Rosalind Smith Millar, SC

Rosalind Smith Millar, SC has been a Partner of our Firm since 2007 and heads the Intellectual Property Department in addition to handling a substantial portfolio of real property work. She oversees certain areas of regulatory compliance for the firm.

Rosalind earned her Bachelor of Laws degree (with Honours) from The University of the West Indies in 1985, and her Legal Education Certificate from the Council of Legal Education (Hugh Wooding Law School) in 1987. She later earned a Master of Laws in Intellectual Property (cum laude) from the University of Turin and the WIPO Worldwide Academy in 2008. Rosalind was recently awarded a Certificate in Patent Law and Global Public Health by WIPO and Harvard Law School.

Admitted to the Bar of Barbados in October 1987 and the Inner Bar in 2018 as Queen’s Counsel (now King’s Counsel and locally, Senior Counsel), Rosalind spent the early years of her law practice conducting litigation in the civil, criminal and family courts, and before various tribunals. More recently her practice has focussed on non-contentious business with a strong emphasis on real property law and intellectual property law.

Rosalind’s real property practice includes advising financial institutions in the securitization of transactions; land and property developments and general conveyancing.

Her intellectual property practice focuses heavily on trademark registration and prosecution (including some litigation), but also includes patents, industrial designs and copyright matters; advising businesses and coordinating regional and international IP projects. She is the firm’s representative to the International Trademark Association and the Intellectual Property Caribbean Association.

Rosalind is a former President of the Barbados Bar Association and has served on the Bar Council in various capacities throughout her career, displaying strong advocacy on behalf of the profession on a range of issues. She serves as a member of the Judicial Council and Rules Committee of the Supreme Court of Judicature. She has also served on the National Intellectual Property Advisory Committee, holding the chairmanship for several years.

Rosalind has a passion for giving back to her community and has served as a member of the Community Legal Services Commission (which administers the government-funded legal aid programme) for over thirty years continuously, including some 20 years as its Deputy Chairman.

She firmly believes in the value of continuing professional development and not only seeks out opportunities for her personal growth and development but regularly presents seminars on topics within her practice areas to young practitioners. She generally oversees the firm’s annual internship programme, instructing law students on the practice of law as a business and as a profession.