Alanna B. Newman practices in the areas of commercial litigation and intellectual property law. Ms. Newman focuses her practice primarily on litigation, investigations, and providing advice in a variety of complex commercial matters, including intellectual property disputes and matters involving trademark and copyright.
Ms. Newman is a cum laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she was an Articles Editor for the Journal of Constitutional Law, and a summa cum laude graduate of Cornell University.
Ms. Newman served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Kiyo A. Matsumoto in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Areas of Practice
- Litigation and Dispute Resolution
- Intellectual Property and Media Law
Admissions
- New York
- New Jersey
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Education
- University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, J.D., cum laude
- Articles Editor, Journal of Constitutional Law - Cornell University, B.S., summa cum laude
Experience
- Duane Morris LLP
- Special Counsel, 2022-present
- Associate, 2020-2022 - Satterlee Stephens LLP
- Associate, 2018-2020 - Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
- Associate, 2012-2016, 2017-2018 - U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- Law Clerk to the Hon. Kiyo A. Matsumoto, 2016-2017
Honors and Awards
- Named to Best Lawyers "Ones to Watch," 2024 and 2025
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Selected Publications
- Co-author, "Second Circuit Says 'Sophisticated' Plaintiffs Are Not Precluded from Relying on the Discovery Rule to Bring Copyright Infringement Claims," Duane Morris Alert, August 22, 2024
- Co-author, "Supreme Court Leaves Discovery Rule Intact for Copyright Infringement Claims," Duane Morris Alert, May 23, 2024
- Co-author, "Supreme Court Opens a Door for Copyright Infringement Damages – But Will It Be Closed in the Future?" Duane Morris Alert, May 16, 2024
- Co-author, "U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Implements Trademark Modernization Act, Paving the Way to Clear the Federal Register," Duane Morris Alert, November 23, 2021