Drey Cooley
Business, Commercial Litigation and Intellectual Property Attorney
I am a Shareholder and Assistant General Counsel at Capes Sokol in St. Louis, Missouri. I am a corporate, intellectual property and litigation attorney, counseling and assisting business and individuals in a wide-variety of litigation, business/transactional, commercial real estate, employment, risk management, governance and intellectual property matters.
My business litigation practice largely consists of representing clients in commercial, fiduciary, trust, real estate and construction litigation (including mechanic's liens) in state and federal trial and appellate courts.
In my intellectual property practice, I assist businesses in the protection of their brands and intellectual property portfolios through trademark and copyright infringement litigation, as well as in actions in
front of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). With a background in web development, I have a particular interest in litigation concerning domain names, e-commerce and internet-based trademark and copyright disputes. Aside from litigation, I also apply for, register and prosecute trademarks and copyrights on
behalf of individuals and businesses before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and U.S. Copyright Office and negotiate intellectual property agreements (including licensing, concurrent use and
coexistence agreements).
I also represent for-profit and non-profit businesses and individuals in commercial and high-value residential property tax appeals in front of County Boards of Equalization and the Missouri State Tax Commission. Many of these appeals involve claims of overvaluation or, with respect to non-profit corporations, tax exemptions. I am the author of MissouriRealEstateTaxAppeals.com, a blog discussing Missouri commercial real estate tax appeals and non-profit property tax exemption issues.
- Intellectual Property
- Trademarks
- Trademark Litigation, Trademark Registration
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Communications & Internet Law
- Internet Law, Media & Advertising, Telecommunications Law
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Construction Law
- Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Liens, Construction Litigation
- Business Litigation
- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Eastern District of Missouri
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- Illinois
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- Missouri
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- Southern District of Illinois
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- Western District of Missouri
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- 7th Circuit
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- 8th Circuit
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- 11th Circuit
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Capes, Sokol, Goodman & Sarachan, P.C.
- Current
- University of Michigan Law School
- J.D. | Law
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- Washington University in St. Louis
- B.A. | Psychology
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- Honors: With Honors, Phi Beta Kappa
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- Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- Rising Stars
- Super Lawyers
- Rising Stars
- Super Lawyers
- Rising Stars
- Super Lawyers
- Up & Coming Lawyer
- Missouri Lawyers Weekly
- American Bar Association
- Current
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- Federal Bar Association-St. Louis Chapter
- Past-President
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- Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
- Current
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- Missouri Bar Association
- Current
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- Avoid Becoming a Trademark Bully: The Art of Writing Cease and Desist Letters
- Journal of the Missouri Bar
- Commercial Property Assessors Aren’t Always Right – That’s Why You Can Appeal Assessments
- StlToday.com
- Non-Profit Enterprises Take Heed: Your Property May Not Be Tax-Exempt
- Nonprofit Missouri
- Clearly Erroneous Review is Clearly Erroneous: Reinterpreting Illinois v. Gates and Advocating De Novo Review for a Magistrate’s Determination of Probable Cause in Applications for Search Warrants
- Drake Law Review
- Civil Trial and Appellate Practice Update, Missouri Bar's 2015 Annual Law Update
- Missouri Bar
- Advanced Discovery Skills, National Business Institute
- National Business Institute
- Locating Companies for Due Diligence and Background Information, National Business Institute
- National Business Institute
- Effective and Dramatic Use of Exhibits at Trial, National Business Institute
- National Business Institute
- Compelling Closing Statements and Jury Instructions, National Business Institute
- National Business Institute
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