Amy Borlund practices in the areas of financial services litigation, general business litigation, commercial litigation, intellectual property, entertainment and entity formation and governance. She has worked for a wide variety of clients, ranging from international corporations to nonprofit corporations to individuals.
Amy’s practice includes the defense of claims in consumer lending matters, including claims relating to residential mortgages, credit cards and auto loans. She has also successfully represented clients in various general business litigation matters, with issues arising out of business dissolutions, breach of fiduciary duties, trade secrets, breach of contract and shareholder derivative claims.
In intellectual property litigation, Amy represents both plaintiffs and defendants in matters involving copyright, trademark, right of publicity and patent infringement.
Amy’s legal experience also includes the defense of major corporations in product liability, toxic tort and general negligence matters.
On the transactional side, Amy has formed LLCs as well as for-profit and nonprofit corporations, drafting all organizational documents and advising companies as to governance issues.
Experienced in all aspects of litigation, Amy counsels her clients from pre-trial strategy through appeal. She has litigated cases in state and federal courts on her own and as part of two-person trial teams. Additionally, Amy resolves matters prior to trial and has negotiated highly favorable settlements and obtained dismissals of actions through demurrer, motions to dismiss and summary judgment.
Representative Matters
- Victory in Business Dissolution Dispute
Obtained judgment in business dissolution dispute as lead counsel in month-long trial; judgment was named a Top 20 breach of contract verdict by TopVerdict.com. - Summary Judgment Ends Real Estate Dispute
Prevailed on summary judgment in defense of claim regarding ownership of multimillion-dollar property and prevailed on appeal of judgment. - Consumer Lending Actions Dismissed
Secured dismissals of numerous matters after successfully demurring to or moving to dismiss complaints in consumer lending matters and prevailed on any appeals of those matters. - Financial Services Litigation
Obtained judgments for financial services clients in trials and arbitrations on disputed credit issues. - Fraud and Breach of Contract Defense
Prevailed on summary judgment for defendant in fraud and breach of contract action. - Nonsuit Argument Win for Telecom Co.
Served as lead trial counsel in a jury case for a national telecommunications company and obtained a defense verdict after successfully moving for nonsuit. - Copyright Claims Trial Defense
Defeated a copyright claim at trial and obtained attorneys’ fees award for client.
Practice Areas
- Class action defense
- Contract and judgment enforcement
- Commercial litigation
- Entertainment litigation
- Intellectual Property litigation
- Pre-litigation counseling
Education
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law, J.D.
Pepperdine University, B.S., Business, with honors
Experience
Arent Fox LLP
California Industries. Strategic Counsel.
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