Practice Areas A-B: Complete Reference Guide
This section covers all practice areas beginning with letters A through B. Each practice area includes specific guidance for when to select this specialization on your resume, when to avoid it, and the essential keywords to include for optimal ATS performance.
How to Use This Guide:
- • Select if You Are: Criteria for including this practice area on your resume
- • Avoid if You Are: When this practice area doesn't fit your background
- • Include These Keywords: Essential terms for ATS optimization
Advertising & Marketing
Select if You Are:
- • Providing legal guidance on advertising regulations, promotional campaigns, or consumer protection compliance
- • Advising brands, agencies, or media companies on advertising law or marketing regulations
- • Handling FTC compliance matters or advertising disputes
Avoid if You Are:
- • Working in general commercial or IP law without specific advertising law reference
- • Creating standard commercial contracts not related to advertising
- • Handling trademark matters without advertising industry context
Include These Keywords in Your Resume:
FTC compliance
false advertising
endorsement agreement
sweepstakes
promotions law
Lanham Act
ad review
marketing law
advertising compliance
social media campaigns
endorsement rules
Alcohol Beverage Law
Select if You Are:
- • Advising breweries, wineries, distilleries, or alcohol distributors on regulatory, licensing, or compliance matters
- • Handling matters before the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) or state alcohol control boards
- • Working with distribution agreements, label approvals, or tied-house laws
Avoid if You Are:
- • Mentioning alcohol law in passing without specific legal tasks
- • Working in general hospitality or restaurant law without alcohol-specific matters
- • Handling only general regulatory work without alcohol industry focus
Include These Keywords in Your Resume:
TTB
label approval
tied-house
alcohol licensing
alcohol distribution
craft brewery compliance
liquor law
alcohol permits
ABC board
state liquor authority
distillery regulation
alcohol tax law
Antitrust and Competition
Select if You Are:
- • Working on matters involving competition, price fixing, market allocation, or monopolistic practices
- • Handling government investigations (FTC, DOJ Antitrust Division) or providing antitrust counseling for mergers
- • Working in antitrust law across multiple domains (litigation, regulatory, compliance, transactions)
Avoid if You Are:
- • Working in general corporate or litigation without reference to antitrust or competition law
- • Mentioning compliance generically without antitrust-specific duties
- • Working in areas clearly focused on specific antitrust sub-specialties
Include These Keywords in Your Resume:
Sherman Act
Clayton Act
FTC
DOJ Antitrust
price fixing
monopoly
cartel
antitrust merger review
market dominance
exclusive dealing
horizontal agreement
vertical restraint
antitrust compliance
competition law
restraint of trade
anti-competitive conduct
market concentration
merger clearance
antitrust due diligence
Antitrust and Competition – Mergers and Acquisitions
Select if You Are:
- • Advising on merger filings, HSR Act compliance, or antitrust aspects of M&A transactions
- • Coordinating with competition authorities in cross-border M&A
- • Working on Hart-Scott-Rodino filings, merger clearance, or regulatory review before FTC or DOJ
Avoid if You Are:
- • Working only in litigation or investigatory experience without M&A deal work
- • Involved only in corporate work unrelated to antitrust concerns
- • Working purely in litigation-related antitrust experience
Include These Keywords in Your Resume:
HSR filing
merger clearance
premerger notification
second request
antitrust due diligence
FTC merger review
EU competition filing
gun-jumping
concentration filing
merger control
FTC second request
DOJ antitrust review
merger analysis
FTC approval
DOJ review
Antitrust and Competition – Litigation and Investigations
Select if You Are:
- • Representing clients in antitrust litigation, including class actions, cartel investigations, or monopolization cases
- • Responding to civil investigative demands (CIDs) or subpoenas from DOJ or FTC
- • Defending or prosecuting price fixing, monopolization, bid rigging, or market allocation claims
Avoid if You Are:
- • Handling only compliance or transactional antitrust work
- • Working without litigation-specific duties described
- • Working in general commercial litigation without antitrust-specific focus
Include These Keywords in Your Resume:
cartel defense
price fixing litigation
bid rigging
civil investigative demand
antitrust subpoena
class action
Section 1 Sherman Act
Section 2 Sherman Act
antitrust investigation
DOJ Antitrust Division
FTC enforcement
antitrust trial
antitrust damages
monopolization
antitrust litigation
market allocation
FTC investigation
Art & Museum Law
Select if You Are:
- • Handling matters involving art transactions, provenance, museum governance, or art lending
- • Representing artists, galleries, or cultural institutions
- • Advising museums, galleries, or artists on legal matters related to art, cultural property, or restitution
Avoid if You Are:
- • Mentioning copyright or trademark only without art-sector relevance
- • Working in general IP or entertainment law without museum/art focus
- • Working in general IP or transactional experience unrelated to art-specific matters
Include These Keywords in Your Resume:
provenance
art fraud
museum law
restitution
deaccessioning
cultural property
artist rights
gallery agreement
art appraisal dispute
art foundation
art insurance
repatriation
gallery agreements
art finance
cultural heritage
Art & Museum Law – General
Select if You Are:
- • Advising broadly on art-related matters but no specific litigation or transactional detail provided
