Amanda Bryan

Overview

Amanda Bryan's background as a former publishing business owner gives her an uncommon advantage in intellectual property litigation—she's defended the same copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets she once had to protect in business. Amanda’s highly personal perspective informs her work representing creative professionals, publishers, and businesses in infringement disputes, professional malpractice claims, and commercial litigation.

Amanda understands the economic realities behind IP decisions: when to litigate and when to license, how to value intangible assets during settlement negotiations, and which enforcement strategies make business sense beyond their legal merit. She brings the same business-minded approach to professional liability defense, where the stakes for a licensed professional's career and reputation are just as high as the dollars at issue.

Amanda's litigation practice goes far beyond courtroom advocacy to the transactional work that prevents disputes—copyright and trademark registration, nondisclosure agreements, and trade secret protection protocols. She knows, from hands-on experience, how content licensing agreements can create ambiguity years later, how attribution disputes arise from poorly drafted work-for-hire provisions, and how digital distribution complicates traditional copyright frameworks. As a professor at Lewis & Clark Law School, Amanda remains at the forefront of evolving IP doctrine and unfair competition standards—insights she applies directly to client matters.

Amanda is equally at home defending licensed professionals—engineers, architects, accountants, real estate agents, and insurance brokers—and corporate executives facing directors and officers (D&O) liability claims. Whether the allegation is professional negligence or breach of fiduciary duty, these cases demand the same core skills: mastering technical or industry-specific standards, evaluating whether conduct fell below the applicable standard of care, and translating complex subject matter for judges and juries. For professionals and executives whose license, livelihood, or reputation is on the line, Amanda brings both the analytical depth these cases require and the practical clarity clients need when the stakes are highest.

Experience

• Represented an international snack food company in a federal trademark infringement and gray market goods dispute
• Represented one of Oregon’s largest real estate agencies to successfully resolve a dispute involving wire fraud
• Represented a non-profit organization in a copyright infringement dispute arising from the unauthorized online posting of copyrighted material by a volunteer
• Counseled employers and employees in negotiating intellectual property agreements balancing employee innovation incentives with employer ownership rights
• Represented clients across diverse industries—including beer and wine, medical devices, hospitality, financial services, and consumer goods—in obtaining, maintaining, and enforcing trademark rights

Honors, Publications, & Speeches

Honors

• Mentor of the Year, Lewis and Clark Law School, 2025
• Ones to Watch, The Best Lawyers in America, 2023-2025

Publications

• Co-author, “The Law (in Plain English) for Nonprofit Organizations,” 2019
• Co-author, “The Law (in Plain English) for Small Business,” 2019
• Co-author, “The Law (in Plain English) for Publishers,” 2019

Speeches

• Speaker, “Advising Trademark Clients,” Small Business Legal Clinic, 2026
• Panelist, “Is My Outside Counsel and AI?” Western States Surety Conference, 2024
• Speaker, “Ethical Use of AI in Vendor Discovery, Predictive Coding, and Negotiation of Court Orders Regarding Same,” 2024

News

Professional

• Member, Diversity Section Executive Committee Past President, Oregon State Bar, 2019 to Present
• Member, CLM, 2025 to Present
• Member, DRI, 2020-2025

Community

Amanda teaches Trademark and Unfair Competition Law at Lewis & Clark Law School, further solidifying her expertise in intellectual property law while maintaining an active litigation practice. She is also a founding trustee of the Sherwood Library Foundation and a volunteer at the Lewis & Clark Small Business Legal Clinic.