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Emily M. Haas

Senior Counsel
emhaas@michaelbest.com
Raleigh
T.984.220.8745
Paralegal
Jane Sorey
T.984.220.8749

Overview

Emily focuses her practice on intellectual property litigation including patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets.

Emily represents clients across a variety of specialized industries and has a strong background in chemicals, biotechnology, software, and optics and optoelectronics.

Prior to joining Michael Best, Emily was an associate and later a member of a Cary, North Carolina law firm where she focused on intellectual property litigation.

Experience

  • Represented clients before U.S. District Courts and Courts of Appeals
  • Represented clients before the North Carolina Superior and Business Courts, Court of Appeals, and Supreme Court
  • Prosecuted chemical and biochemical patent applications to issuance before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
  • Performed trademark clearance searches and prepared related opinions
  • Prosecuted trademark applications to registration before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the North Carolina Secretary of State Office.

Professional Activities

  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Member, North Carolina Bar Association
  • Member, Wake County Bar Association

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Education

  • Campbell University, Juris Doctor (J.D.), cum laude, Phi Kappa Phi; Coordinating Editor, Campbell Law Review , 2009
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Master of Science (M.S.), 2006; Member, Thompson Group
  • Gettysburg College, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), magna cum laude with departmental honors in Chemistry and Computer Science, Phi Beta Kappa; J.B. Zinn Research Award; Malcolm R. Dougherty Mathematical Award, 2004; Chemistry/Computer Science

Admissions

  • North Carolina
  • United States District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of North Carolina
  • United States District Court, Middle District of North Carolina
  • United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
  • United States Patent and Trademark Office
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