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

Intellectual Property

What is the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020?

Trademark practitioners, it is time to get excited! Trademark applicants? Registrants? You can get excited, too! The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the office that decides who can own the rights to a mark, word, or design logo, has proposed long-needed changes to the trademark rules of practice via the Trademarks Modernization Act (TMA).

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