Education
George Washington University Law School. George Washington University.
George Washington University Law School. George Washington University.
She was appointed Acting Register effective January 1, 2011, succeeding Marybeth Peters, who retired effective December 31, 2010. On June 1, 2011, she was permanently appointed to the position. Prior to her appointment, Pallante had served in the Copyright Office as Associate Register for Policy and International Affairs (2008–2010).
Deputy General Counsel (2007–2008).
And Policy Advisor (1996–1997). Aside from working for the Copyright Office, Pallante has been intellectual property counsel for the Guggenheim Museums (1999-2007), Executive Director of the National Writers Union (1993-1995), and Assistant Director of the Authors Guild (1991-1993).
Shortly after becoming the Acting Register of Copyrights, Pallante purposed an ambitious plan to reinvent and update copyright law and move the Copyright Office into the 21st century. In her paper, titled The Next Great Copyright Acting she states in part "it is difficult to see how a twenty-first century copyright law could function well without a twenty-first century agency”.
Pallante has been a resident of Westville, New Jersey.
