Julianne Davis currently serves as Assistant General Counsel/Patents for Nike, Inc. Her responsibilities include the management of Nike’s patent and trademark litigation, both foreign and domestic, as well as intellectual property licensing. Prior to joining Nike, Julianne was a partner in the Intellectual Property firm of Chernoff Vilhauer McClung & Stenzel in Portland from 1995-2005; and an associate at Stoel Rives and Tonkon Torp. Julianne also served as General Counsel to the National Endowment for the Arts when the agency was chaired by John Frohnmayer, and spent two years as law clerk to the Honorable James A. Redden of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Julianne is a graduate of Northwestern School of Law at Lewis & Clerk College, and completed a double major in Biology and Chemistry at the University of Oregon. She remains a rabid and dedicated Duck fan to this day.