PARTNER PROFILES

Marc L. Jordan

    Mr. Jordan is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law, and also holds a Masters of Business Administration degree from New York University.  Prior to attending law school, Mr. Jordan was an officer in the United States Marine Corps and held management positions with the Mountain View, California firm of Benson-Varian, Inc.   Mr. Jordan’s legal experience includes several years with the New York law firm of Paul Weiss Rifkin Wharton & Garrison.   Mr. Jordan is member of the Howard County Chamber of Commerce Legislative Affairs Committee and Chairman of the sub-committee on Technology Legislation.

Publications:

  • "Trademarking Internet Domain Names", Maryland Bar Bulletin,
          October 2000.
  • "Maryland Adopts Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act",
          The Business Monthly    , June 2000.
  • "Intellectual Property on the Internet, Problems and Solutions",
          National Business Institute    , February, 2001.

Reported Decisions:

  • Rosen v. Siegel, 106 F. 3d 28 (2d Cir. 1997).
  • Rosen v. Morben Properties, Inc., 23 A.D.2d 584, 636  N.Y.S.2d 410
          (2d& Dept. 1996).

    Mr. Jordan is admitted to practice before state and federal courts in Maryland and New York, and is a  member of the Maryland State Bar Association.

Melinda G. Tell

    Ms. Tell is a 1982 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh Law School and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Chatham College.  Ms. Tell acquired extensive experience in employee benefits matters as an Assistant General Counsel of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.  Ms. Tell has represented the Resolution Trust Corporation and was a prosecuting attorney in Westchester County, New York, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  She is a frequent lecturer on Estate Planning concepts and techniques.

Reported Decisions:

    In re Consolidated Litigation Concerning International Harvester's Disposition       of Wisconsin Steel, 681 F. Supp. 512 (N.D. Ill. 1988).
    Spring Branch Mining, Inc., et al. v. UMWA 1950 Pension Trust,
          854 F.2d 37 (4th Cir. 1988).
    People v. Morgan Goodman, 69 N.Y.2d 32, 503 N.E. 2d 996,
          511 N.Y.S.2d 565 (1986).
    People v. Robinson, 133 A.D.2d 473, 519 N.Y.S.2d 571 (1987).
    People v. Miller, 124 A.D. 2d 830, 508 N.Y.S.2d 549 (1986),
          cert. denied,107 S.Ct. 2467 (1987).
    Commonwealth v. Kyslinger, 506 Pa. 132, 484 A.2d 389 (1984). Commonwealth v. Hamlin, 503 Pa. 210, 469 A.2d 137 (1983).

     Ms. Tell is a member of the bars of Maryland and New York.