Molly Shaffer

Associate

Molly is an associate in the Washington, D.C., office. Prior to joining the firm, Molly served for a year as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Joseph M. Getty, Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Molly earned her undergraduate degree from Stevenson University and her law degree from the University of Baltimore School of Law. During law school, Molly gained valuable experience in researching legal topics and drafting memoranda with several internships. She served as an intern with the Hon. Judge Robert N. McDonald of the Maryland Court of Appeals, as a clerk for the Maryland Office of the Attorney General, as an intern with the Office of the Commissioner Charlotte A. Burrows U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and as a legal writing fellow with the University of Baltimore School of Law Legal Writing Center.

 

Publications

A Defense Strategy For Addressing Copyright Fee-Shifting [Law360]

April 01, 2024

Hugh Marbury and Molly Shaffer contributed an Expert Analysis to Law360, discussing the need for the Supreme Court to provide guidance on how Rule 68 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure impacts permissive fee-shifting.

Preparing For DOJ's Data Analytics Push in FCPA Cases [Law360]

February 20, 2024

In this Law360 article, Nicole H. Sprinzen, Kurt Lunkenheimer, and Molly Shaffer look at how data analytics has historically been used in corporate enforcement to understand how the U.S. Department of Justice Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Unit — and likely the SEC, which has its own civil FCPA enforcement unit — will collect and use data to prosecute global foreign corruption cases.

After Warhol, The High Court Must Clarify Copyright Damages [Law360]

June 05, 2023

Hugh Marbury and Molly Shaffer authored an article about the emergence of copyright-related legal concerns for the U.S. Supreme Court following the Court's decision in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc. v. Goldsmith.

Events & Seminars

Past Events

2023 WWCDA Awards Gala

November 28, 2023 - Washington, D.C.

Education

  • University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 2021
  • Stevenson University, B.A., 2018
  • Maryland
  • District of Columbia

Honorable Joseph M. Getty, Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals of Maryland (2021-2022)