Victoria Spataro

• Counsel to a variety of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies involved in the research and development stages of drug discovery.
• Counsel to nutraceutical companies in matters involving trademark infringement, false advertising, and unfair competition.

Victoria “Vickie” Ford Spataro is a project attorney in the Alston & Bird’s Intellectual Property Litigation Group. Vickie focuses her practice on resolving numerous intellectual property issues, especially patent disputes in Hatch-Waxman cases. Vickie also litigates claims of false advertising and trademark infringement under the Lanham Act. She represents clients in various industries, including pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, medical devices, and consumer health products.

Before returning to the firm, Vickie spent several years as in-house counsel for two major pharmaceutical companies, most recently serving as an associate general counsel for U.S. Generic IP Litigation.

Bar Admissions

• New York
• New Jersey
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Education

• Villanova University (J.D., 2006)
• Brown University (Sc.B., 2003)