Mary Fernández Rodríguez

Practice Areas

Corporate and Business law, Banking law, Agency and Distribution law, Foreign Investment, Free Trade Zones, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, Trusts and Estates, Arbitration.

Career

1985-to present: Founding partner of Headrick Rizik Alvarez & Fernández

Professional Memberships

National Ambassador of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Commission on Intellectual Property for the Dominican Republic. Member of the Board of the Chamber of Commerce of Santo Domingo, Inc. (CCPSD). Member of the Legal Committee of

the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAMDR). Arbitrator and President of the Arbitration Committee of the Asociación Interamericana de la Propiedad Intelectual (ASIPI). Judge of the Disciplinary Panel of ASIPI. Editor of the International Opposition Guide of International Trademark Association (INTA). Editor of Gaceta Judicial-only legal periodical in the DR. Past Chair of the Latin American Council of the International Section of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA). Past president of the Dominican Intellectual Property Association, Inc. (ADOPI), and of the Fundación Institucionalidad y Justicia, Inc. (FINJUS).

Personal

Bachelor of Laws, Summa Cum Laude, 1979, UNPHU. Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia (Political Science, 1980). John Marshal Law School in Chicago, Illinois (LLM in Intellectual Property, 2016, with honors).