Michael Woods

Michael Woods is an Associate with Bardacke Allison Miller LLP in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He represents clients ranging from authors and artists to large companies in intellectual property and commercial litigation. Woods also handles transactional matters including entertainment and licensing agreements and trademark registrations. His practice combines dispute work with intellectual property counseling, helping clients address ownership, use, licensing, branding, and contract issues that can affect creative works, business relationships, and valuable intangible assets.

Woods earned a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of New Mexico in 2018 and a J.D., summa cum laude, from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 2021. He was inducted into the Order of the Coif and received a Clinical Honors Award for his work in the Economic Justice Clinic. His mathematics and legal training support precise analysis of complex records, while his law school experience developed strong research, writing, and client-service skills relevant to intellectual property and commercial disputes.

After law school, Woods served a yearlong clerkship with Judge Shammara Henderson of the New Mexico Court of Appeals, researching and drafting work on civil and criminal appeals. He also worked as a research assistant on First Amendment and free speech issues and gained federal court experience involving contract litigation. In private practice, he applies that background to copyright, trademark, licensing, entertainment, and commercial matters, addressing both litigation strategy and the agreements that define rights before disputes arise.

Michael Woods is admitted in New Mexico, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. His practice blends appellate research, commercial litigation, and transactional intellectual property work. He helps creative professionals and businesses protect intellectual property, structure licensing and entertainment arrangements, pursue trademark protection, and evaluate disputes involving contracts or valuable creative and commercial rights.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Bardacke Allison Miller LLP
• Member, State Bar of New Mexico

Licensed State

• New Mexico

Education

• University of New Mexico School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of New Mexico
  Bachelor of Science (BS) in Mathematics

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