Elizabeth (Banzhoff) Manno, Esq., focuses her practice on patent infringement and other intellectual property litigation, including trademark litigation. Elizabeth excels at breaking down highly technical concepts in a way that courts can understand. Her experience includes litigating patent infringement and trademark infringement cases before federal courts across the country, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She has also served as a core member of patent litigation teams that have won preliminary injunctions for clients against their infringing competitors in various jurisdictions nationwide. Elizabeth represents clients in a variety of technology fields, including semiconductors, GPS, wireless devices, databases, and medical devices. Highlights of her counsel to clients include securing victories for leading technology companies at various stages of litigation: motion to dismiss, summary judgment, and preliminary injunction. She frequently argues motions to dismiss, discovery motions, and other issues in federal courts. She has also used motions practice to protect her clients from unnecessarily expansive third-party subpoenas. Elizabeth is an active member of the National Association of Women Lawyers, and received its Virginia S. Mueller Outstanding Member award in 2019. Before joining Perkins Coie, she spent two years clerking for a federal district court judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, and a year clerking for the chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court. Elizabeth also serves as a volunteer attorney for the Colorado Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network, representing clients seeking asylum in the United States.