Sherrese M. Smith
Vice President and General Counsel
Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive

Sherrese Smith is Vice President and General Counsel of Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, The Washington Post Company’s internet and new media subsidiary. At WPNI, Ms. Smith focuses on matters pertaining to copyright, trademark, Internet and media law, as well as licensing and commercial transactions. Prior to Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, Ms. Smith worked at Arnold & Porter in Washington, D.C., where she was a member of the intellectual property practice group. At Arnold & Porter, Ms. Smith focused her work on prosecution, enforcement and counseling in the areas of copyright, internet law, trademark and domain name matters. Prior to joining Arnold & Porter, Smith was employed at OfficeMax, Inc. where she focused on a variety of intellectual property issues, including trademark and domain name matters and licensing and technology transactions. In addition to other honors, in 2007, Ms. Smith was named Outstanding In-House Counsel for the District of Columbia Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel.

Education
J.D. 1996       Northwestern University School of Law
B.A. 1993      University of South Carolina

Practice Areas
Intellectual property – particularly copyright, publishing, media, Internet and trademark

Conferences and Seminars
Panelist, George Washington University Online Publishing Panel (November 27, 2007); Panelist, “The Double Challenge for Minority Women in the Legal Profession” Minority Attorney Summit (November 1-2, 2007); Principal Speaker, Session II “The Blogosphere”, Boston University “New Media and the Marketplace of Ideas” Conference ( October 26, 2007); Member of the Faculty for the ALI-ABA Course of Study, Fundamentals of Trademarks, Copyrights and Unfair Competition, (October 11-12, 2007); Facilitator, Hot Issues on the Internet, American Bar Association Forum on Communications Law Annual Conference (February 2007); Panelist, Internet, Media Law Conference, Protecting First Amendment (September 27-29, 2006); Panelist, Compilations and Collective Works, Practicing Law Institute’s Advanced Seminar on Copyright Law (May 24, 2006); Panelist, The Road Less Traveled: An Exploration of Opportunities for Black Attorneys, National Black Law Students Association Convention (March 25, 2006); Facilitator, Hot Issues on the Internet, American Bar Association Forum on Communications Law Annual Conference (January 12-14, 2006); Panelist, Peer to Peer and Internet File Sharing Post-Grokster, Howard University School of Law, Third Annual Intellectual Property Law Seminar (October 21, 2005); Panelist, Effectively Managing Your Career, Corporate Counsel Women of Color 1st Annual Conference (September 29, 2005); Panelist, Me and My Shadow: Developing Teamwork Between In-House Counsel and Outside Litigators, American Bar Association 2005 Annual Meeting (August 4-7, 2005); Speaker, Virginia State Bar’s 14th Annual Legal Aid Award Luncheon (June 17, 2005); Panelist, Copyright Ownership and Transfer, Practicing Law Institute’s Advanced Seminar on Copyright Law (May 23-24, 2005); Facilitator, Hot Issues on the Internet, American Bar Association Forum on Communications Law 10th Annual Conference (January 13-15, 2005); Panelist, First Betamax, Now Groskster: Still Crazy After All These Years?, Howard University School of Law Second Annual Intellectual Property Law Seminar (October 29, 2004); Panelist, Unity 2004 Law Panel, Unity 2004 Convention (August 4-8, 2004); Speaker, Advising Today’s College Media workshop, College Media Advisers Convergence Workshop (July 30, 2004); Panelist, Keeping Your Publisher Out of Jail discussion, Newspaper Association of America NEXPO 2004 (June 19-22, 2004);  Panelist, the Digital Rights Management discussion, Digital Media Conference (June 18, 2004)

Other Affiliations

Board Member and Secretary, Family and Child Services, Inc.; Junior League of Washington; Docent, Corcoran Gallery of Art; Volunteer, Bright Beginnings; Tutor, Glen Haven Elementary School.