Kevin R. Amer

Kevin Amer, a former Acting General Counsel of the U.S. Copyright Office and Director of Copyright Policy at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, represents clients in a wide range of copyright disputes and transactional matters. He has extensive experience advising on legal and policy issues involving the intersection of copyright and emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence.

Before joining Bayla, Kevin served as Chief Legal Officer at a leading professional association of writers. Previously, he served in senior leadership positions at both the Copyright Office and the USPTO, where he oversaw numerous domestic and international law and policy matters, including advising on copyright cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. Prior to his government service, he was an appellate litigator at leading law firms in Washington, D.C. Kevin has lectured extensively on intellectual property law, including as an adjunct professor at George Mason University.

Kevin is a graduate of Harvard University and Yale Law School. He is a former law clerk to Judge Charles R. Wilson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.