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About
Provided by Julia Markley
Practice Areas
Intellectual Property Law
Patent Litigation
Appeals, Issues & Strategy
Construction
Labor & Employment Law
Litigation
Arbitration
Class Action Defense
Trade Secrets
Business Litigation
Trademark, Copyright, Internet & Advertising
Technology & Communications
Retail & Consumer Products
Food Litigation
Food & Beverage
Food, Supplement & Consumer Packaged Goods Litigation: Proposition 65
Outdoor
Forest Products
Career
Julia E. Markley is the head of Litigation in Perkins Coie’s Portland office. For 25 years, businesses have turned to Julia to represent them in their disputes involving trade secrets, trademarks, copyrights, patents, non-disclosure agreements, licenses, contracts, and other business issues. Most of her work is in the trial courts, and she has tried to verdict in several bench and jury trials. She enjoys working with clients across a range of industries, such as technology, communications, medical device, construction, energy, mining, manufacturing, food, cannabis, and retail. From 2016 - 2020, she served on Perkins Coie’s Executive Committee, the governing body of the firm. In 2024, she was named a Portland Business Journal Woman of Influence, and in 2019, she received the Daniel K. Inouye Trailblazer Award, the highest honor of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association.