Professional Summary
Professor Zink joined the faculty in 2025 to teach Lawyering I and II courses. Prior to joining the University of Cincinnati College of Law, Professor Zink taught legal research and writing courses at the University of Dayton School of Law for nineteen years.
Professor Zink's law practice focused on intellectual property (IP), primarily patent litigation. From 1999 to 2003, she was a patent litigator at Oliff & Berridge in Alexandria, Virginia. From 2003 to 2006, she was an associate at Faruki Ireland & Cox PLL in Dayton, specializing in IP litigation. Over the course of her litigation career, Professor Zink represented numerous clients, including Nikon, Toyota, Xerox, Procter & Gamble, NCR, and LexisNexis. From 2008 to 2016, she worked part-time as counsel for Teradata Corporation on patent licensing matters.
Still active in the local (and national) legal community, Professor Zink was named Barrister of the Month for September 2010 by the Dayton Bar Association. After previously serving as Treasurer, Secretary, and Vice President, Professor Zink became President of the Dayton Intellectual Property Law Association in June 2011 and held that role until the term ended in June 2013. Professor Zink also served on the Ohio Supreme Court's Commission on Certification of Attorneys as Specialists from 2011 to 2017. In November 2015, she was appointed to the American Intellectual Propery Law Association's Quarterly Journal Editorial Board for a three-year appointment. Thereafter, she served as Chair of the Dayton Bar Association's Diversity Issues Section from 2019 to 2022.
Degrees:
M.S., Interdisciplinary Educational Studies, University of Dayton
J.D., University of Dayton School of Law
B.A., Political Science, Wright State University
A.A.S., Legal Assisting, Sinclair Community College, 1994
Selected Publications:
Collaborative CREAC Drafting: Co-Creating an Example in Context, 68 St. Louis Univ. L. J. 529 (2024).
When Trade Secrecy Goes Too Far: Public Health and Safety Should Trump Corporate Profits, 20 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 1135 (Spring 2018).
Shifting the Burden: Proving Infringement and Damages in Patent Cases Involving Inconsistent Manufacturing Techniques, 2 Hastings Sci. and Tech. L.J. 81 (Winter 2010)