Stacey C. Kalamaras, Founder & Lead Instructor
Stacey C. Kalamaras is a seasoned trademark attorney who has represented some of the world’s most well-known brands in more than 150 countries. She started her career as marketing and advertising executive working for multi-national corporations before attending law school in her mid-30s. As a lawyer, she has spent the bulk of her career working in Big Law, assisting companies of all sizes from start-ups to multi-national corporations identify, register, and protect their brands in the U.S. and abroad. In 2018, she founded her own solo intellectual property boutique, Kalamaras Law Office, LLC. Today, Stacey currently practices law part time, so she can devote the majority of her resources to Trademarkabilities.
For the past 5 years, Stacey has been recognized by her peers as a Super Lawyer® for her outstanding knowledge and service in intellectual property law, a recognition given to just 5% of the lawyers in Illinois. Stacey has been profiled by The Top 100 Magazine as a top lawyer for 2020 and is ranked among World IP Forum’s 2021 list of 250 Powerful Women in IP. Since October 2018, (when she founded her law firm), Stacey has educated over 6,000 lawyers on four continents on a wide variety of trademark and brand protection topics. To learn more, please visit Stacey’s LinkedIn profile.
In May 2021, Stacey was interview by Above the Law to talk about the importance of practical education and what prompted her to created such a training program. You can read her interview here.