Haley helps businesses resolve intellectual property and commercial disputes and navigate evolving data privacy laws to protect their innovation and achieve their business goals.
Overview
Haley assists clients in a wide range of business and intellectual property litigation matters, working on complex disputes across various industries. She guides clients through every stage of a dispute, from early case assessment and discovery through dispositive motions, appeals and arbitration. She regularly handles patent, trademark, trade secret, trade dress, and copyright actions in federal courts nationwide.
Haley also counsels businesses on compliance with state data privacy laws. She reviews clients’ data collection and handling practices, identifies compliance gaps and drafts privacy policies that work across multiple jurisdictions. Her litigation experience helps her spot where privacy practices could create disputes later.
Before joining the firm, Haley served as a judicial law clerk for the North Dakota Supreme Court.
In addition to her legal work, Haley has a passion for exploring the world. Originally from Canada, she broadened her horizons by studying abroad in the Netherlands and has now visited over 25 different countries.
Experience
Intellectual Property and Business Litigation
- Defended clients against patent infringement and copyright infringement allegations, negotiating favorable settlements with opposing counsel
- Briefed, argued and won a motion to dismiss in tribal court
- Successfully defended national banks in consumer credit arbitrations
- Assisted with an appeal before the North Dakota Supreme Court
- Contributed to successful summary judgment briefing in patent litigation
- Managed productions of clients’ proprietary business documents in large, complex patent and commercial litigation
Data Privacy and Compliance
- Audited clients’ business practices for compliance with state consumer data privacy laws and guided them through remediation
- Drafted comprehensive privacy policies designed to comply with privacy laws
News & Insights
News
Publications
"Intellectual Property 101: An Overview of IP Concepts," The Gavel, February 2026
"A Connection Goes Beyond Three Years," The Legal Intelligencer, February 2026
Speaking Engagements
"Digital Evidence in North Dakota: How to Prepare and Introduce," The North Dakota Evidence Playbook, December 2025
Professional & Civic Activities
Professional & Civic Activities
American Bar Association
- Litigation Section
- Section of Intellectual Property Law
- Young Lawyers Division
- District Representative, North Dakota, 2026-2028
- Professional Development Director, 2025-2026
- Committees & Liaisons Director, 2024-2025
American Inns of Court, Hon. Bruce M. Van Sickle American Inn of Court
North Dakota Defense Lawyers Association
State Bar Association of North Dakota
- Big Muddy Bar Association
- Women Lawyers Section
- Young Lawyers Section
The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law
Practices & Industries
Admissions
- North Dakota
- U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
Education
University of North Dakota School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2023
- North Dakota Law Review
- Outstanding Law Student Leader Class of 2023
- Order of the Coif
- Order of the Barristers
University of Manitoba, B.A., with distinction, 2020
