Aaron Bradford

Aaron serves as a faculty member at the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), where he trains emerging trial lawyers in the skills and techniques needed to excel in the courtroom. Aaron believes that time spent training young lawyers to have the confidence to tell their client’s story to a jury is the reason he is able to comfortably and effectively do the same for his clients.

Aaron has been recognized as Law Week Colorado’s Barrister’s Best for Intellectual Property Litigation for the last seven years, along with the 2016 Barrister’s Best for Health Care. Aaron has been annually recognized by Super Lawyers, The Denver Post, Best Lawyers® and 5280 Magazine as a top lawyer in intellectual property litigation. The Denver Business Journal honored Aaron with its “40 under 40” designation and the Denver Bar Association honored him with its Young Lawyer of the Year Award. Aaron has served in leadership roles in firms, including as the managing partner of a litigation boutique, the executive partner for a national firm, and the head of the Intellectual Property Litigation practice for an IP boutique.

Central to Aaron’s practice is his commitment to the community. He founded the Wheels of Justice, which has raised over $7 million for pediatric oncologic research and care at Colorado Children’s Hospital. He chaired the Community Action Network, the Colorado Pledge to Diversity, and helped found the Center for Legal Inclusiveness. In 2018, Aaron started THE BUREAU, a youth basketball program that trains over 100 kids from all socio-economic backgrounds. In 2022, Aaron cut the ribbon on Redline Denver East, a 20,000-square foot youth athletic training facility dedicated to helping kids achieve their athletic and academic goals through hard work, grit and respect for their gifts and opportunities. Finally, Aaron started the Arctic Seagulls Foundation, a nonprofit that raises money to deliver scholarships to academic athletes unable to afford needed athletic training to realize their well-formed goals.

Prior to joining Taft, he was an equity shareholder at the Rocky Mountain region’s largest intellectual property law firm, where he served as the group leader of the Commercial and IP Litigation practice.