Jane Michaels
Jane helps her clients protect and defend their intellectual property and business enterprises in courtrooms and arbitration proceedings around the country.
With decades of experience as a trial lawyer, she provides reliable counsel to companies of all sizes, from small start-ups to large corporations.
Jane has successfully handled dozens of trademark, trade secrets, patent, and copyright cases, obtaining injunctive relief and damages to enforce the valuable intellectual property rights of her clients and defending infringement claims brought against her clients. She has won numerous complex jury trials and bench trials in business disputes, in both IP and commercial litigation. She advises clients across multiple industries, including telecommunications, computers/electronics, internet and e-commerce, biotech, financial, publishing, manufacturing, medical, food & beverage, entertainment, sports, real estate, and oil and gas.
Jane is also a certified arbitrator and mediator and has handled dozens of alternative dispute resolution proceedings in intellectual property and commercial cases.
- Named a Colorado “Litigation Star” in Benchmark Litigation
- Selected by in-house counsel for inclusion in the Corporate Counsel Black Book of leading lawyers
- Named one of the “Top Ten Trial Lawyers in Colorado" by the National Law Journal
- Selected as one of the “Top 50 Lawyers" and "Top 100 Lawyers" by Colorado Super Lawyers
- Selected as one of the “Top 25 Female Lawyers” and "Top 50 Female Lawyers" by Colorado Super Lawyers
- Listed in Who's Who in Trademark Law
- Listed in Who's Who in American Law
- Honored by Lawdragon as one of the "500 Leading Lawyers in America"
- Selected as a Gold-rated Patent Litigator in Colorado by IAM Patent 1000–The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners (2012, 2013, 2015, 2016)
- Recognized by Benchmark Litigation as a Local Litigation Star (2010-2022) and one of the Top 250 Women in the United States in Litigation (2012-2020)
- Ranked by Chambers USA in both Intellectual Property Litigation and Commercial Litigation (2007-2017)
- Listed as a Colorado Super Lawyer (2006-2022)
Denver, Colorado 80202-3979
