Suffolk University Law School

Babson College

Queensbury High School

Director at Alvarez & Marsal's Insight Center

Ms. Langlois is a Senior Director in Boston with Alvarez & Marsal’s Insight Center (the firm’s global research center), where she relies on her experience of over 20 years in the consulting field and her focus on client service to drive value for the firm. She is responsible for managing the firm's ~$10 million portfolio of data and content vendors, ensuring that the firm's consultants have access to the 225+ subscriptions they need for client projects and business development initiatives.  Her extensive legal and project management skills are invaluable when liaising with vendors, A&M's legal department, Accounts Payable, the firm's consultants, and divisional and firm leadership.  Ms. Langlois' global team manages every phase of the procurement process from initial request to after access support.

Prior to this role, Ms. Langlois was on the research side of the Insight Center, leading a research team and delivering complex research requests across the firm.  These deliverables added value to active client engagements as well as potential client proposals, ensuring that the consultants had a fact base to support their viewpoint.  She relied on strong communication, expectation settings, and project management to effectively deliver hundreds of research outputs.

Alvarez & Marsal

Insight Center

Ms. Langlois utilized her legal education and experience as well as her time at PwC when she re-joined the consulting world with Alvarez & Marsal's Disputes & Investigations group.  For several years, she focused on analyzing damages related to intellectual property infringement matters, assessing license and contract compliance, and valuing intellectual property.  In addition, she assisted clients and counsel with general commercial litigation and disputes and performed forensic investigations. She has experience across numerous industries, including Retail, Food Service, Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Financial Services, Automotive, Life Sciences, Telecommunications, Health Care, Hospitality, Medical Supplies and Devices, and Technology.

Disputes & Investigations

After graduating from law school, Ms. Langlois worked for a solo practitioner focused on all areas of Intellectual Property law.  She drafted patent CIP applications and responses to office actions, analyzed patent searches and prepared patent opinions, assisted with infringement issues, and prepared patent application materials for filing.  She also worked on trademark and copyright matters, preparing and filing applications, responding to USPTO correspondence, and assisting with infringement matters.  In addition, Ms. Langlois efficiently handled the day-to-day administration of the Cambridge office as well as trained and supervised law school, high school, and paralegal interns.

Law Offices of J.D. Geraigery

Associate

Ms. Langlois' last legal internship was with the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers where she conducted legal research and drafted memoranda on ethical issues to assist Bar Counsel with attorney disciplinary investigations as well as supported Assistant Bar Counsel in the review and investigation of complaints against attorneys, the preparation of formal charges, and the presentation of evidence at hearings.  In addition, she reviewed and summarized large volumes of file material and court documents and interpreted and applied ethical rules to specific situations, ascertaining the appropriate sanctions for misconduct and the applicability of procedural rules unique to disciplinary proceedings.

Board of Bar Overseers, Office of the Bar Counsel

Intern

Ms. Langlois gained valuable Intellectual Property legal experience when she joined Bose's legal team for a summer role.  She managed tracking and removing patented products and copyrighted material from unauthorized reseller websites as well as drafted and reviewed contracts and agreements (e.g., promotional, hotel/transportation, entertainment, and patent license) to identify and analyze business and legal concerns.  In addition, she evaluated upcoming promotional advertising copy for potential legal issues and researched and drafted memoranda on various legal and business queries including international privacy laws and extended service plans.

Bose Corporation

Legal Consultant

Ms. Langlois gained a variety of IP experience by drafting patent and trademark office action responses and amendments for submission to the USPTO, preparing and sending copyright and trademark registrations, and conducting legal research analyzing various copyright and patent issues.

Law Office of J.D. Geraigery

During law school, Ms. Langlois gained valuable real-world experience by interning and working in various legal departments.  At the City of Newton, she conducted legal research and drafted memoranda exploring municipal issues including workers compensation, open meeting laws, utility meter reading, nuisance and littering laws, and sidewalk vending machines.  In addition, she researched and drafted memoranda regarding various issues such as Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) funding and statutory construction of the Community Preservation Act.

City of Newton, Law Department

Law Clerk

Ms. Langlois began her consulting career in Pwc's Dispute Analysis & Investigations practice where she participated as the lead staff member for various projects, including breach of contracts, patent and trademark infringement lawsuits, and forensic investigations.  She assisted in writing and editing expert witness and opinion reports as well as analyzed and critiqued opposing party claims, reports, and damage calculations.

Gayla Langlois