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I mainly focus in the areas of civil litigation and intellectual property law.  I enjoy helping clients solve their problems in creative ways.  My goal is to strive to provide honest, straightforward, and effective representation.

Attorney for innovative companies with 18 years of combined in-house and law firm experience, specializing in corporate counsel and intellectual property, including patents, trademarks and copyrights, corporate transactions, agreements, litigation, education and training, as well as legal risk mitigation.

Allison S. Lovelady focuses primarily on intellectual property, media law, and defamation and privacy matters. She has a wide array of experience litigating and counseling clients in licensing and entertainment matters. Allison routinely handles subpoenas for various media outlets, copyright and trademark prosecution and licensing for clients ranging from music distributors, food trucks and entertainment websites to small and large businesses. She has also appeared in the United States Supreme Court on internet defamation issues, and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Florida Supreme Court and Florida Appellate Courts on trademark and copyright infringement and media access issues. As part of her daily practice, she negotiates contracts regarding use of client name, likeness, and intellectual property in motion pictures, reality television, music videos, and commercials. She also handles public performance licensing for commercial businesses and has previously secured licensing for large scale festivals like the Ultra Music Festival in Miami, Florida. Allison serves as legal counsel for the non-profit Art & Culture Center in Hollywood, Florida.

Christopher Fernandez is a Registered Patent Attorney who supports the firm’s patent practice in the medical device, life science, and mechanical arts.. Mr. Fernandez earned a J.D. from the University of Miami, cum laude. He earned a M.S. in Bioengineering from Clemson University with a specialization in Orthopaedics. Mr. Fernandez also earned a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Miami with a specialization in mechanics as well as a specialization in Cardiology.. While in law school, Mr. Fernandez was a member of the Start-Up Clinic where he helped start-ups with legal questions and Intellectual Property matters covering patents and trademarks.. Prior to joining Christopher & Weisberg, Mr. Fernandez was a Biomedical Research Assistant at ImCare Biotech performing cancer studies, and Laboratory Manger at the Laboratory of Orthopaedic Tissue Regeneration at Clemson University.. Mr. Fernandez is an accomplished inventor being awarded US Patent 10,675,381 for his work and research during his time at Clemson University.. Mr. Fernandez is the co-author of “Biomimetic nucleus pulposus scaffold created from bovine caudal intervertebral disc tissue utilizing an optimal decellularization procedure,” J Biomed Mater Res Part A 2016 and “Decellularization and characterization of a whole intervertebral disk xenograft scaffold,” J Biomed Mater Res Part A 2018.

Scott Ray assists clients with trademark and other intellectual property matters.  He also practices a wide range of other business law related areas, such as anti-trust law and the formation of business organizations.  He has gained significant experience in litigation and negotiation through his work as a public defender.  Mr. Scott Ray has proved to be a successful litigator, winning most of his jury trials as a public defender.  His education has focused on business.  He completed the business track at the University of Tennessee College of Law, and majored in Business Management with an emphasis in Finance at Brigham Young University.

I am a trial lawyer in the firm's litigation and intellectual property sections.  My practice is focused on intellectual property litigation, business litigation, products liability and insurance defense.  As lead trial counsel and as a part of CB&S's litigation team, I have litigated a number of trademark, copyright, patent, product liability, and business litigation cases in courts throughout the United States.. I volunteer my time as a pro bono attorney, including through Legal Aid of East Tennessee.