Rachel Young Fields

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200 East Saint Julian Street
PO Box 9848
Savannah, GA 31412-0048

Tel 912.236.0261
Fax 912.236.4936

Rachel Fields is a partner at HunterMaclean, practicing primarily in intellectual property law and business disputes. As a trusted adviser, she provides her clients with business advice across a broad range of areas.

Rachel regularly assists clients with clearing, prosecuting, and maintaining trademarks before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and internationally through foreign associates.  She is a valued member of her clients’ brand-protection teams as she provides strategic brand and trademark counseling, including through watch services and portfolio management.  She has experience handling litigation and dispute resolution of claims involving trademarks, trade dress, trade secrets, domains, and unfair competition in courts and other tribunals, including before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy.  Rachel routinely negotiates trademark agreements, including co-existence, licensing, assignment, and settlement agreements.

Rachel advises clients on copyright law, including regarding issues of ownership, validity, and infringement.  She prepares and files copyright applications with the U.S. Copyright Office and has experience negotiating and drafting copyright agreements, including licensing and assignment agreements.  Rachel also has experience handling litigation and dispute resolution of claims for copyright infringement.

Rachel has broad experience representing corporate clients and individuals in complex commercial litigation and other business matters, including involving corporate governance, real estate transactions, fiduciary duties, intellectual property, image and likeness, and unfair competition. 

Professional Activities

Rachel is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and has been active in the State Bar throughout her career. She currently serves as Communications Chair of the Intellectual Property Section of the State Bar. Rachel is also a past member of the State Bar of Georgia Young Lawyers Division board of directors and served for two years as co-chair of the State Bar of Georgia Young Lawyers Division Leadership Academy and the Intellectual Property Committee.

Rachel has been an adjunct professor at the Savannah Law School.

Rachel is admitted to practice in all courts of Georgia; the U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Middle, and Northern Districts of Georgia; the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals; and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Community Involvement & Honors

Rachel is actively involved with her community and nonprofit organizations. She is a graduate of Leadership Savannah. Rachel also serves on the board of directors for the Savannah Book Festival, and served as president and chair from 2021 through 2024. She previously served as a board member of the Savannah Philharmonic and as a board member and president of the Coastal Empire Habitat for Humanity.

Rachel is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has been recognized by the Fulton County Daily Report as a “40 under 40” On the Rise Attorney and as one of the GenerationNEXT: Savannah’s Rising Stars of Business. She has been recognized as a Georgia Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2010 and 2016-2019. Rachel was also named a 2018 Legal Elite for Intellectual Property Law by Georgia Trend Magazine.

Rachel is a graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law, where she earned her J.D. with magna cum laude honors. She is a member of the Order of the Coif. While at the University of Georgia, she was on the Georgia Journal of Intellectual Property Law. Rachel received her B.A. in Political Science and Theatre from Winthrop University, where she graduated cum laude.

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