Biography
Cali is an experienced and innovative IP litigator and legal adviser who helps businesses protect and enforce intellectual property rights. She devotes a segment of her practice to guiding craft breweries in licensing and regulatory compliance.
An emerging leader at the firm, Cali is the Practice Management Parter for the Intellectual Property Department. Her clients range from independent inventors and entrepreneurs to international corporations. She guides clients to develop successful, comprehensive and cost-effective intellectual property enforcement strategies, including IP portfolio development, litigation, commercial transactions and licensing.
Cali has extensive experience in IP litigation in the federal courts, the International Trade Commission and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. She has secured temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions and has successfully defended clients against injunction actions.
Her practice spans:
- Patent
- Trademark and Trade Dress
- Trade Secrets and Unfair Competition
- Copyright
- False Advertising
- Freedom to Operate
Cali earned a bachelor’s degree in biology and a master’s degree in biomedical sciences. She has significant experience in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, food and beverage, and fashion and apparel industries, as well as consumer products and services.
Craft Brewing Industry
Cali is a trusted adviser to new and established businesses in the burgeoning market for independent craft beer breweries and brewpubs. Fox Rothschild is an Allied Partner of the Brewers Guild of New Jersey and Cali serves as the firm’s liaison to BGNJ.
She is well-versed in state licensing procedures and federal and state regulatory compliance. She works closely with business owners and in-house counsel to resolve legal issues as they arise. She also connects clients with advice on a range of issues, including corporate governance and partnership agreements, employment matters, real estate and zoning issues and tax strategies.
Beyond Fox Rothschild
Cali is a member of the Board of Directors of the Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber.
She is also a Master Instructor (fourth-degree black-belt) in the art of Tang Soo Do. She specializes in women’s and children’s self-defense.
Before Fox Rothschild
Prior to joining Fox, Cali was an attorney at a national intellectual property law firm, where she represented large pharmaceutical companies and co-authored an article on the changing copyright landscape for pre-1972 recordings.
While in law school, Cali was a volunteer at The Legal Aid Society, a legal intern at Realogy, and a debate coach for Legal Outreach. She was also a features editor for the New York Law School Law Review and one of the authors of the law review’s 2012-2013 Diversity Report.
Bar Admissions
- New York
- New Jersey
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
- U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Education
- New York Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2014)
- UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School - Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (M.B.S., 2011)
- Biomedical Sciences
- Lehigh University (B.S., with honors, 2010)
- Biology
Board of Directors
- Lehigh Lawyers Association
- Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber
Honors & Awards
- Selected to the "Super Lawyers - Rising Stars" list for Intellectual Property Litigation in New Jersey (2024-2025)
This award is conferred by Thomson Reuters. A description of the selection methodology is available here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. - Selected to the “Ones to Watch” list for Intellectual Property and Litigation - Intellectual Property in Lawrenceville, NJ (2025, 2026)
This award is conferred by Best Lawyers. A description of the selection methodology is available here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