- • Practicing broadly in legal matters affecting museums and art institutions including contracts, governance, and compliance
- • Working with both transactional and advisory aspects of art and museum law
Avoid if You Are:
- • Working clearly in transactional or litigation that can be classified under more specific art subcategory
- • Working only in litigation or IP licensing work without museum-related experience
- • Working only in litigation experience or unrelated practice areas
Include These Keywords in Your Resume:
art law
fine art
cultural institution
art market
art collection
museum compliance
art authentication
artist representation
museum governance
collections management
art transactions
charitable foundations
501(c)(3) art
cultural property law
art loan agreement
art acquisition
NAGPRA
Art & Museum Law – Litigation/Transactional
Select if You Are:
- • Litigating art-related disputes or negotiating contracts for art sales, museum loans, or copyright issues
- • Representing clients in either disputes over art or in structuring transactions involving artwork (sales, loans, donations)
- • Handling litigation and also drafting contracts or advising on transactions in the art world
Avoid if You Are:
- • Working without direct litigation or contract negotiation involving the art world
- • Working only in art advisory or consulting work without litigation or contract experience
- • Working without litigation or transactional component
Include These Keywords in Your Resume:
title dispute
art sale agreement
art litigation
museum loan agreement
art consignment
gallery dispute
stolen artwork
art settlement
IP in art context
art sales contract
loan agreement
art dispute
title claim
replevin
donation agreement
art fraud litigation
consignment agreement
museum indemnification
provenance dispute
Bankruptcy
Select if You Are:
- • Working in bankruptcy-related matters for individuals, businesses, or creditors
- • Handling filings, restructuring, adversary proceedings, or debtor-creditor negotiations
- • Working with broad experience across bankruptcy-related matters (creditor, debtor, restructuring, or litigation)
Avoid if You Are:
- • Working with only tangential involvement with bankruptcy matters (e.g., contract drafting during restructuring)
- • Working only in debt collection or general commercial litigation without bankruptcy proceedings
- • Working only in corporate workouts without formal bankruptcy filings
Include These Keywords in Your Resume:
Chapter 7
Chapter 11
Chapter 13
debtor
creditor
bankruptcy trustee
reorganization
automatic stay
bankruptcy court
plan of reorganization
341 meeting
preference action
restructuring
trustee
bankruptcy petition
discharge
debtor-in-possession
Bankruptcy – Creditors Rights
Select if You Are:
- • Representing banks, lenders, landlords, or vendors asserting claims in bankruptcy
- • Working with lifting stay motions, asserting liens, or negotiating creditor treatment
- • Representing creditors (secured/unsecured) in bankruptcy cases, adversary proceedings, or enforcement of judgments
Avoid if You Are:
- • Working only in debtor-side experience or general restructuring without specific creditor advocacy
- • Working only in debtor representation or general commercial disputes
- • Working in collections without formal bankruptcy court work
Include These Keywords in Your Resume:
secured creditor
creditor claim
relief from stay
collateral recovery
proof of claim
UCC lien
creditor committee
loan workout
bankruptcy enforcement
involuntary bankruptcy
automatic stay relief
preference action
reclamation
UCC Article 9
collection
Bankruptcy – Debtor
Select if You Are:
- • Representing debtors in bankruptcy proceedings, including Chapter 7, 11, or 13
- • Working with individuals or companies seeking protection or restructuring
- • Handling Chapter 11 reorganizations or individual filings
Avoid if You Are:
- • Working only in creditor representation or collections without advising debtors
- • Working only in creditor-side or trustee roles
- • Working primarily in debtor-side experience or trustee representation
Include These Keywords in Your Resume:
debtor representation
plan of reorganization
fresh start
Chapter 7 discharge
Chapter 13 plan
DIP financing
personal bankruptcy
debtor-in-possession
discharge
Chapter 11 filing
stay
Bankruptcy – Consumer Credit
Select if You Are:
- • Handling individual bankruptcies, especially Chapter 7 or 13 involving consumer debt
- • Focusing on consumer bankruptcies including Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 filings
- • Working with individual consumers seeking debt relief
Avoid if You Are:
- • Working in corporate restructuring only or no mention of individual filings
- • Working only in corporate or commercial bankruptcy work
- • Focusing primarily on business bankruptcy matters
Include These Keywords in Your Resume:
credit counseling
consumer bankruptcy
credit card debt
Chapter 13 repayment
means test
foreclosure defense
personal debt relief
Chapter 7
Chapter 13
consumer debt
dischargeable debt
Bankruptcy – Restructuring (Chapter 11)
Select if You Are:
- • Assisting businesses or high-net-worth individuals through Chapter 11 restructuring
- • Working with plan negotiation, DIP financing, or reorganizations
- • Representing companies in restructuring under Chapter 11
Avoid if You Are:
- • Working only in liquidation (Chapter 7) or individual consumer bankruptcy (Chapter 13)
- • Working without involvement with Chapter 11 cases or corporate restructuring
- • Focusing on consumer bankruptcy rather than business restructuring
Include These Keywords in Your Resume:
Chapter 11
reorganization plan
DIP lender
creditor committee
debtor-in-possession
automatic stay
restructuring support agreement
restructuring plan
DIP financing
363 sale
reorganization