Jill Wasserman is a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group at King & Spalding.
Ms. Wasserman is a trial lawyer, focusing on patent, trademark, advertising, copyright, libel, and related matters in federal and state courts and administrative agencies throughout the United States. Her practice also includes strategic trademark, advertising, and communications counseling, with a particular emphasis on working with clients in the life sciences and technology industries.
Ms. Wasserman received her law degree from Georgia State University College of Law, summa cum laude and graduated from Williams College with a Bachelor’s degree, cum laude, in Biology in 1996. Prior to joining King & Spalding, Ms. Wasserman was a Law Clerk to the Honorable Orinda D. Evans in the Northern District of Georgia.
In 2010, Ms. Wasserman was recognized as a Georgia Superlawyer Rising Star. Ms. Wasserman is a member of the Atlanta IP Inn of Court, serves on the board of directors of the Georgia First Amendment Foundation, and is a member of the commercial speech and advertising committee of the Media Law Resource Center. Ms. Wasserman also has been an instructor in the Kessler/Eidson Trial Techniques Program at Emory University since 2006. She also is actively involved with the Williams College Atlanta Alumni Association, serving on its Steering Committee after spending six years as its president.
Ms. Wasserman’s civic work extends to pro bono representation of indigent clients in habeas corpus and civil rights cases before federal trial and appellate courts, including assisting with the representation of an indigent client before the United States Supreme Court.
Publications and Presentations
- Chilton Davis Varner & Andrew T. Bayman, Regulation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers (Law Journal Press 2010): contributing co-author, Intellectual Property chapter
- Georgia State College of Law, Business Law Seminar: guest speaker (March 2010)
- American National Standards Institute Legal Issues Forum: panelist, Eco-labeling: Helping to Shape the Sustainable Marketplace (Oct. 2009)
- Springposium IP CLE Conference 2009: panelist, False Advertising and Issues in the “Green” Space (May 2009)
- Managing Intellectual Property e-Symposium, Global Patent Strategies: Best Practices for Successfully Managing Your Patent Portfolio: panelist, The Rise of the Patent Troll (Sept. 2008)
- Media Law Resource Center 50-State Survey: Media Privacy & Related Law: contributing author, Annual Georgia Update (annually, 2003-present)
- Has Habeas Corpus Been Suspended in Georgia? Representing Indigent Prisoners on Georgia's Death Row, 17 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 605 (2000)
