Attorney Eric Menhart has trial and appellate experience. Eric has appeared in Maryland and District of Columbia state courts, as well as in federal courts such as the United States District Courts for the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Massachusetts. Menhart also practices before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in trademark matters. Menhart has also published academic articles on such issues as privacy protection and Internet tax issues that appear in publications owned by major publishers such as Thomson West and CCH.
Relevant Experience
Eric Menhart brings a variety of private and public sector experience as an attorney and prior to being licensed to practice law. Menhart previously held positions with the United States Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division as a litigation paralegal and the Federal Trade Commission’s International Division of Consumer Protection as a legal intern. Menhart also worked as a legal intern in the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration, concentrating on radio spectrum issues.
Menhart previously founded two successful private business ventures and practiced law as an attorney at a boutique law firm concentrating in electronic torts.
Press Coverage
Eric has been quoted or featured in numerous media and academic outlets, including:
- The Baltimore Sun
- The Washington Post
- Maryland Daily Record
- USA Today
- CNN Radio
- Associated Press
- Forbes.com
- The Washington Times
- FoxNews.com
- MSNBC.com
- Congressional Research Services
- The Daily Tar Heel
Appellate Decisions Referencing Eric Menhart
- Portuguese American Leadership Council of the United States, Inc. v. Investor’s Alert Inc., et al. No. 04-001187 (D.C. 2008).
- MaryCLE, LLC et al. v. First Choice Internet, Inc., et al. 890 A.2d 818, 166 Md. App. 481 (Md. App., 2006) (Eric Menhart was the owner of Plaintiff MaryCLE, LLC and was not a licensed attorney at the time of the decision).
Publications
- Eric J. Menhart, Taxing the Internet: Analyzing the States’ Plan to Derive Online Sales Revenue, Journal of State Taxation (2007).
- Eric J. Menhart, Electronic Privacy Rights: Communal, Private, and Public Civil Enforcement, Thomson Publishing(2005).
