Toerek Law is a national intellectual property and marketing law firm based in Cleveland, Ohio. Sharon Toerek, the Principal of Toerek Law helps advertising, marketing and design professionals protect, enforce, and monetize their intellectual capital, and manage the legal implications of their work. Founder Sharon Toerek focuses on the needs of clients in the advertising, marketing and creative services industries, and she provides proactive, strategic counsel on legal issues they face, including: - Agency-client contract issues - Agency-freelancer relationships - Copyright protection and licensing. - Trademark brand protection Toerek is a nationally recognized author and speaker to advertising and marketing industry organizations, advertising agencies, and in-house marketing teams, and is a past President of the American Advertising Federation in Cleveland, Ohio. Toerek is also the creator of The Innovative Agency, a podcast designed to help marketing agency leaders answer the question: “What’s Next?” in their industry. During the podcast, she talks with agencies who are engaged in innovative projects, products, and business models, and to industry experts who have a front row seat to the practice of innovation in today’s marketing, communications and creative agencies.