Jill M. Pietrini J.D. ’88 joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s intellectual property practice group, based in Los Angeles. Pietrini joins from Manatt in Los Angeles, where she chaired the firm’s intellectual property and intellectual property litigation practice group.

Pietrini’s practice encompasses the full breadth of intellectual property law, with focus on trademark, dilution, trade name, trade dress, copyright, right of publicity, unfair competition, patent litigation and appellate practice; registration and maintenance of trademarks before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and copyrights before the United States Copyright Office; prosecution and defense of more than 450 Trademark Trial and Appeal Board proceedings in the U.S. and opposition and invalidation proceedings outside the U.S.; international registration and maintenance of trademarks; registration and enforcement of Internet domain names, including ICANN arbitrations; procurement and negotiation of licenses and intellectual property transfer and securitization agreements; management of 8,500+ portfolios and trademarks; and strategic counseling in the intellectual property area.

Pietrini’s clients include: Summit Entertainment, Fifty-Six Hope Road Music, Gwen Stefani, Cafe Press, Metallica, Will Smith, and Gerawan Farming.