Sheila Heidmiller

SHEILA HEIDMILLER received her undergraduate degree (magna cum laude) and master’s degree (with distinction in part) from Colorado State University, and her law degree from Seattle University School of Law.

Ms. Heidmiller practices in the areas of trademark, copyright, trade secret, licensing, and website compliance. The bulk of her practice is trademark protection, enforcement, and litigation. She also provides a full suite of website compliance services, including drafting privacy policies, drafting terms and conditions of use, counseling clients on how to comply with the numerous laws governing operation of a website (defamation, libel, slander, protection and infringement of intellectual property, advertising and promotions, use of message boards and forums, etc.). She also developed and performs Website Legal Audits - Don’t Let Your Content Byte You.® This is a service designed to help mitigate needless potential liability associated with the operation of a website.

Prior to joining Macheledt Bales & Heidmiller, Ms. Heidmiller was with the Phoenix firm of Lewis and Roca LLP and, prior to that, the Seattle firms of Holland & Knight LLP; Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt; Holland & Knight LLP; and Perkins Coie. Ms. Heidmiller is currently admitted to practice law in Arizona. She is also admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Ms. Heidmiller has written numerous articles in the area of intellectual property and website compliance, and makes frequent presentations to the legal and business communities. Some representative articles and presentations are listed below. Please contact Ms. Heidmiller E-Mail Direct or at (602) 685-1112 to obtain a copy of an article or presentation, or to speak with her about a complimentary in-house presentation.

• Presentation entitled “The Nuts & Bolts of Website Compliance,” December 2004, Phoenix, Arizona

• Presentation entitled “Ensuring Your Website Complies With the Law” co-sponsored by Lewis and Roca LLP and In Business, March 3, 2004, Las Vegas, Nevada

• Presentation entitled “Website Compliance,” December 4, 2003 Lewis and Roca LLP Phoenix Client Seminar Series

• “What Is A Website Review & Why Should Every Website Owner Invest In One?,” Autumn 2003 Lewis and Roca LLP Intellectual Property Newsletter

• “Select Internet Privacy Issues for the Business Lawyer” (co-authored with Scott D. DeWald), November 2003 issue, Corporate Counselor

• “RIAA’s Latest Legal Attack on P2P File-Sharing,” Summer 2003 issue, ABA Intellectual Property Law Newsletter

• “Online Privacy Policies Are Not Child’s Play,” May 2003 Lewis and Roca LLP Client Alert

• “Trademark Licensing and Franchise Law: A Trap for the Unwary,” Summer 2002 issue, Washington State Bar Association’s Business Law Section publication

• Published materials for National Business Institute CLE entitled “The Law of the Internet,” Cheyenne, Wyoming, August 2002

• “Website Reviews,” July 2002 issue, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel

• “Digital Copying and File Sharing on Trial,” April 2002 issue, Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal

• “Performing A Website Legal Audit,” February 2002 issue, Privacy Officers Advisor

• “Website Legal Audits,” February 2002 issue, Holland & Knight LLP IP & Technology Law Update

• Presenter at CLE entitled “How to Become Online Privacy Compliant,” February 2001 American Bar Association Midyear Meeting CLE panel entitled Privacy In the New Age of Technology

• “The Music Industry v. Napster: Copyright Law Peers Into the Networking World,” cover article, April 2001 issue, Washington State Bar Association BarNews

In her spare time, Ms. Heidmiller enjoys tennis, writing, and traveling.