Natalie Dean

Natalie Dean is a partner at Reichel Stohry Dean LLP in Indianapolis, Indiana. She works in intellectual property, corporate transactions, and commercial agreements, representing clients ranging from startups to Fortune 500 corporations. Her practice covers patent, trademark, and copyright protection, intellectual property licensing, and business planning. She also helps businesses negotiate commercial arrangements and handle legal issues connected with product development and technology commercialization.

Natalie earned her J.D., with a concentration in Health Law, from Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis in 2005. She received a B.S. in Biomedical Science, cum laude, from Texas A&M University in 2002. As an undergraduate research fellow, she received an award for her life sciences thesis and later coauthored research published in Cloning & Stem Cells. Her scientific training informs her intellectual property work.

Natalie drafts and negotiates agreements covering the sale, purchase, supply, and manufacture of goods and services. She advises on asset acquisitions, technology transfers, business formation, patents, trademarks, copyrights, and enforcement of intellectual property rights. Her experience includes software, banking, healthcare, life sciences, medical devices, and consulting. Before joining her firm, she practiced at both a large general law firm and a litigation firm in Indianapolis.

Natalie Dean has held leadership positions with the American Bar Association, Indianapolis Bar Association, and Social Health Association of Indiana. She has spoken and written about patent law, trademarks, and intellectual property strategy. Her experience allows her to consider both the legal protection of ideas and the contracts needed to commercialize them. She helps clients align intellectual property decisions with their broader business operations.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Reichel Stohry Dean LLP
• Member, Indiana State Bar Association
• YLD-Intellectual Property & Internet Law Committee Chair, American Bar Association (2008 – 2010)
• Intellectual Property Executive Committee Chair, Indianapolis Bar Association (2008 – 2010)
• Attorney Volunteer, Ask-A-Lawyer Program (2005 – 2010)
• Board President, United Way’s Social Health Association of Indiana, Inc. (2006 – 2010)
• Board Member, Indiana Military Family Foundation, Inc. (2013 – Present)
• Past Board Member, Meadow Bend Home Owners Association
• Past President, Southport Heights Christian Church Parents Advisory Council
• Member, The Brewers Association (2018 – Present)
• Member, International Trademark Association Internet Committee (2018 – 2019)
• Member, Indiana Health Industry Forum (2007 – 2010)
• Member, Indiana Biomedical Entrepreneur Network (2006 – 2010)
• Mentor, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana, Inc. (2005 – 2009)

Licensed State

• Indiana

Education

• Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis
  Juris Doctor (JD) in With a Concentration in Health Law
• Texas A&M University
  Bachelor of Science (BS) in Biomedical Science (Cum Laude)

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