Leslie Lott

Leslie Lott is a founding partner of Lott & Fischer. She is admitted to practice in the State of Florida, the State of New York, the District of Columbia, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (formerly U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeal), the 9th and 11th Circuit Courts of Appeals, the United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern and the Middle Districts of Florida, and the Southern District Trial Bar.

She is past Chair of the Intellectual Property Law Committee of The Florida Bar and a past member of the Executive Council of the Corporation Banking and Business Law Section. She served on the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar from 2010 to 2018.

Ms. Lott was appointed by the United States Secretary of Commerce to serve on the Trademark Public Advisory Committee of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. She has been named to the Panel of Distinguished Neutrals for the Resolution of Trademark Disputes established by the Center for Public Resources/International Trademark Association (INTA).

She is a past member of the INTA Board of Directors and past Chair to both the Counterfeiting and NAFTA Task Forces and the Federal Legislation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Committees of the International Trademark Association.

Additionally, she is past Chair of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee of the American Intellectual Property Law Association.

Ms. Lott has served as adjunct professor of trademark law at the University of Florida Levin College of Law and has been a speaker at meetings and events sponsored by the American Bar Association, Practising Law Institute, Law Education Institute, International Trademark Association, The Florida Bar, and the South Florida Intellectual Property Law Association, among others.

She has been listed in The Best Lawyers publication every year since 1995.

She is also listed in the Guide to the World’s Leading Trademark Law Practitioners, Leading American Attorneys, Who’s Who in American Law, Florida Super Lawyers, 2009 South Florida Legal Guide “Top Lawyers in South Florida ,” and Marquis’ Who’s Who.

Elected to the Florida Bar Board of Governors, served from 2010-18. Appointed to the U.S. Department of Commerce United States Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Public Advisory Committee 2002 for a three-year term. Adjunct professor of Trademark Law at the University of Florida Levin College of Law 1999 and 2005

International Trademark Association: Leadership Development Committee, 2020-present; Board of Directors 2002-2003, 2004-2005; Panel of Distinguished Neutrals for the Resolution of Trademark Disputes; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Dade County Bar Association.

"Trademark Year in Review," Practising Law Institute, 2021, 2019, 2017, 2003, 2000, 1997.

"Lessons from the ADR Front Line," World Trademark Review, Issue 69, October/November 2017.

"Update on Trademark Law," Michigan Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Intellectual Property Law Summer Institute, 2016, 2012, 2008, 2007.

"Trademark Year in Review," Law Education Institute, Inc., National CLE Conference, Colorado, 2009, 2001-2007.

"Special Remedies for Counterfeit," Trademark Infringement Remedies, Washington, D.C.: BNA Books, 2006.

Florida House on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Board of Trustees.

Young Patronesses of the Opera, member, counsel.

University of Florida

JD

1972 - 1974

University of Florida

BA, History

1968 - 1972

Global Elite Thought Leader

Who's Who Legal

2019

Miami Area LAWYER OF THE YEAR - Trademark Law

Best Lawyers

2018

Legal Luminary Award - Intellectual Property

Dade County Bar Association

2017

Miami Area LAWYER OF THE YEAR - Patent Litigation

Best Lawyers

2017

Legal Luminary Award - Intellectual Property

Dade County Bar Association

2016

Miami Area LAWYER OF THE YEAR - Mediation

Best Lawyers

2016

Miami Area LAWYER OF THE YEAR - Intellectual Property Litigation

Best Lawyers

2015

Miami Area LAWYER OF THE YEAR - Copyright Law

Best Lawyers

2014

Miami Area LAWYER OF THE YEAR - Intellectual Property Litigation

Best Lawyers

2012

Miami Area LAWYER OF THE YEAR - Intellectual Property Law

Best Lawyers

2010

Excellence Award

Women of Tomorrow Mentor and Scholarship Program

2009