AVA DOPPELT
SHAREHOLDER, ALLEN DYER DOPPELT & GILCHRIST, ORLANDO
Doppelt, who grew up in Pittsburgh, is one of Florida’s leading intellectual property lawyers, managing trademark and copyright portfolios and advising clients on trademark, publishing, entertainment, licensing, franchising and copyright matters. She’s also an accomplished litigator in federal and state courts, as well as administrative agencies. She was the first woman partner at her firm, a 25-lawyer intellectual property boutique law firm that’s been a leader in its field since the 1960s, and she has been a shareholder since the mid-1980s. The firm has offices in Orlando, Miami and Winter Springs, as well as a satellite office in Jacksonville.
| EDUCATION | Northwestern University (BA),New York University (JD) |
| CIVIC EFFORT | Doppelt is past president of the board of the Orlando Ballet and also serves on the board of the Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community. She currently serves as chair of the FAMU College of Law Dean’s Advisory Council, “which has been an exciting and gratifying opportunity to meet law students and graduates at the very beginning of their careers and help them become leaders in the legal community.” |
| SOMETHING SURPRISING | I own a farm with livestock in Pennsylvania. |
| ADMIRES | UCF — look what they have accomplished in such a relatively short time. |
| SABBATICAL TOPIC | Chinese |
| READING | The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennett; Such a Fun Age, by Kiley Reid |