Kahlia Halpern is an intellectual property attorney at Greer, Burns & Crain Ltd.’s (GBC)  Chicago office. She practices trademark and copyright protection and is a member of GBC’s Anti‑Counterfeiting and Online Enforcement Team.

Ms. Halpern earned her J.D. from DePaul University College of Law, where she published in the Journal of Art, Technology, and Intellectual Property. As a law student, she clerked at a boutique firm focused on trademark, copyright, and internet law, gaining experience across transactional matters and all phases of litigation and prosecution. Ms. Halpern also served as a legal intern with the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago and the Holocaust Art Restitution Project in New York, where her work addressed art restitution, intellectual property protection and licensing, and domestic and international data‑privacy issues. She received CALI Excellence Awards in Copyright Law and Art and Cultural Heritage Law.

Prior to joining GBC, Ms. Halpern focused on global brand development and protection, including worldwide trademark prosecution and enforcement, proceedings before the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), and domain disputes before the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Her experience supports a strategic, brand‑protection‑focused approach aimed at long‑term brand value.

Bar Memberships

• Supreme Court of the State of Illinois
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Publications

Kahlia Halpern, Rockwell v. Trustees of the Berkshire Museum No. 1776CV00253, 2017 WL 6940932 (Mass. Sup. Ct. Nov. 7, 2017), 29 DePaul J. Art, Tech. & Intell. Prop. L. 125 (2019)

Available at: https://via.library.depaul.edu/jatip/vol29/iss1/5