Tracy Reilly, who teaches Real Property and Intellectual Property courses, was most recently a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Chicago, where she worked in the areas of intellectual property, entertainment, advertising, Internet, and e-commerce law. Previously, she was an associate at Garfinkle & Associates, practicing entertainment, intellectual property, marketing, and promotional law. Her clients have included Kraft, Sara Lee, Kellogg, Honeywell, Madison Dearborn Partners, United Airlines, the Chicago Sun -Times, Rand McNally, and the estates of gospel star Mahalia Jackson and Charles Stepney, producer for Earth, Wind & Fire.
Prof. Reilly also has experience as an adjunct professor at the Valparaiso University School of Law in Indiana, the University of Chicago Graham School of Business, and Lewis University in Illinois. She clerked for the Honorable Wayne R. Andersen in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and for the Honorable Anne M. Burke in the Appellate Court of Illinois.
She serves on the board of the Theatre Museum in New York, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the history of Broadway. She has also served as Vice-Chair of the Entertainment Committee of the Chicago Bar Association. Her scholarship is focused in the areas of copyright and trademark law.
Courses
LAW 6415 Copyright Law
LAW 6804 Real Property II
LAW 6971 Trademarks Unfair Competition