Amanda Bryan

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.