Amanda represents leading technology companies in their most important and challenging intellectual property matters.
Amanda Tessar litigates patent infringement and related claims, including indemnity issues specific to patent and intellectual property disputes. She has successfully represented leading technology companies in some of their most important and challenging intellectual property matters. She has litigated complex, high-stakes patent cases around the country, including before a variety of federal district courts, the Federal Circuit, and the International Trade Commission, and through private arbitration. These cases have spanned a range of technical fields, including semiconductors and semiconductor packaging, GPS, WiFi, cellular telecommunications (including issues relating to 5G), audio and video codecs, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, chemistry, mechanical devices, and biotechnology. She has significant experience with standard essential patents and FRAND (fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory) licensing disputes.
Following law school at the University of Colorado, Amanda served as a law clerk for Justice (later Chief Justice) Michael L. Bender of the Colorado Supreme Court. While in law school, she interned for Judge (later Chief Judge) Wiley Y. Daniel of the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.
Ranked by Chambers & Best Lawyers
Named “Litigation – Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year” by The Best Lawyers in America, 2022
Ranked by Chambers USA Seven Years in a Row
Professional Recognition
- Listed in Thomson Reuters “Stand-out Lawyers,” 2024
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America: Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent, 2018-2024
- Named “Litigation – Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year” by The Best Lawyers in America, 2022
- Ranked in Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Intellectual Property, 2017-2023
- Listed in 5280 as one of Denver's Top Lawyers: Litigation - Intellectual Property, 2021-2024
- Listed in Intellectual Asset Management Patent 1000, Litigation, 2012-2024
- Named IAM Global Leader, 2024
- Recognized as an IP Star by Managing IP, 2022-2024
- Named a "Colorado Super Lawyer," by Super Lawyers, 2013-2017
Related Employment
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Denver, CO, Summer Associate, 2000; Associate Attorney, 2002-2011
Clerkships
- The Hon. Chief Justice Michael Bender, Supreme Court of Colorado, 2001 - 2002
- The Hon. Chief Judge Wiley Y. Daniel, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, 2001