Stacie R. Hartman

Partner

Stacie R. Hartman is a partner practicing primarily in the Litigation, Securities and Futures Regulation, and Intellectual Property Groups. She has acted as first-chair leading major cases in federal and state court and before arbitration panels at financial exchanges, the National Futures Association (NFA) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), as well as in enforcement and administrative proceedings before the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). She also has particular expertise litigating intellectual property issues in the futures and derivatives industry and patent disputes more generally.

Experience

Ms. Hartman's trial experience includes acting as second-chair in a successful trial vindicating Michael Jordan's termination of license agreements for the use of his name in a restaurant and retail store. She also has led as first-chair successful defenses of brokers and firms in arbitrations before the Chicago Board of Trade and Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and participated in the trial of several patent infringement and trade secret misuse cases. Ms. Hartman has managed and first-chaired the patent and intellectual property litigation for financial products, as well as for telematics and well-recognized brands of consumer and luxury goods.

Publications

"Changes in the Culture of Waiver," The Review of Securities & Commodities Regulation, Vol. 42 No. 21 (December 2, 2009)

"Sword, Shield, or Simply a Constitutional Right? Patents in the Futures Industry," Futures & Derivatives Law Report, Thomson/West Legalworks, Vol. 26 No. 8 (September 2006)

"Presenting the Defendant's Case," Chapter 8 in Trying the Case, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) (2003, 2006, 2009)

Speeches and Presentations

"IP Issues in the Financial Services Industry," Current Issues in Financial Services Law Seminar, Chicago-Kent College of Law Continuing Legal and Professional Education, Chicago, Ill. (October 2009)

"International Sourcing," (Moderator) Chicago's Fashion Week, Chicago, Ill. (October 2009)

"Crisis Management," Annual Conference, Futures Industry Association, Law & Compliance Division, National Harbor, Md. (May 2009)

"Managing and Responding to Threat Letters," Patents and the Financial Services Industry Conference, New York, N.Y. (July 2008)

"Whose Design Is It Anyway?" Chicago's Fashion Week (October 2007)

"Patents and Trade Dress," Intellectual Property Roundtable, Accessories Council, New York (June 2006)

"Technology and Futures," Annual Conference, Futures Industry Association, Law & Compliance Division, Baltimore, Md. (May 2006)

"Patents in the Futures Industry," Chicago Bar Association (September 2005)

"Crisis Management: Responding to Regulators," Annual Conference, Futures Industry Association, Law & Compliance Division, Baltimore, MD (May 2005)

Pro Bono Activities

Ms. Hartman participates in Schiff Hardin's pro bono program, representing indigent clients at trial before the Social Security Administration and in Illinois state courts. She also represents criminal defendants through the Federal Defender Panel Program and has been appointed by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois as counsel for pro se clients, through her membership in the court's Trial Bar.

Education

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association

Chicago Bar Association
Futures and Derivatives Law Committee
      Past Chair

Futures Industry Association

Civic and Charitable Memberships

Steppenwolf Theatre
Governor, Auxiliary Council

Joffrey Ballet

Chicago Fashion Development NFP
Board of Directors