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Preetha Chakrabarti

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Areas of Focus

Overview

Helping clients protect and monetize their brand assets has distinguished Preetha Chakrabarti as a trusted advisor to leading brands. Preetha’s experience spans all areas of intellectual property and brand protection, including advertising and media, litigation, counseling, licensing, transactional due diligence, and trademark prosecution. She leverages this experience to offer clients creative solutions for protecting their assets, maximizing value, and managing risks.

Companies trust Preetha’s guidance when advertising environmental, social, and governance-related claims, including claims about carbon offsets, greenwashing, bluewashing, woke-washing, waste reduction, and recycling. From food and beverage, fashion, media, and telecommunications to technology and consumer products, she provides targeted, industry-specific counsel to help clients achieve their business objectives.

Pro bono work is a cornerstone of Preetha’s practice, spanning appellate, immigration, family, and employment law cases as well as IP counseling for nonprofit entities. She successfully represented Sandra Avery, a woman sentenced to life in prison for a nonviolent, low-level drug crime who sought commutation of her sentence from President Barack Obama, reducing her life sentence to time served. Preetha currently co-chairs the firm’s Public Service Committee, and she received the firm’s 2015 George Bailey Award for her pro bono contributions. From 2023 to 2026, Preetha served on The City of New York Mayor’s Advisory Committee on the Judiciary, which works to recruit and encourage diverse and highly qualified persons to serve as a judge of the Criminal, Family, or Civil Court.

Preetha also co-chairs the firm’s Lawyer Development Committee, where she is responsible for overseeing the review and development process for all the firm’s associates and counsel. And she serves on the firm’s Talent Development Committee, which assists in formulating policies on associate/counsel development and compensation issues.

Preetha’s interdisciplinary legal practice is informed by her involvement with LawWithoutWalls, a part-virtual collaboration that develops problem-solving and project management business skills necessary to provide effective legal services in today’s global, multidisciplinary, and cross-cultural marketplace; as well as her 2015 selection as a Pathfinder by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, a national organization comprising the legal profession’s top general counsels and managing partners. In addition, she is a board member of the National Center for Youth Law and an advisory board member (and former chair) for the Urban Assembly School for Leadership and Empowerment.

Career & Education

    • Department of Justice: U.S. Attorneys' Office
      Legal Intern, Criminal Division, Southern District of New York, 2011
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
      Judicial Law Clerk, Honorable O. Rogeriee Thompson, 2019–2020
    • Department of Justice: U.S. Attorneys' Office
      Legal Intern, Criminal Division, Southern District of New York, 2011
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
      Judicial Law Clerk, Honorable O. Rogeriee Thompson, 2019–2020

    • Brown University, B.A., cum laude, biology and classics
    • Columbia University, M.A., secondary science education
    • Fordham University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2012
    • Brown University, B.A., cum laude, biology and classics
    • Columbia University, M.A., secondary science education
    • Fordham University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2012

    • New York
    • New Jersey
    • Supreme Court of the United States
    • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
    • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
    • U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
    • New York
    • New Jersey
    • Supreme Court of the United States
    • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
    • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
    • U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

  • Professional Activities and Memberships

    Professional Activities and Memberships

Preetha's Insights

Client Alert | 5 min read | 07.09.26

Made in the USA? Prove It: FTC Marks America's 250th with Crack Down on Domestic Origin Claims

The United States had barely finished blowing out 250 candles on its birthday cake when the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) decided to remind corporate America what “Made in USA” is actually supposed to mean. On July 6, 2026, the FTC sent a pointed message to the marketplace: unsubstantiated “Made in USA” claims will not go unnoticed. The FTC sent warning letters to several companies advertising products as “Made in USA” — and, in at least one case, “Made in Texas” — despite information suggesting that the products were imported in whole or in significant part....

