U. of Colorado Law Prof. Kristelia García Joins Lex Lumina

September 1, 2022 - Lex Lumina PLLC announced today that Kristelia García has joined the firm as of counsel. García is an Associate Professor and Faculty Director at the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado Law School, where she teaches courses in copyright, trademark, competition, and property. She has published broadly at the intersection of intellectual property and economics, with a particular focus on competition and private ordering.

Prior to joining academia, García spent nearly a decade working in the music industry in Los Angeles; first at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, then as Director of Business Development in charge of content licensing at MySpace Music, and most recently as Director at Universal Music Group. Prior to her work in music, she was an associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York.

Lex Lumina managing member Rhett Millsaps said: “We are thrilled to welcome Kristelia to our firm. She not only has deep knowledge in the areas that are central to our practice and a wealth of experience advising industry-leading clients, particularly in the music space, but she’s also a joy to work with.”

García graduated with honors from Columbia University and from Yale Law School, where she was Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Journal of Law & Technology and a John M. Olin Fellow in Law, Economics and Public Policy.