Julia E. Markley

Julia Markley represents companies in complex commercial litigation, arbitration and appeals, drawing on more than 25 years of experience with significant business, technology and intellectual property disputes. Her work spans contract and software licensing disputes as well as matters involving trade secrets, trademarks, copyrights and patents. She appears in courts and arbitration forums in Oregon and across the country, bringing both trial and appellate experience to disputes with substantial legal, operational or reputational stakes.

Julia’s commercial disputes work includes enforcing an executive severance agreement in arbitration for an investment banking client and obtaining emergency injunctive relief that helped an energy company reach a favorable resolution. For a medical device company, she secured an evidentiary ruling that led to settlement shortly before trial. She has also successfully defended an e-commerce company in a precedent-setting trademark and copyright dispute. Her clients include companies in the technology, retail, energy and medical device sectors.

Julia has extensive experience before the Oregon Supreme Court. Beyond her business and intellectual property matters, she has handled cases involving constitutional, arbitration, tax, land use and permitting issues. Chambers USA ranks her as a Band 1 IP litigator; its reviewers have described her as “a good strategist” and “very responsive and effective.”

• University of Washington School of Law, J.D., 1999
• Stanford University, B.A., English, 1995

• Oregon
• Washington
• Supreme Court of the United States
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

• Named to Impact List, National Association of Women Lawyers, 2026

• Named "Best-in-State, Oregon - Commercial Litigation", by Forbes, 2025

• Named “Litigation – Patent Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers in America, 2022, 2027

• Named to the Lawyers of Color Power List, 2020

• Ranked by Chambers USA as "America's Leading Lawyer" for Intellectual Property, 2017-2026; Litigation: General Commercial, 2024-2026

• Recipient, Daniel K. Inouye Trailblazer Award, the highest honor of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, 2019

• Recipient, Oregon Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Judge Lynn R. Nakamoto Award, 2015

• Recipient, Oregon Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, Judge James Burns Federal Practice Award for Professionalism, 2015

• Recipient, Diversity & Flexibility Alliance’s Flex Success Award, 2014

• Recipient, Oregon Women Lawyers’ Judge Mercedes Deiz Award, 2013

• Listed in Best Lawyers in America: Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent, 2013-2027; Advertising Law, 2026-2027

• Recipient, Oregon Area Jewish Committee’s "Judge Learned Hand Emerging Leader Award," 2012 

• Named one of the Portland Business Journal's "Forty Under 40," 2012

• Listed in Super Lawyers Magazine, “Oregon Rising Stars,” 2008-2013 and "Oregon Super Lawyer," 2014-2026

• Co-Recipient of Perkins Coie "Pro Bono Leadership Award," 2009

• Campaign for Equal Justice, Treasurer 2024-present; Director, 2021-present; Statewide Co-Chair, 2018-2022
• National Association of Women Lawyers, Supreme Court Committee, Evaluation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Chair of Coordination Subcommittee, 2022; Evaluation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, 2020
• Oregon Filipino American Lawyers Association (OFALA), Founding President, 2016-2019
• National Filipino American Lawyers Association, Executive Team Member, 2015
• Oregon Asian Pacific American Bar Association (OAPABA), Founding President, 2009-2010; Advocacy Committee, 2009-2020
• Oregon State Bar, Recipient, President’s Diversity & Inclusion Award, 2019; Leadership College Fellow, 2007; Diversity Section Executive Committee, 2007-2009; House of Delegates, 2006-2009
• Oregon Women Lawyers, Judicial Workgroup, 2007-2015; Board Member, 2007-2009; Co-Chair of Roberts-Deiz Awards Committee, 2003-2007; Salem Chapter Board Member, 2000-2001
• Oregon Women Lawyers Foundation, President, 2022-2023; Board member, 2019-2024
• Oregon Law Commission, Appellate Judicial Selection Workgroup, Voting Member, 2012-2015
• ACLU of Oregon, Lawyers’ Committee, 2002-2011

• YWCA of Greater Portland, Board Member, 2012-2022; Development Committee Chair, 2012-2015
• Impact NW, Board Member, 2014-2018
• Lewis & Clark Law School Student Mentoring Program, Mentor, 2010-2013