Our Attorneys

Tracy Katz Muhl

Tracy Katz Muhl is a partner in the Firm’s Litigation and Intellectual Property Groups. On the litigation side, she represents clients in a broad range of commercial cases, including contract disputes, real estate disputes, consumer fraud claims, Uniform Commercial Code cases, trust issues, landlord-tenant matters, shareholder claims and intellectual property infringement claims.

On the intellectual property side, Tracy assists clients in the development and screening of trademarks. In this regard, she applies for and registers federal trademarks, service marks, and copyrights with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and United States Copyright Office. This includes, responding to substantive trademark office actions, and engages in opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. She also assists clients with the assertion and defense of their rights in both registered and common law trademarks and service marks, through negotiations, cease and desist letters, and legal proceedings.

She currently serves as the Vice Chair of the House Committee on Mental Health and Addiction and as a member of the Judiciary-Civil, Insurance, Higher Education, Gun Violence Prevention, and Human Services Appropriations House Committees. She has also served previously on the Cities & Villages, Township & Counties, Transportation: Vehicles & Safety, and Agriculture & Conservation House Committees.

• Managed, expanded, and enforced of rights of large international trademark portfolio for multinational consumer products company;
• Screened, registered, and enforced trademark portfolio for regional and national restaurant service groups;
• Guided start-up companies on development and registration of new trademarks.

• Cruz-Nunez v. Kimco Corp., 2008 WL 5142398, No. 08 C 3841 (N.D. Ill. Dec. 5, 2008);
• Jones Day v. Blockshopper, LLC, 2008 WL 4925644, No. 08 CV 4572 (N.D. Ill. Nov. 13, 2008)(novel trademark and Internet issues received media coverage);
• New Freedom Mortgage Corp. v. C&R Mortgage Corp., 2004 WL 783206, No. 03 CV 3027 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 15, 2004);
• Continental Insurance Co. v. Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corp., 59 Fed. Appx. 830, 2003 WL 463466, No. 01-3817 (7th Cir. Feb. 21, 2003); and
• People v. Grant, 295 Ill. App. 3d 750, 692 N.E.2d 1295 (1st Dist. 1998).