Brand Activation Legal Committee: October 2021

For October’s meeting, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz attorneys will provide updates on recent NAD decisions, class action and Lanham Act case updates, and recent FTC enforcement and updates. This month’s presenters will be Jessica Carballo, Jordyn Eisenpress, Chibundu Okwuosa, and Dorian Slater Thomas. 

Jessica Carballo, Associate, handles a variety of transactional matters for brands and agencies, including commercial production agreements, talent agreements, creative services agreements, music and content licenses, and media agreements. She also regularly advises clients on IP clearance, advertising copy, and claims substantiation. Prior to joining Frankfurt Kurnit, Ms. Carballo was an associate in the corporate groups of Cooley LLP and Goulston & Storrs PC. She has experience advising clients in a broad range of corporate and intellectual property matters, including project financing, licensing, privacy, and trademark clearance. She is a member of the firm’s Diversity Committee and is admitted to practice in New York and Massachusetts.

Jordyn Eisenpress, Associate, in the Advertising, Marketing & Public Relations Group. Ms. Eisenpress focuses on advertising dispute resolution and a variety of transactional and counseling matters across a wide range of industries, including food and beverage, alcohol, automotive, pharmaceuticals, sports, and beauty. Ms. Eisenpress has experience working on all sides of disputes before the National Advertising Division (NAD). She has assisted in the representation of challengers, advertisers, and the NAD itself, in both competitive disputes and public monitoring cases. During law school, Ms. Eisenpress spent time with NAD reviewing claim substantiation, analyzing consumer perception evidence, and drafting opinions. Most recently, while at Frankfurt Kurnit, she helped secure a favorable decision on behalf of one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies in a challenge involving competitive over-the-counter medications.

Chibundu Okwuosa, Associate, prior to joining Frankfurt Kurnit, Ms. Okwuosa was a corporate associate at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, where she focused on mergers & acquisitions matters. During law school, Ms. Okwuosa gained experience through an internship with the National Advertising Division (NAD) reviewing claim substantiation, analyzing consumer perception evidence, and drafting opinions. She is admitted to practice in New York.

Dorian Slater Thomas, Associate, in the Advertising, Marketing & Public Relations Group, where he handles a wide range of transactional advertising work for prominent agencies, brands and individual creative talent. The Legal 500 lists him as a “Rising Star” in advertising and marketing for 2021. Mr. Thomas negotiates and drafts virtually every conceivable advertising and marketing services agreement. He regularly handles creative services agreements, talent, spokesperson, endorsement and influencer agreements, sponsorship and promotion agreements, branded entertainment agreements, agency and management agreements, production agreements, license agreements and releases.