Nick Barnhorst brings more than two decades of experience advising businesses on complex litigation, intellectual property, corporate transactions, and strategic business matters. Having served both as outside counsel and as the chief legal officer of a global consumer products company, Nick provides clients with practical, business-oriented legal advice informed by an understanding of the legal and commercial challenges companies face every day.

Before joining Caldarelli Hejmanowski & Leer LLP, Nick served for more than ten years as Vice President, General Counsel and Head of Legal & Regulatory for Fresh, Inc., a global luxury skincare company owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. In that role, he built and led the company’s legal department while advising executive leadership on a broad range of domestic and international legal matters. His responsibilities included overseeing commercial litigation, intellectual property strategy and enforcement, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, commercial contracting, and legal support for the company’s continued global growth and expansion into new markets.

Nick’s practice encompasses complex business litigation, intellectual property disputes, corporate counseling, contract negotiation, risk management, and regulatory compliance. He has represented and advised clients in connection with acquisitions and divestitures, technology transactions, licensing agreements, distribution arrangements, supply contracts, real estate matters, consumer marketing issues, and high-stakes commercial disputes.

Prior to his in-house leadership role, Nick practiced intellectual property law with The Trademark Group, where he represented multinational and emerging companies in trademark enforcement and intellectual property litigation. He began his legal career with Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek in San Diego, representing businesses in complex commercial, intellectual property, and contract litigation in both state and federal courts.

Nick earned his Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and his Juris Doctor and Master of Business Administration from Marquette University.

 

Education

• Marquette University Law School
  J.D. 
• Marquette University
  M.B.A.
• The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
  B.S., Economics

 

Bar Admissions

• California
• New York