AMAN LAW, LLC

Education

 

• J.D., summa cum laude, Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College, 1996

• B.A., Lewis & Clark College, 1993

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Representative Matters

   

   Representative of the efforts David has made for his clients in litigation are the following:

• ​Obtaining a unanimous jury verdict of $2.5 million in his clients' favor in an internet defamation case.

• Obtaining a jury verdict in favor of a software engineering company for breach of a noncompetition agreement and breaches of fiduciary duties against a former employee and for joint liability against a competitor, following a five-day jury trial.

• Obtaining a substantial award of attorneys’ fees for a client accused of infringing a competitor's patent, after the competitor dismissed its lawsuit following an adverse ruling in a claims construction hearing.

• Successfully defending a company accused of misappropriating a competitor's trade secrets, including obtaining a judgment dismissing the competitor's claims following a two-week trial.

• Representing a health supplement company sued for patent infringement in successfully invalidating the patent at issue; the result was upheld on appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

• Obtaining a unanimous jury verdict in favor of a mortgage lender client accused of fraud.

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Publications/Presentations

   

   David’s publications include

• Protecting the Crowns Jewels of the Business - Daily Journal of Commerce, January 8, 2013

• Co-Author of 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 Annual Report of American Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Section, Trade Secrets and Interference with Contracts Subcommittee

• Co-Author of Personal Jurisdiction In A Foreign Forum: Where Will Your Website Take You? The Litigation Journal, 2001

• Co-Author of Oregon Chapter in ABA Section of Antitrust Law, State Antitrust Practices and Statutes (2d ed 1999)

• Who Gets the Last Word? The Evolving Role of Judge and Jury in Punitive Damages Cases. The Litigation Journal, 1998

   

   David's speaking engagements and presentations include:

• Dealing with Too Much Information, Personal and Proprietary, NIKE Campus, June 2013

• Copyright Law Year in Review, sponsored by the Oregon State Bar Intellectual Property Section (March 2010) - co-presenter on hot topics in copyright law at annual all-day seminar sponsored by IP section

• Litigating the Trade Secrets Case, sponsored by the Multnomah Bar Association (Sep. 2009) – copresenter at a 2-hour seminar, providing tips, traps and strategies in trade secret and related litigation

• Cars, Dolls and Video Games: Copyright Matters at All Ages, sponsored by the Oregon State Bar Intellectual Property Section (March 2009) – copresenter on hot topics in copyright law at annual all-day seminar sponsored by IP section

• Protecting Trade Secrets and Competitive Advantages from Departing Employees, part of half-day seminar sponsored by Tonkon Torp LLP (February 2009) - presentation to business owners, managers and in-house counsel concerning best practices for protecting trade secrets and other competitive advantages

• Electronic Discovery, sponsored by the American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section (April 2008) - facilitated roundtable discussion on electronic discovery and related attorney-client privilege issues, particularly in context of intellectual property litigation.

• Litigating Antitrust Claims, sponsored by the Oregon State Bar Antitrust and Trade Regulation Section (June 2006) - panel presentation concerning litigation issues in hypothetical antitrust/patent case

• Return of the Slider Case, sponsored by the Oregon State Bar Antitrust and Trade Regulation Section (October 2006) - presentation involving mock appellate argument on the crime-fraud exception to the attorney-client privilege in a hypothetical antitrust/patent case

 

Community/Professional Activities

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• Oregon State Bar

       Antitrust, Trade Regulation, and
       Unfair Business Practices Section –
       Executive Committee Member (Former)

• Volunteer Athletic Director and Basketball Coach
  St. John Fisher School

• Marathon Education Partners, Founding Partner

• Southeast Legal Clinic

• City Club of Portland – Chair of Ballot Measure Study Committee, Fall 2008

• Jefferson High School – Mock Trial Coach, 2003-2005

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