sell provisions, employment contracts, confidentiality agreements and noncompetition agreements.

Ms. Ritter has also served as a part-time in-house counsel for several clients. Any business has an ongoing need for legal review. In providing such a review, Ms. Ritter can aid the client in heading off legal problems before they become serious by encouraging the client to be proactive in the management of and operation of their business. She has encountered a host of business issues in her practice, and can bring that experience to your business. Contract review, warranty review, maintenance of corporate records, due diligence reviews, intellectual property audits, review and drafting of employment agreements and the development of a corporate record keeping policy are a few examples of the services Ms. Ritter might provide when serving as an in-house counsel resource.

Ms. Ritter received her Juris Doctorate from Loyola University School of Law. While in law school, Ms. Ritter worked as a judicial clerk for an appellate judge and as a law clerk for a firm specializing in toxic torts and environmental law.

Ms. Ritter is a member of both the Alabama State Bar and the Georgia State Bar. Ms. Ritter is a member of the American Bar Association, where she is a member of the Section of Intellectual Property Law’s Committee on Federal Trademark Legislation, the Section of Business Law’s Committees on Corporate Documents and Process, Corporate Governance, Emerging Companies and Middle Market and Small Business and the Young Lawyer Division’s Business Law Committee and Intellectual Property Law Committee. She is also a member of the Birmingham Bar Association, where she is a member of its Solo Practice and Small Firms Section.

More information regarding Ms. Ritter and her law practice can be found at her firm’s website: www.ritterlawfirm.com.

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