About Jessica Bromall
Jessica Bromall Sparkman is a partner at Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP, a law firm based in Los Angeles, California. She has been practicing law for over 21 years, focusing on intellectual property matters, including trademark, copyright, and trade secret law. Her practice encompasses all aspects of intellectual property, from selection and acquisition to protection, federal trademark application and registration, portfolio management, enforcement, and litigation. She has managed portfolios of more than two thousand trademark registrations and has experience in over 150 countries.
Ms. Sparkman earned her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law in 2004. Prior to law school, she completed her undergraduate studies at Yale University, graduating in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. During her time at Yale, she was a member of the varsity lacrosse team.
Her practice areas include trademark litigation, trademark registration, and intellectual property law. She has represented clients in various industries, such as alcoholic beverages, apparel, footwear, cigars, toys, sports and fishing equipment, restaurants, jewelry, packaging, retail, entertainment, and international educational organizations. Her work involves all stages of litigation, including hearings, appeals, negotiations, and trials.
Throughout her career, Ms. Sparkman has handled cases in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. She has also appeared before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Notably, she co-chairs Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP's Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Group, which handles cases involving trademark disputes, oppositions, cancellations, and appeals before the USPTO's Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
Ms. Sparkman is an active member of the International Trademark Association (INTA) and the Los Angeles County Bar Association. She served on the Advisory Board of the USC Gould School of Law's Public Interest Law Foundation from 2004 to 2009. She is fluent in English and has experience working with clients in various industries, including alcoholic beverages, apparel, footwear, cigars, toys, sports and fishing equipment, restaurants, jewelry, packaging, retail, entertainment, and international educational organizations.
