Caroline Mankey, an IP partner at Akerman, is a seasoned trial lawyer representing diverse clients in the entertainment, arts, fashion, retail and technology sectors. She represents her clients in disputes involving copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, defamation, licensing and other contract rights, rights of publicity, business interference and partnership disputes. For more than 25 years, Mankey has served as lead trial counsel in numerous trials and arbitrations, prevailed on dispositive motions at the trial level and on appeals before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the California Court of Appeal, including a number of high profile cases. Mankey’s first trial experience was protecting the rights of The Three Stooges in a case in which the California Supreme Court published what has become seminal right of publicity jurisprudence. In addition to her extensive trial experience, Mankey is skilled at strategically positioning her clients’ cases for optimal settlements.
