Mary Ellen Roy
New Orleans, LA
Trusted civil rights attorney serving New Orleans.
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Mary Ellen Roy is an attorney based in New Orleans, LOUISIANA. The practice focuses on Civil Rights, Entertainment, and IP.
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- New Orleans, LOUISIANA
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- attorney
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- Civil Rights · Entertainment · IP
- Handles Civil Rights, Entertainment, and IP matters from New Orleans, LOUISIANA.
- Recognized with Lawyer of the Year — Litigation - First Amendment (New Orleans) (2024).
About Mary Ellen Roy: Mary Ellen Roy is an attorney based in New Orleans, LOUISIANA. The practice focuses on Civil Rights, Entertainment, and IP.
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Mary Ellen Roy represents clients in New Orleans, Louisiana across the following areas of law. Each area links to other verified attorneys with the same focus.
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About Mary Ellen Roy
Mary Ellen Roy practices in the area of commercial litigation. She represents media and advertising companies in pre-publication and pre-broadcast review, defamation defense, privacy law, courtroom access, public records and open meetings, reporter’s privilege, negligent misrepresentation, and other First Amendment issues. She also handles intellectual property law matters, including copyright and trademark counseling, litigation, registration, prosecution and proceedings before the U.S. Copyright Office, the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). She has experience with various Internet and technology law issues, including domain name disputes in international arbitrations before the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), privacy and terms of use policies for websites, and anonymous speech postings.
Ms. Roy’s practice includes representing electric, gas, and water utilities in antitrust and consumer class actions, municipal franchise disputes, expropriation litigation, and regulatory proceedings before the Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). In addition, she represents corporate clients in a wide variety of litigation matters, including bank mergers and acquisitions, franchisor/franchisee disputes, shareholder and securities suits, entertainment law issues, unfair trade practices claims, protection of trade secrets, lender liability, real estate partnerships, arbitration, and general business torts.
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Education
Harvard University
J.D. · 1984
Jurisdictions
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Louisiana, Louisiana
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Lawyer of the Year — Litigation - First Amendment (New Orleans)
2024
Lawyer of the Year — Litigation - First Amendment (New Orleans)
2022
Lawyer of the Year — Litigation - Intellectual Property (New Orleans)
2019
Lawyer of the Year — Litigation - Intellectual Property (New Orleans)
2016
Best Lawyers in America — Advertising Law
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Litigation - First Amendment
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Litigation - Intellectual Property
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Media Law
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Additional Areas of Practice:
2026
Best Lawyers in America — First Amendment Law
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Information Technology Law
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Special Focus:
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Advertising
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Appellate
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Constitutional
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Copyright
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Defamation
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Defendants
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Electronics
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Entertainment Law
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Free Speech
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Information Technology
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Intellectual Property
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Internet
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Litigation
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Media
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Software
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Trade Secrets
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Trademark
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Unfair Trade Practices
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Awards:
2026
Best Lawyers in America — The Best Lawyers in America
2026
Best Lawyers in America — New Orleans Magazine - Top Lawyers
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Louisiana Super Lawyers
2026
Best Lawyers in America — IP Star - Managing Intellectual Property Magazine
2026
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What areas of law does Mary Ellen Roy practice?
Mary Ellen Roy focuses on Civil Rights, Entertainment, and IP.
Where is Mary Ellen Roy located?
Mary Ellen Roy primarily serves clients in New Orleans, Louisiana, with an office at 365 Canal Street, Suite 2000.
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