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.