Lori Krafte

Lori Krafte counsels clients in all areas of advertising, trademarks, copyrights, and privacy. She teaches Advertising Law and Trademark Law at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, where she helped launch and was the first Trademark Co-Director of the pro bono Patent and Trademark Clinic, received the University’s Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Award, and twice received the College of Law’s Adjunct Faculty Teaching Excellence Award. Lori has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America®, Ohio Super Lawyers, Cincy Leading Lawyers, Chambers USA, IP Stars, and World Trademark Review Top 1000. She holds a CIPP/US certification (Certified Information Privacy Professional – U.S.). Awards and Honors Honors Elected Member, The American Law Institute, 2021 - present Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Advertising Law, 2007 - present Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Trademark Law, 2012 - present (Cincinnati Trademark Lawyer of the Year, 2013, 2020) Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Copyright Law, 2013 - present (Cincinnati Copyright Lawyer of the Year, 2016) Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, IP Litigation, 2013 - present Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Privacy and Data Security Law, 2023 Listed in IP Stars (Managing Intellectual Property), 2013 - present, including IP Stars Top 250 Women in IP, 2013 Listed in Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Intellectual Property, 2006 - present Listed in World Trademark Review “WTR Top 1000”, 2021 - present Listed in Cincy Leading Lawyers, 2006 - present, Copyright & Trademark Listed in Ohio Super Lawyers, 2008 - present Listed in Ohio Super Lawyers, Top 25 Women Lawyers in Cincinnati, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013 Listed in Ohio Super Lawyers, Top 50 Women Lawyers in Ohio, 2009 Listed in Ohio Rising Stars, 2006 - 2007 Distinguished Service Award, AAF Cincinnati, 2013 University of Cincinnati College of Law, Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Award (university-wide), 2020 University of Cincinnati College of Law, Adjunct Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, 2008, 2015

• Of Counsel

• Adjunct Instructor, Electronic Media Law, UC College Conservatory of Music
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Copyright and Advertising Law, U.C. College of Law
• Adjunct Faculty, U.C. College of Law (Trademarks; Advertising Law)

• Ohio, 1998

• All Ohio Annual Institute on Intellectual Property, Chair, 2014 - present
• AdClub (AAF Cincinnati), President, 2011 - 2012
• AdClub (AAF Cincinnati), Executive Vice President, 2010 - 2011
• AdClub (AAF Cincinnati), Board of Directors, 2009 - 2011
• Cincinnati Bar Association
• Cincinnati Better Business Bureau, Chair, Board of Directors, 2019 - 2021
• Cincinnati Better Business Bureau, Vice President and Treasurer, Board of Directors, 2017 - 2019
• Cincinnati Better Business Bureau, Board of Directors, 2011 – present
• Cincinnati Better Business Bureau, Chair, Board of Center for Ethics, 2021 - 2023
• CincyIP (Cincinnati Intellectual Property Law Association), 2007 - Present
• CincyIP (Cincinnati Intellectual Property Law Association), Board Member, 2009 - 2012
• CincyIP (Cincinnati Intellectual Property Law Association), Vice President, 2008 - 2009
• CincyIP (Cincinnati Intellectual Property Law Association), Secretary, 2007 - 2008
• International Association of Privacy Professionals
• International Trademark Association
• Ohio Bar Association