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ChelseaBernard

Associate
Los Angeles

O 310.382.1307

ChelseaBernard

Associate

Chelsea handles all aspects of complex business litigation, including prosecution and defense of contract claims and disputes involving fraud, intellectual property, real estate and construction. Chelsea also has experience in the acquisition of intellectual property portfolios and regularly advises clients on strategies for identifying and protecting intellectual property rights worldwide.

Prior to becoming an attorney, Chelsea worked as a trademark paralegal. During law school, Chelsea served as a judicial extern to Magistrate Judge Alexander MacKinnon of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. She also served as the co-fundraising chair of the Public Interest Legal Foundation and was a clinical student at the Loyola Project for the Innocent, where she assisted in exonerating the wrongly convicted.

Focus Areas

  • Represented landlord in bench trial of complex litigation of commercial leases arising from sale of business, prevailing on all claims and obtaining attorneys’ fee award for a million-dollar judgment.
  • Represented client in defense of fraud and securities claims arising from sale of business, obtaining full dismissal of all claims and receiving a half-million-dollar settlement of our client’s cross-claims during jury trial.
  • Served as outside general counsel for cosmetics company and successfully represented client in the sale of all assets of company.
  • Handled worldwide prosecution and protection of trademark registrations, including applications to register nontraditional trademark formats.
  • Instructor/Consultant, Intellectual Property, Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, Los Angeles California, 2023
  • Instructor, Intellectual Property, Polk Institute Foundation for Entrepreneurship, Los Angeles, California, 2022

Professional Associations

  • Los Angeles County Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association
  • International Trademark Association

Education

  • Loyola Law School, J.D., 2021
  • University of California, Santa Cruz, B.A., 2014

Bar Admissions

  • California

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit