Kara M. Cormier

Kara’s practice primarily focuses on trademark and copyright disputes for clients in the pharmaceuticals, technology, retail, and consumer brands industries. She is extremely adept at helping clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies, start-ups and high-profile individuals in protecting their intellectual property rights. She also had deep experience with complex commercial litigation, including a wide range of civil disputes involving breach of commercial contracts, class actions, counterfeiting, unfair competition, and various other state and federal laws in both state and federal courts. Kara works at both the trial and appellate levels and has represented a wide range of clients, including those from the accounting, health care, pharmaceutical, higher education, insurance, service, and manufacturing (e.g. surgical devices, celebrity fragrances, sports apparel, and auto parts) industries.

Kara is skilled in many aspects of litigation, including researching and analyzing complex legal issues, drafting motions and appellate briefs, taking and defending depositions, preparing witnesses for depositions, and participating in trials. She has also served as an assistant district attorney in a pro bono capacity for Nassau County (NY) and has represented the City of New York as pro bono trial counsel.

Prior to joining Mintz, Kara worked as a litigation associate in the New York office of a prominent law firm.