NEW YORK, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- A veteran intellectual property and
media attorney has been named PR Newswire's Vice President and General
Counsel, President of PRN Americas Charlie Morin announced today.
Sherri Felt Dratfield, who joined PR Newswire based in New York this
month, was associate general counsel for The Hartz Mountain Corp. and counsel
for its subsidiary, Stern Publishing, Inc. She will be responsible for all
legal matters impacting the operation of PR Newswire, including the contract
development for service offerings, acquisitions and procurement. In addition,
her duties will include trademark, copyright and media issues.
"Sherri Dratfield brings a great deal of experience in intellectual
property and media matters to PR Newswire," said Morin. "We look forward to
having her on board, especially as the digital age creates new legal
challenges for the information industries."
Prior to joining The Hartz Mountain, Dratfield spent several years in
private practice specializing in intellectual property and media law at the
law firms of White & Case and Townley & Updike in New York.
"I am pleased to join PR Newswire, a dynamic company on the cutting edge
of information dissemination," Dratfield said.
Dratfield, who lives in New York, graduated cum laude from New York
University School of Law where she received an American Jurisprudence award in
business crime and was elected to the Order of the Coif. She earned a
bachelors degree in English and drama, cum laude, from Goucher College in
Maryland, where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and a Master's of Fine
Arts degree from the University of Denver.
PR Newswire is the world leader in the electronic delivery of information
directly from companies, institutions and agencies through its cutting-edge
wire, fax, satellite, e-mail and Internet network. Forty-five years after
founding the industry, it has 35 bureaus worldwide, an exclusive partnership
with Canada NewsWire and a vast international affiliate system. PR Newswire
provides a broad complement of services enabling public relations and investor
relations professionals to immediately access the media, financial community
and consumers.
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CONTACT:
Charlie Morin, President of PRN Americas,
212-596-1515, or Charlie_Morin@prnewswire.com; or Renu K.
Aldrich, Public Relations Manager, 212-282-1929, or pager,
800-503-2654, or Renu_Aldrich@prnewswire.com, both of PR Newswire
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