Independent musicians, authors, filmmakers, and game creators all feature intellectual property. We’ll review why its important to protect yourself and your IP, and what could go wrong if you don’t. Marcella Dominguez graduated with her JD in 2011 from the Western Michigan University Cooley Law School in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She returned to her native hometown of El Paso, TX and started as trademark attorney there, but soon expanded her geographical area of practice nationwide.