Working with a range of clients, from entrepreneurs to some of the most well-known Fortune 500 companies, in a broad range of industries, including computer hardware and software, financial services, medical devices and biotechnology, and well as other fields such as apparel, household consumer products, e-commerce, food products, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, transportation and wine, Ms. McHugh offers expert counseling and assistance in selecting the best trade names and trademarks and in putting in place practices that will help her clients establish the strongest brands to compete in the marketplace. Her broad skills include trademark searching and clearance opinions, trademark and copyright prosecution, the protection of trade dress and product configuration, protecting and defending trademarks and copyrights, and the drafting and negotiation of assignments, licenses and other commercial agreements.

Ms. McHugh applies her multi-skill toolkit to manage small and large trademark portfolios, both in the U.S. and internationally. She helps start-ups choose their company name and their first product names and to work with limited budgets in order to carefully prioritize their trademark filings, and also helps well-established companies with hundreds of trademarks manage their existing portfolio and expand their global footprint. She takes advantage of her firm's well-established and reliable infrastructure, as well as her close relationships with a dependable network of foreign expert associates, to best position her clients to successfully secure trademark rights and to ensure these rights are maintained in the relevant countries. Excellent client service, accessibility and responsiveness are of utmost importance to Ms. McHugh, who dedicates herself to helping her clients obtain their business objectives in an efficient and cost effective manner.

Ms. McHugh is experienced in civil litigation in state and federal courts involving trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and antitrust, as well as related disputes involving commercial transactions. She has been successful in resolving numerous disputes prior to litigation, or at an early stage of litigation, through mediation, arbitration and other less costly alternatives. Mr. McHugh has also handled hundreds of opposition and cancellation proceedings  before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

Ms. McHugh has significant appellate experience and has represented clients in a number of successful appeals, including cases involving antitrust, contract and fraud claims. She was formerly a judicial clerk for the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division (Third Judicial Department).