Nancy Del Pizzo is a member of Rivkin Radler’s Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property; and Privacy, Data & Cyber Law Practice Groups. She resolves commercial disputes, including intellectual property matters such as trademark, trade dress, copyright and patent infringement, restrictive covenants and domain name disputes, misappropriation of trade secrets and unfair competition, false advertising, defamation and trade libel and other commercial matters.

Nancy’s experience also includes counseling on discrete business issues (from avoidance of litigation to litigation preparation, commencement, expert discovery and trial). She also advises clients regarding data breaches, including handling post-breach notifications, and website accessibility, terms and conditions and privacy policies. Her practice also includes drafting and negotiating complex agreements, licensing and confidentiality agreements and assignments as well as prosecuting trademark applications and litigating before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

Nancy is co-chair of the Internet/Privacy Subcommittee of the American Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Litigation Section. She also is the past co-chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Committee, a position she held from 2016 –2018. In addition, she is a Master in the John C. Lifland Inn of Court, a federal practice and IP-focused section of the American Inns of Court.

Nancy frequently writes and speaks on various topics, including IP issues and diversity and inclusion, and serves on the New Jersey Lawyer Magazine’s Editorial Board. She is the immediate past chair of the District IIA Ethics Committee (Bergen County).  Nancy also is a former chair, legislative coordinator and trustee of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s LGBT Rights Section, where she also held various other officer positions. Nancy was the featured profile in the New Jersey Law Journal’s “The Bar Report,” February 27, 2012.

Nancy has an AV Preeminent Rating in Intellectual Property, Litigation and Civil Practice, which is an award conferred by Martindale Hubbell. A description of the selection methodology can be found at https://www.martindale.com/ratings-and-reviews/. On October 12, 2022, the New Jersey Law Journal named her to its 2022 list of Women Attorneys of the Year, and featured a profile in its November 7, 2022 issue. She also was named to the 2017-2022 New Jersey Super Lawyers list, a distinction reserved for only 5% of attorneys. Nancy also was selected to be a “Rising Star,” 2011-2015, by New Jersey Super Lawyers magazine. A description of the selection methodology can be found at https://www.superlawyers.com/about/selection_process_detail.html. In 2007, she was awarded the New Jersey Occupational Therapy Association President’s Award for “Outstanding and Committed Service” for her pro bono work. Also, the New Jersey Law Journal named Rivkin Radler’s Intellectual Property Practice Group the Intellectual Property Litigation Department of the Year (Midsize) for 2018.  (No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey).

Nancy began her legal career as a judicial law clerk to the Hon. Barbara Byrd Wecker, J.A.D. (ret.).  She is a magna cum laude graduate of Seton Hall University School of Law, where she served as managing editor of the Journal of Sports & Entertainment Law and evening vice president on the Executive Board of the Student Bar Association. During law school, she also interned for the Hon. William J. Martini, U.S.D.J.

For nearly two decades prior to becoming an attorney, Nancy operated a sole proprietorship, providing writing, editing and consulting services for organizations of various sizes, including Fortune 500 companies. She published hundreds of articles in consumer and trade magazines and newspapers, focusing on health, medicine and fitness, with a particular emphasis on health, fitness, eye care and eyewear.