Lisa Statt Foy, TEP

Partner, Trademark Agent

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Lisa Statt Foy is a partner and trademark agent in our Calgary office providing services in the areas of estate planning, estate administration, trusts, and intellectual property. As an estate lawyer and an intellectual property lawyer, she is uniquely qualified to assist with succession planning: ensuring a seamless transition of wealth, business assets and technology for high-net-worth individuals, entrepreneurial families, business owners and successful professionals. 

Lisa’s trademark and intellectual property practice covers many different industries and geographic areas including internet based businesses, online retailers and brand owners with global interests. As a trusted advisor, Lisa routinely works with counsel all over the world to protect and enforce her clients’ interests. Lisa’s extensive global network of professionals allows her to assist clients with issues transcending conventional borders.

Lisa was selected for articles of clerkship with both the Alberta Court of Appeal and the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench, providing her with a unique perspective and experience in legal analysis, advocacy and persuasive writing.  

Clients seek Lisa’s counsel in many different areas, including:

  • Drafting Wills, Enduring Power of Attorneys and Personal Directives
  • Estate probate and estate administration
  • Trust drafting and administration
  • Succession planning
  • Estate planning, including for blended families
  • Intergenerational wealth and technology transfer
  • Incapacitated (represented) adults
  • Trademark protection, enforcement and licensing
  • Intellectual property protection, enforcement and licensing, including copyright law
  • Internet law  

Lisa is a course instructor: educating other lawyers in the areas of advanced Will drafting, estate administration and digital assets through the Legal Education Society of Alberta. Lisa has also been a guest lecturer in Intellectual Property at the Alberta College of Art and Design (ACAD), Mount Royal University, and the Alberta Association of Architects.  

Qualifications

  • Education
  • Rankings
  • Bar Admissions
  • University of Alberta
    Bachelor of Arts With Distinction
    1994
  • University of Alberta
    Bachelor of Laws Gold Medalist
    2004
  • Alberta
    2005
  • Northwest Territories
    2022

Involvement

  • Professional
  • Volunteer Work
  • Legal Education Society
    Instructor: Advanced Will and Trust Drafting Course
    2017
  • Legal Education Society of Alberta
    Instructor: Drafting your First Will
    2015
  • Canadian Bar Association Alberta, Wills and Trusts (South)
    Member
    2005 - Present
  • Canadian Bar Association Alberta, Intellectual Property & Technology (South)
    Member
    2005 - Present
  • Law Society of Alberta
    Member
    2005 - Present
  • Canadian Bar Association
    Member
    2005 - Present
  • Calgary Bar Association
    Member
    2005 - Present
  • Canadian Bar Association Alberta, Elder Law Section (South)
    Executive Committee
    2007 - 2009
  • Next Step Ministries
    Board Member
    2021 - 2024
  • Alberta Law Reform Institute
    Research Assistant
    2002 - 2004
  • International Ombudsman Institute
    Editor
    2002 - 2004
  • Student Legal Services
    Case Worker
    2001 - 2004