Julia Milewski is a counsel in the firm’s Litigation Group. Julia’s practice focuses on complex civil litigation in state and federal courts across the country, domestic and foreign alternative dispute resolution, and counseling clients on corporate compliance. Julia has a depth of experience in trade secret, class action, commercial, and cybersecurity litigation, is a managing editor of the Crowell & Moring Trade Secrets Trends blog, and has been published in national publications on issues ranging from class certification to hot topics in trade secrets. Julia’s clients have spanned a variety of industries and include technology and cybersecurity companies, telecommunications companies, real estate developers, global pharmaceutical companies, and airlines and railroads.
Julia has been recognized by Super Lawyers as a "Rising Star" in civil litigation since 2019.
Representative engagements include:
Complex Civil Litigation
- Represented technology and cybersecurity companies in seeking emergency injunctive relief to protect trademarks and dismantle criminal enterprises.
- Represented real estate developer at chancery court trial relating to breach of LLC agreement.
- Represented global top ten pharmaceutical company in multidistrict litigation over products liability claims involving cancer drug.
- Defended Class I railroad against personal injury allegations from environmental asbestos exposure.
- Defended energy company against medical monitoring and nuisance and trespass claims based on alleged groundwater contamination.
- Advised international airline about breach of contract dispute with marketing company.
- Advised health care client on third-party subpoena secondary to False Claims Act and pharmaceutical products liability cases.
- Negotiated settlement agreement on behalf of hospitality industry client.
- Achieved dismissal on summary judgment on behalf of pharmaceutical client in products liability litigation.
- Affirmed on appeal dismissal of zoning challenge to real estate development.
Domestic and Foreign Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Represented telecommunications client in breach of tower lease dispute before American Arbitration Association (AAA).
- Represented construction services company in public contract dispute before AAA.
- Enforced International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) award on behalf of international healthcare client.
Corporate Compliance
- Advised technology company on regulatory risks of government contract related to real estate development deal.
- Drafted global records retention and scanning policies on behalf of transportation and energy-sector clients.
Julia is an active litigator who has published on a number of cutting-edge topics including litigation trends ranging from class certification hurdles in data breach and labeling fraud suits to First Amendment privacy issues. Julia has presented at industry events, including most recently staging a mock trial of an industry expert.
Julia is also a pro bono advocate and has been named to the D.C. Bar’s High Honor Roll.
Julia received her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law and graduated summa cum laude from Vanderbilt University.
Affiliations
Admitted to practice: District of Columbia, Virginia, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, Circuit and District Courts in Virginia
Speeches & Presentations
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"Intellectual Property for Government Contractors: Continued Efforts by the U.S. Government to Obtain Broader Rights," OOPS 2021, Crowell & Moring's 37th Annual Ounce of Prevention Seminar
(May 14, 2021).
Presenters: Jonathan M. Baker, Astor Heaven, John E. McCarthy Jr., Julia Milewski, and M. Yuan Zhou.
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"2020 Trade Secrets Year In Review," Crowell & Moring Webinar
(January 28, 2021).
Presenters: Molly A. Jones, Raija Horstman, and Julia Milewski.
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"Webinar Series: Safeguarding Your Secrets in the Digital Age - Part 2," Crowell & Moring Webinar
(October 8, 2019).
Presenters: Kate M. Growley and Julia Milewski.
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"Safeguarding Your Secrets in the Digital Age - Part 1," Crowell & Moring Webinar
(September 17, 2019).
Presenters: Raija Horstman and Julia Milewski.
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"Trade Secrets 102: Basics and the Changing Landscape," AIPLA Webinar
(September 12, 2019).
Presenter: Julia Milewski.
Publications
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"The Emerging Role of Trade Secrets in Life Sciences," Biotech Buzz: Trade Secret Subcommittee, American Intellectual Property Law Association
(May 14, 2021).
Contributor: Julia Milewski.
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"New Jersey Superior Court Tosses Trade Secret Claims for Failure to Plead with Sufficient Specificity Under New Jersey Trade Secrets Act," Crowell & Moring’s Trade Secrets Trends
(March 22, 2021).
Authors: Helen Osun and Julia Milewski.
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"First Circuit Reversal Highlights Importance of Satisfying Trade Secret Definition," Crowell & Moring’s Trade Secrets Trends
(December 7, 2020).
Authors: Robert B. Kornweiss and Julia Milewski.
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"Sedona Conference Publishes Commentary on Proper Trade Secret Identification," Crowell & Moring’s Trade Secrets Trends
(November 6, 2020).
Authors: Yao Mou and Julia Milewski.
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"Seventh Circuit Upholds $140 Million Compensatory Damages Award and Caps Punitive Damages at $140 Million in Trade Secret Case," Crowell & Moring’s Trade Secrets Trends
(September 17, 2020).
