Heidi Tandy Resume 8/12/2010Heidi Howard Tandy, Esq.
1111 Lincoln Road, Suite 400
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
(305) 926 2227 :: heidi@heidi8.com
EMPLOYMENT
ZIGLAW, 2005 -Present
Manage intellectual property portfolios for a range of entertainment- and internet-
industry clients, including trademark searches, applications and prosecution
Draft and negotiate contracts, including license agreements, assignments and
settlements
Participate in litigation and cease-and-desist matters regarding copyrights and
trademarks
Create Terms of Use, Privacy Policies, Best Practices and technology sections of
employment agreements and handbooks
Sole Practitioner, 2002 - 2005
Managed intellectual property portfolios for a range of entertainment- and internet-
industry clients, including trademark searches, applications and prosecution
Gunster, Yoakley, Valdes-Pauli & Stewart, 2001 - 2002
Managed intellectual property matters for firm's clients, including trademark and
copyright matters
Assisted in litigation and settlement of trademark and domain name infringement topics
Carlton, Fields, 2000 - 2001
Managed intellectual property matters for firm's clients, including trademark and
copyright matters
Assisted in litigation and settlement of trademark and domain name infringement topics
Created Gramm Leach Bliley and HIPPA privacy policies for clients
Ruden, McClosky, 1998 - 2000
Managed all intellectual property matters for clients
Stroock, Stroock & Lavan, 1997 - 1998
Conducted trademark searches and drafted reports regarding same
Prosecuted and defended domain name disputes
EDUCATION
University of Pennsylvania
B.A. awarded in 1992
Majors in History (College of Arts & Sciences) and Communications (Annenberg School of
Communications)
Washington College of Law at American University
J.D. awarded in 1995
PRO BONO PROJECTS
FictionAlley.org
President and Founder (2001 -present)
Develop, manage, structure and promote website with over 100,000 registered users
Developed and manage scholarship program
Participated in drafting application for 501(c)(3) status (awarded in 2002)
Serve on Board of Directors
fictionalley, org/press, html
Organization for Transformative Works, Inc.
Member of Legal Committee (2007 -present)
Advise nonprofit corporation regarding corporate and intellectual property law
Work with legal team, officers, volunteers and the public in creation of site Terms of Use,
Privacy Policy and Intellectual Property policies
Serve as member of Legal Committee drafting papers for application for 501(c)(3)
status (awarded in 2008)
transformativeworks,nrg
HP Education Fanon, Inc.
Advisory Director (2003 -present)
Develop and manage intellectual property policies and draft and review contracts for
annual conferences.
Assist teams that are planning 800-1600 person conferences in 2009 and 2010.
hpef.net
Blog/Newsgroup Participation
1993 -Moderator for Cyberlaw section on America OnLine's LAW forums
1996 - 1998 Author of articles on legal issues regarding weddings for TheKnot.com
2001 - 2005 Author of articles on copyright and trademark infringement for The-Leaky-
Cauldron.org
2001 -Present Blogger on copyright, trademark and privacy issues, especially in
connection with creations of and behaviour by fans
October, 2008 Recommended Diarist on DailyKos.com