Biography

Mary LaFrance is an expert on entertainment law, domestic and international intellectual property law, and the taxation of intellectual property. She has been called on by media outlets including Bloomberg Law and The Washington Post to add context to reports on the intersection of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets with law. 

A member of the William S. Boyd School of Law faculty since 1999, LaFrance has also served as a visiting professor at several universities in Japan and the U.S. Prior to joining UNLV, she clerked for Judge Harry T. Edwards of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit; practiced law in the Washington, D.C. office of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson; and taught at both Florida State University's College of Law and School of Motion Pictures, Television and Recording Arts. 

LaFrance has authored more than a half dozen books on intellectual property and entertainment law, including Understanding Trademark Law (2005), Global Issues in Copyright Law (2009), Entertainment Law on a Global Stage (2015), and Music Law in a Nutshell (forthcoming). Additionally, her articles have been published in numerous journals, including the Vanderbilt Law Review, Emory Law Journal, Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Law Journal, Journal of Intellectual Property Law, and Virginia Tax Review.