Authors: Siri Rao and Julia Milewski.
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"Trade Secret Litigation Strategies: Tools for Managing Costs," Crowell & Moring’s Trade Secrets Trends
(September 10, 2020).
Authors: Pilar Stillwater, John E. Davis and Julia Milewski.
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"Chinese Biotech Researcher Pleads Guilty to Trade Secret Misappropriation," Crowell & Moring’s Trade Secrets Trends
(August 10, 2020).
Authors: Molly A. Jones and Julia Milewski.
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"Prison Time for Founding Member of Self-Driving Car Program in Trade Secret Theft Case," Crowell & Moring’s Trade Secrets Trends
(August 6, 2020).
Authors: Julia Milewski and Sari Schreiber.
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"China Proposes Harsher Penalties for Trade Secret Theft in Draft Amendment," Crowell & Moring’s Trade Secrets Trends
(July 17, 2020).
Authors: Molly A. Jones and Julia Milewski.
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"Companies Protecting Trade Secrets Should Consider Role of NIST’s Enhanced Security Requirements," Crowell & Moring’s Trade Secrets Trends
(July 16, 2020).
Authors: Kate M. Growley, CIPP/G, CIPP/US, Julia Milewski and Michael G. Gruden, CIPP/G.
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"Misappropriation Claims Brought Over Tax Trade Secrets," Crowell & Moring’s Trade Secrets Trends
(June 25, 2020).
Authors: Helen Osun and Julia Milewski.
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"L’Oreal Appeals $66 Million Trade Secret Judgment," Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(June 22, 2020).
Authors: Michelle Onibokun and Julia Milewski.
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"Are You Ready to Respond to Trade Secret Theft in the COVID-19 Age?" Crowell & Moring’s Trade Secrets Trends
(April 29, 2020).
Author: Julia Milewski.
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"English Court Addresses Intersection of Trade Secrets Directive and Common Law Breach of Confidence Claims," Crowell & Moring’s Trade Secrets Trends
(April 22, 2020).
Authors: John Laird and Julia Milewski.
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"English Trade Secrets Proceedings: Experts May Be Permitted Access to Information In Confidentiality Rings," Crowell & Moring’s Trade Secrets Trends
(April 17, 2020).
Authors: Julia Milewski and John Laird.
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"Scientist Pleads Guilty to $1 Billion in Trade Secret Theft," Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(November 15, 2019).
Authors: Michelle Chipetine and Julia Milewski.
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"Dueling Claims: Trade Secret Theft or Antitrust Threat?" Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(November 14, 2019).
Authors: Helen Osun and Julia Milewski.
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"Imitation Is Not Sincerest Form of Flattery for Legal Services Company," Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(October 17, 2019).
Authors: Michelle Onibokun and Julia Milewski.
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"Trade Secret Battle Between Competitors Heats Up," Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(October 16, 2019).
Authors: Molly A. Jones and Julia Milewski.
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"Confidentiality of Trade Secrets in Arbitration," Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(August 21, 2019).
Authors: John Laird and Julia Milewski.
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"The Expansion of Confidentiality Protections in Trade Secret and IP Cases in the Netherlands and Belgium," Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(August 19, 2019).
Authors: Judith Bussé, John Laird and Julia Milewski.
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"English Confidentiality Protections in Trade Secret and IP Cases," Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(August 15, 2019).
Authors: John Laird and Julia Milewski.
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"Supreme Court Weighs In On Protecting Trade Secrets and Confidential Information From FOIA Requests," Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(August 9, 2019).
Authors: Akhil Sheth and Julia Milewski.
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"Trade Secret Implications For Pay Scale Provisions," Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(August 5, 2019).
Authors: Jillian Ambrose and Julia Milewski.
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"Luxembourg Implements the Trade Secrets Directive," Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(July 23, 2019).
Authors: Judith Bussé and Julia Milewski.
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"Georgia Appellate Court Finds No Immunity for State Entity Against Trade Secret Claims," Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(July 16, 2019).
Authors: Emily Tucker and Julia Milewski.
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"Protecting Trade Secrets Abroad," Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(June 5, 2019).
Authors: Gabrielle Trujillo and Julia Milewski.
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"Huawei-CNEX Trial Starts Over Dueling Trade Secret Misappropriation Claims," Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(June 4, 2019).
Authors: Julia Milewski and Eli Berns-Zieve.
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"Greece Implements the Trade Secrets Directive," Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(May 31, 2019).
Authors: Julia Milewski, Laura van Kruijsdijk, and Ava Erma.
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"Timing Is Everything in Trade Secret Case," Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(May 9, 2019).
Authors: Julia Milewski and Michelle Onibokun.
