Lindsey A. Williams

Lindsey A. Williams

Shareholder

Background

Accomplished IP attorney with concentrated focus in strategic brand management in the U.S. and abroad. Niche expertise in advertising compliance strategies and promotional sweepstakes and contests. Proactive trademark portfolio management including clearance, registration, protection and enforcement. 

A proactive strategist, Lindsey Williams advises clients in acquiring, protecting and enforcing intellectual property assets including trademarks, domain names, copyrights and rights of publicity. She focuses on large-scale trademark portfolio management for clients in the gaming, hospitality and entertainment industries. Lindsey also has developed a niche practice advising clients on online and social media advertising compliance strategies, including the development of promotional contests and sweepstakes. An avid poker player, Lindsey brings an intuitive grasp of gaming law and knowledge of Nevada’s legal structures to her practice.

Lindsey manages some of the largest trademark portfolios in Southern Nevada and regularly provides counsel in the development and clearance of new brands. She has successfully prosecuted hundreds of domestic and foreign trademark applications and regularly represents clients before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB).

Lindsey has served as IP counsel in multimillion-dollar corporate transactions, guiding clients in drafting, structuring and negotiating various IP-related and other commercial agreements and specializing in providing IP counsel in large, complex commercial transactions such as mergers and acquisitions. 

Representative Matters

Recent Experience

  • Counsel to MGM Resorts in its $825 million sale of the Circus Circus Hotel Casino and Festival Grounds to an affiliate of businessman Phil Ruffin.

Credentials

Education

  • J.D., 2014, UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law, cum laude
  • B.S.B.A., 2010, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, cum laude

Admissions

  • Nevada

Memberships

Member, Neon Museum Board of Trustees 
Former Chair, Nevada State Bar Association Intellectual Property Section
Clark County Bar Association
State Bar of Nevada

Recognition

AWARDS:

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, 2023-2024

Vegas Inc Top Lawyers, Intellectual Property, 2020-2023

Super Lawyers, Mountain States, Rising Stars, 2016-2023

CALI Award Recipient, Commercial Arbitration, 2014

CALI Award Recipient, Patents, Trademarks and Trade Secrets, 2013

CALI Award Recipient, Legal Writing/Lawyering Process II, 2012

CALI Award Recipient, Legal Writing/Lawyering Process I, 2011

Managing Editor, Nevada Law Journal, 2012–2014