Stopp & Stopp

• born in Homburg, Germany
• admitted 1991, Germany, Frankfurt Bar
• admitted 1992, New York State Bar
• Education:
  • Referendar, 1987
  • Assessor, 1990
  • Dr. iur., University of Augsburg, 1993
  • LL.M., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1988
  • Judicial Clerkship with the Hon. James M. Rosenbaum, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
    March-May, 1989
• Employment:
  • Rogers & Wells, Frankfurt am Main, 1991-1994
  • Wessing Berenberg-Gossler Zimmermann Lange, Frankfurt am Main, 1994-1995
• Member:
  • American Bar Association
  • New York State Bar Association
• Languages:
  • German and English
• Practice Areas:
  • General Corporate and International Commercial Transactions
  • Computer Law and Software Licensing
  • German Intellectual Property and IT Litigation
  • Press- and Media Law

• born in Omaha, Nebraska
• Admitted in various U.S. jurisdictions as Attorney-at-Law
• Education:
  • A.B., Stanford University 1984
  • J.D., University of Michigan 1988
  • LL.M., Karl-Ruprechts-Universität, Heidelberg, 1996
• Employment:
  • Pophaim Haik Schnobrich & Partner, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1988-1989
  • Hallmark Cards, General Counsel's Office, Kansas City, Missouri 1990-1992
• Member:
  • American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section
• Languages:
  • German and English
• Practice Areas:
  • Copyright and Entertainment Law
  • General Commercial Law

Mrs. Smith Stopp is a mediator. She is on the roster of the Minnesota Supreme Court as a certified neutral.