Rachel Young Fields

Partner

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

Tel 912.236.0261
Fax 912.236.4936

Rachel Fields has broad experience assisting clients with business disputes and transactions, including involving intellectual property, contracts, corporate governance, real estate, condominiums and community associations, fiduciary duties, and trusts and estates.

She assists clients with clearing, prosecuting, and maintaining trademarks and provides strategic brand and trademark counseling and portfolio management. Rachel also advises clients on copyright law, including issues of ownership, validity, registration, and infringement.  Her experience also includes handling intellectual property litigation and dispute resolution in courts and other tribunals. She routinely prepares and negotiates copyright and trademark agreements and licenses.

Rachel counsels companies related to distributorships, non-profit corporate governance, condominiums, and property owners associations. She also represents fiduciaries in disputes and other court proceedings involving trusts, estates, guardianships, and conservatorships

Professional Activities

Rachel is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and has been active throughout her career. She currently serves as Communications Chair of the Intellectual Property Section. Previously, she was on the board of the State Bar of Georgia Young Lawyers Division and also co-chaired the Leadership Academy and the Intellectual Property Committee.

In addition, she has served as an adjunct professor at the Savannah Law School.

Rachel is admitted to practice in all Georgia state courts, 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

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

Rachel holds an AV rating from 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 Savannah’s GenerationNEXT Rising Stars of Business. She has been named a Georgia Super Lawyers Rising Star and a Georgia Super Lawyer and was recognized by Georgia Trend Magazine as a Legal Elite for Intellectual Property Law.

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

Experience

Published Opinions

  • Kersey v. Williamson, 284 Ga. 660 (2008)
  • Chatham County Board of Tax Assessors v. Bock, 299 Ga. App. 257 (2009)
  • Nalley v. Langdale, 319 Ga. App. 354 (2012)
  • Wang v. Liu, 292 Ga. 568 (2013)
  • Wylie v. Denton, 323 Ga. App. 161 (2013)
  • Brannies v. Internet ROI, Inc., 2015 WL 1137803 (S.D. Ga. Mar. 13, 2015)

Community Work

  • Leadership Savannah: Class of 2019
  • Savannah Book Festival: Board of Directors, President and Chair, 2021-2024
  • Savannah Philharmonic: Board of Directors, 2018-2021
  • Coastal Empire Habitat for Humanity: Board of Directors, 2012-2018; President, 2016-2017

Credentials

Education

University of Georgia School of Law: J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, 2007
Winthrop University: B.A., cum laude, 2001

Affiliations

  • American Bar Association
  • Savannah Bar Association
  • State Bar of Georgia: Intellectual Property Section, Communications Chair; Bench & Bar Committee, 2016-2022
  • State Bar of Georgia Leadership Academy: Graduate, 2011
  • State Bar of Georgia Young Lawyers Division: Board of Directors, 2014-2016; Intellectual Property Committee, Co-Chair, 2011-2013; Leadership Academy, Co-Chair, 2013-2015

Recognition

Martindale-Hubbell®: AV Preeminent® Rating
The Martindale-Hubbell® PEER REVIEW RATINGS™ are an objective indicator of a lawyer’s high ethical standards and professional ability, generated from evaluations of lawyers by other members of the bar and the judiciary in the United States and Canada.

Super Lawyers®: Business Litigation
A rating service recognizing outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have achieved a high degree of peer recognition and professional accomplishment. Selection involves independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations.

Super Lawyers®: Rising Stars: Business Litigation, 2010 & 2016-2019
Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.

Georgia Trend Magazine: Legal Elite
Georgia Trend’s annual listing of the state’s top attorneys, selected by their peers across practice areas including business law, personal injury litigation, criminal law, labor and employment, tax and estates, bankruptcy, family law, and general practice.

The Fulton County Daily Report: On the Rise Attorney
An annual list of 40 of Georgia’s leading attorneys under 40, nominated and selected for their contributions to the practice of law in the state.

GenerationNEXT: Savannah’s Rising Stars of Business, 2015
Savannah Magazine and Business in Savannah recognize local business and community leaders under 40 through this annual competition, based on business accomplishments and community impact.

Licensed In

Georgia

Insights

Presentations

Intellectual Property Concerns for Filmmakers
Presented to Savannah College of Art and Design documentarian students in May 2013 by Rachel Fields with co-presenter Benjamin Karpf.

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