Biography

Jill J. Chalmers

- listening since 1994

Partner
Colorado Springs

jill.chalmers@hro.com
Tel: 719-381-8427
Fax: 719-633-1518

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Experience

Jill Chalmers is a partner in the Colorado Springs office.
Ms. Chalmers is the Chair of HRO’s trademark best practices group and she offers her expertise to organizations and individuals regarding the protection and management of their intellectual property assets. Her practice in the intellectual property area focuses on trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets and transactional issues relating to intellectual property. This includes negotiating and drafting licensing agreements, filing and prosecuting trademark and copyright registration applications, conducting intellectual property audits, drafting policies and guidelines relating to intellectual property, counseling organizations on copyright and trademark issues, enforcement mechanisms; and advising on infringement-related issues.
Ms. Chalmers’ practice also emphasizes the representation of nonprofit organizations, including sports organizations, as well as charitable and educational organizations and institutions. Her nonprofit practice generally involves providing advice relating to corporate governance, management and structure; sponsorship and licensing; publishing; contracts; and internal and external disputes.
Ms. Chalmers is licensed to practice law in both Colorado and in California. 
From 1994-1996 Ms. Chalmers was an associate at Stradling, Yocca, Carlson & Rauth in California and from 1996-2000 (prior to joining HRO), she competed full-time as an elite triathlete for the United States National Triathlon Team in national and international competition (including the World Cup Triathlon series, World Championships for 1996-2000 and the 1999 Pan American Games).

Professional & Community Affiliations

Member, Sports Lawyers Association
Member, Colorado Springs Sports Corporation
Member, International Trademark Association
USA Table Tennis Nominating and Governance Committee Member, (2007-present) 
Court Care for the Pikes Peak Region, Director (2005-2007)
International Triathlon Union, member Women's committee (2004-2005)
USA Triathlon, Inc., Director (1998-1999), Legal Committee Member (2000-2004)
Colorado Women’s Hockey Foundation, Inc., Director (2001-2003)
International Triathlon Union, Chairperson of Athletes Committee (1996-2000)
Extern for the Honorable Garland Burrell, U.S. District Court, Eastern Division California, 1993
Author, "The Race Does Not Always Go to the Stronger or Faster Man...But to the One Who Goes to Court! An Examination of Reynolds v. IAAF" 1 The Sports Lawyers Journal 205, (1994).
Revision of Associations Topic, Business Organizations, Colorado Law Digest, Martindale-Hubbell Law Digest

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Education

J.D., University of California, Davis School of Law, 1994

B.A., University of California, Davis, 1990

Bar Admissions

Admitted in:
Colorado since 2001
California since 1994