Ruth’s Practice Areas

• Corporate Law
• Intellectual Property
• Employment & Labor
• Business Organizations
• Emerging Businesses
• Alternative Dispute Resolution

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Ruth A. Binger

Principal

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Phone 314.889.7167

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Bio

Ruth Binger is the department head of Danna McKitrick’s transactional practice group which includes mergers and acquisition transactions, tax, employment, banking, real estate finance, international law, securities, business and commercial law, and dispute resolution. Ruth advises family-owned and closely-held businesses and multinational companies in many industries, including manufacturing and distribution, professional services including web development and software development, transportation and retail.

Understanding that the law is a tool, Ruth uses her 20+ years of representing businesses and her 17+ years of facilitating business owner peer advisory boards to responsively and efficiently recommend the most appropriate and effective legal strategy and necessary array of transactional services.

Corporate and Business. Guiding clients on formation, structure, goverance and exit strategies, Ruth creates and reviews contracts for licenses, franchises, distribution, consulting, and joint venture agreements. Her dispute resolution work includes representing her clients in arbitrations and as a member of the Commercial Panel of Arbitrators for the American Arbitration Association.

Intellectual Property and Digital Law. Ruth works in the ever-evolving arena of intellectual property and digital law. She handles trademark and copyright registration and enforcement and related transactions, including joint ventures, licensing, and corporate partnering. Ruth counsels clients on privacy, advertising and communication law with respect to social media advertising on the web.

Employment and Labor. Ruth has extensive experience in the mitigation, avoidance and resolution of employment and labor issues. Ruth provides proactive counsel and advice to her clients, including preparation of employment manuals, noncompete agreements, confidentiality agreements, intellectual property protection agreements, and executive incentive plans.

Publications & Speaking Engagements

Co-author: “Cyber Space for Rent,” St. Louis Small Business Monthly.

Speaker (sampling): “Intellectual Property Issues For Your Organization,” “Recruiting Issues for Executives,” “Compensation Issues for Executives,” “The Trojan Horse of Social Media: Threats & Solutions in the IP and HR Area,” “Social Media, IP and Employment - Permanent Records of Temporary Impulses,” “Minefields in Employment Law.”