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"China Strengthens Trade Secret Protections Ahead of Trade Negotiations," Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(May 7, 2019).
Authors: Molly A. Jones and Julia Milewski.
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"Restrictive Covenants in the Third Circuit," Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(April 22, 2019).
Authors: Siri Rao and Julia Milewski.
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"Restrictive Covenants in the Seventh Circuit," Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(April 11, 2019).
Authors: Rukiya Mohamed and Julia Milewski.
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"California’s Restrictive Covenant Statute an Outlier in the Ninth Circuit?" Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(March 15, 2019).
Authors: Kimberley Johnson and Julia Milewski.
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"Is Trade Secret Theft a State Crime?" Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(February 28, 2019).
Author: Julia Milewski.
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"Do Diversity Initiatives Warrant Trade Secret Protections?" Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(February 19, 2019).
Authors: Helen Osun and Julia Milewski.
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"Legislation May Roll Back Use of Non-Compete Agreements," Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(February 6, 2019).
Authors: Julia Milewski and William C. Pellett.
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"Litigation Forecast 2019: What Corporate Counsel Need to Know for the Coming Year," a Crowell & Moring LLP publication
(January 9, 2019).
Creator and Editor: Mark A. Klapow. Associate Editor: Julia Milewski.
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"Did I 'Prevail' Under the Defend Trade Secrets Act?" Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(December 6, 2018).
Authors: Charlie Kazemzadeh and Julia Milewski.
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"Trade Secrets Litigation Brewing in New England," Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(November 29, 2018).
Authors: Eli Berns-Zieve and Julia Milewski.
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"Fourth Circuit Reaffirms Protection for Combination Trade Secrets," Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(November 28, 2018).
Authors: Helen Osun and Julia Milewski.
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"Protecting Regulatory Expertise as a Trade Secret?" Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(October 29, 2018).
Authors: Robert B. Kornweiss and Julia Milewski.
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"A 'Growing' Trend?: Massachusetts Passes Law on Paid 'Garden Leave'" Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(October 19, 2018).
Authors: William C. Pellett and Julia Milewski.
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"The Next Battle in Trade (Secrets) War with China," Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(September 20, 2018).
Authors: Matt Gander and Julia Milewski.
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"Pepsi Snags a Victory in Trade Secret Battle with ScentSational," Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(August 31, 2018).
Authors: Julia Milewski and Helen Osun.
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"How Courts Approach Trade Secret Identification: Part 2," Law360
(August 16, 2018).
Authors: Mark A, Klapow, Julia Milewski, and William C. Pellett.
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"Trade (Secrets) War with China?" Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(August 8, 2018).
Authors: Matt Gander and Julia Milewski.
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"How Courts Approach Trade Secret Identification: Part 1," Law360
(July 10, 2018).
Authors: Mark A. Klapow, Julia Milewski, and William C. Pellett.
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"Everything (including Trade Secrets Damages Awards) is bigger in Texas," Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(June 29, 2018).
Authors: Matt Gander and Julia Milewski.
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"The Best Kept “Secret” in Trade Secret Litigation?: Lex Machina Launches New Platform," Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(May 31, 2018).
Authors: Erica Garcia-Jasso and Julia Milewski.
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"District Court Grants Immunity under the Defend Trade Secrets Act," Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(April 24, 2018).
Authors: Matt Gander and Julia Milewski.
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"Surveys Seal the Deal in Defeating Starbucks and 5 Hour Energy Class Actions," Crowell & Moring's Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
(January 16, 2018).
Author: Julia Milewski.
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"Unmasking Internet Posters: Balancing the Parties’ Interests with the First Amendment Right of Anonymity," The Circuit Rider
(November 2015).
Co-Author: Julia Milewski.
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"Effective Tactics for Opposing Class Certification from Recent Food Labeling Class Actions," Washington Legal Foundation: Legal Backgrounder, Vol. 29 No. 21
(August 1, 2014).
Co-Author: Julia Milewski.
Client Alerts & Newsletters
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"Supreme Court Resolves Circuit Split over Scope of Computer Fraud and Abuse Act,"
Privacy Law Alert
(June 4, 2021).
Contacts: Nimrod Haim Aviad, Stephen M. Byers, Mark A. Klapow, Anne Elise Herold Li, Kayvan M. Ghaffari, Raija Horstman, Julia Milewski, Joshua M. Rychlinski
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"DOJ Appointments at the Top and Recent Enforcement Actions Signal That Its China Initiative Will Likely Remain Intact,"
White Collar Alert
(April 23, 2021).
Contacts: Michael K. Atkinson, Caroline E. Brown, Julia Milewski, Laura Schwartz
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"China Increases Focus on Protecting Against Intellectual Property Infringement,"
International Trade Bulletin
(October 13, 2020).
Contacts: Julia Milewski, Yao Mou
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