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Representative Matters

  • Represented commercial broadcasters in copyright royalty proceedings including In re Distribution of Cable Royalty Funds, No. 16-CRB-0009 CD (2014-17) involving distribution of cable television royalties in excess of $800 million.
  • Successfully represented global hospitality company in trademark infringement and false advertising counterclaims against online travel agency in USDC-ED Texas.
  • Successfully represented online dating company in patent and trademark infringement action against the owner of a competing smartphone application in USDC-SDNY.
  • Successfully represented a California interior design and high-end wallpaper company in trademark infringement, unfair competition, and unfair competition claims against a competing company regarding a trademarked wallcovering design in USDC-CDCal.
  • Represented a U.S. subsidiary of a Singapore-based video game company in copyright violation claims against the designer of a copycat game in USDC-CDCal.
  • Providing ongoing advertising and regulatory counseling to an iconic luxury fashion brand, a multinational energy corporation, a multinational tech company, and others.
  • Managing global trademark portfolios for a companies in the video game, special materials, medical, trade association, apparel, and other industries.

Pro Bono

  • Successfully represented Sandra Avery, a woman sentenced to life in prison for a nonviolent, low-level drug crime who sought commutation of her sentence from President Obama, reducing her life sentence to time served. Sandra was one of the 95 nonviolent drug offenders to whom Obama granted clemency in December 2015. Preetha was featured in the documentary film The Vanishing Trial by the Families Against Mandatory Minimums and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, released in 2020 in connection with her representation of Sandra.

Preetha's Insights

Client Alert | 5 min read | 07.09.26

Made in the USA? Prove It: FTC Marks America's 250th with Crack Down on Domestic Origin Claims

The United States had barely finished blowing out 250 candles on its birthday cake when the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) decided to remind corporate America what “Made in USA” is actually supposed to mean. On July 6, 2026, the FTC sent a pointed message to the marketplace: unsubstantiated “Made in USA” claims will not go unnoticed. The FTC sent warning letters to several companies advertising products as “Made in USA” — and, in at least one case, “Made in Texas” — despite information suggesting that the products were imported in whole or in significant part....

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Recognition

  • World Trademark Review 1000, 2023, 2025–2026
  • Lawyers of Color: Hot List and Wonderful Women List, 2023
  • City and State New York: The Responsible 100, 2023
  • Legal 500 United States: Intellectual Property: Trademarks: Non-Contentious (including Prosecution, Portfolio Management and Licensing), 2023–2024
  • Legal 500 United States: Media, Technology and Telecoms: Advertising and Marketing: Transactional and Regulatory), 2024
  • The City of New York Mayor’s Advisory Committee on the Judiciary, 2023
  • Lawyers Alliance for New York: Cornerstone Award, 2021
  • New York State Bar Association: Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, 2019
  • South Asian Bar Association: Rising Star Award, 2019
  • Legal Aid Society: Pro Bono Publico Award, 2016, 2021
  • Empire State Counsel for Pro Bono Service, 2013–2016

Preetha's Insights

Client Alert | 5 min read | 07.09.26

Made in the USA? Prove It: FTC Marks America's 250th with Crack Down on Domestic Origin Claims

The United States had barely finished blowing out 250 candles on its birthday cake when the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) decided to remind corporate America what “Made in USA” is actually supposed to mean. On July 6, 2026, the FTC sent a pointed message to the marketplace: unsubstantiated “Made in USA” claims will not go unnoticed. The FTC sent warning letters to several companies advertising products as “Made in USA” — and, in at least one case, “Made in Texas” — despite information suggesting that the products were imported in whole or in significant part....

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Insights

Client Alert | 5 min read | 07.09.26

Made in the USA? Prove It: FTC Marks America's 250th with Crack Down on Domestic Origin Claims

Press Coverage | 06.24.26

Coach Drops Quince Dupe Lawsuit After UGG Verdict

Press Coverage | 06.24.26

Rare Suit Between Cookware Makers Centers on PFAS Toxicity Claim

Press Coverage | 06.04.26

Is Pattie Gonna Get Out Of This? Patagonia's IP And PR Pickle

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Practices

Industries

Preetha's Insights

Client Alert | 5 min read | 07.09.26

Made in the USA? Prove It: FTC Marks America's 250th with Crack Down on Domestic Origin Claims

The United States had barely finished blowing out 250 candles on its birthday cake when the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) decided to remind corporate America what “Made in USA” is actually supposed to mean. On July 6, 2026, the FTC sent a pointed message to the marketplace: unsubstantiated “Made in USA” claims will not go unnoticed. The FTC sent warning letters to several companies advertising products as “Made in USA” — and, in at least one case, “Made in Texas” — despite information suggesting that the products were imported in whole or in significant part....

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