Amanda Milgrom
PARTNER
Amanda Milgrom represents businesses of all sizes, as well as individuals, in both state and federal litigation matters regarding intellectual property issues, business disputes, and employment matters. She also handles inter partes matters before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. She calms her clients’ concerns while assisting them in navigating both litigation and litigation avoidance to achieve successful outcomes. She assists clients in all stages of the process, including case assessment, factual investigation, electronic discovery, dispositive motions, mediation, and trial/arbitration.
Amanda also advises companies regarding employment issues. She counsels employers on best practices, drafting employee handbooks, and putting together suites of employment contracts. Amanda is also committed to serving the Colorado community. She has worked with the Women’s Bean Project helping low-income women to seal their criminal records; Asian Americans Advancing Justice, drafting an amicus brief challenging a decision by the Merit Systems Protection Board to not allow interpreters during hearings; and the Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network, representing both adults and children seeking legal status in the United States. She currently works on asylum cases for families in immigration court and special immigration juvenile status cases for children in state and immigration court.
Prior to joining Milgrom & Daskam, Amanda was involved in complex commercial litigation at Sherman & Howard L.L.C., where her practice focused on both plaintiff and defense work in trademark and copyright disputes, defense of mechanics’ liens, and general business disputes. Prior to Sherman & Howard, Amanda was an associate at Hogan Lovells LLP, where she represented Fortune 500 healthcare companies in government investigations and litigation. Before that, Amanda was a law clerk for the Honorable Gregory A. Phillips on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Amanda attended the University of Colorado Law School.
Outside of the office, Amanda enjoys being outdoors, whether it is telemark skiing, hiking with her husband Jon and dog MacKinnon, or camping. She is proficient in conversational Spanish and is an avid world traveler.
FOCUS AREAS
Commercial & Intellectual Property Litigation
Employment Law
Articles
Colorado’s new, but not yet implemented, government-sponsored retirement program is causing employers consternation. Although the state has not promulgated the formal rules have yet, let’s dive into what we know so far.
Businesses, beware! Copyright infringement can happen anywhere, even on the biggest sports stage: the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Two U.S. Olympic figure skaters, Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier, were sued last week for copyright infringement by the musical artist, Heavy Young Heathens, for using their song without permission. The lawsuit also names as defendants Comcast Corporation, NBCUniversal Media, LLC, Peacock, USA Network, and U.S. Figure Skating. The lawsuit was filed in California for the skaters’ use of the song, “House of the Rising Sun,” which the musicians allege was used without their permission for the skaters’ short program in the Olympics. Heavy Young Heathens state they have not received any payment for use of the song, causing them “substantial, immediate, and irreparable injury.” Interestingly, one of the damages alleged was that the song’s use in figure skating has forever linked it to that sport, which limits its future use.
As COVID-19 continues to rage across the country, the question of vaccines – and whether they can be imposed on an individual or not – is a hotly debated topic. Folks have strong opinions on both sides of the discussion. Some stand for individual liberties, arguing the individual’s choice is more important. Others argue for the collective, contending that one person’s liberty should not come at the expense of exposing the group. As an employment lawyer, I get a lot of questions from my clients asking whether they can force their employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine. As we’ve written about in prior blog posts, the answer is a qualified yes.
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