Karen S. Boardman
Attorney
Email: kboardman@kincaidandassociates.com
Phone: (866) 435-5971
Karen Boardman brings more than 15 years of legal experience in transactional, intellectual property, and litigation to Kincaid and Associates. Ms. Boardman’s experience is concentrated in all phases of intellectual property: trademarks, patents, copyrights, licensing, and infringement.
Having managed several major document-intensive copyright infringement cases, involving numerous architectural designs and hundreds of infringing structures, from investigation and filing the complaint through discovery, motions, and settlements, Ms. Boardman’s knowledge also extends to trademark and copyright searches, software licenses, entertainment contracts, musical royalties/performance rights, rights of privacy and publicity, refusals of copyright, and trademark registrations.
Prior to law school, Ms. Boardman worked as a Guardian ad Litem Volunteer Advocate, investigating and protecting the rights of abused and neglected children. As an intern at the Domestic Violence Legal Clinic, Ms. Boardman worked tirelessly for her clients to obtain protective orders for the victims and children of domestic violence.
Additionally, Ms. Boardman published an article in the North Carolina Central University Law Review entitled “North Carolina v. Bryant: Paving the Way for a Comprehensive National Sex Offender Registry” (30 N.C. CENT. L. REV. 75, Fall 2007).
Ms. Boardman is licensed to practice in the States of North Carolina and Tennessee and before the Eastern District of North Carolina federal court. She earned her Juris Doctor from North Carolina Central University School of Law (evening division) and a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Ms. Boardman serves as the Treasurer for Business and Professional Women of the Triangle, as well as the Chapter Advisor for the local Sigma Sigma Sigma chapter at the University of North Carolina.
In her spare time, Ms. Boardman enjoys listening to live music, learning to cook, and spending time with her husband, Adam.