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Simone Nisbett
San Antonio, TX Intellectual Property Lawyer
Free ConsultationIP, Business and Construction
Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Business and IP attorney by day, long-time anime enthusiast and PC gamer by night—I get excited about all things "Contracts Litigation"!
While obtaining my B.S. in Business Administration, I began my career in the legal field by managing the pro bono volunteer program at Legal Services of North Florida, Inc. There, I handled case intake, drafted simple wills/advanced directives for attorney review, facilitated civil legal clinics, and managed pro bono hotline volunteers. I also served the Florida Bar Foundation Guiding Coalition on Pro Bono Transformation by consulting about policy and program implementation.
During my 1L summer, I ventured into the realm...
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Roger Doumanian
Dallas, TX Intellectual Property Attorney with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Business and Trademarks
Southwestern Univ School of Law
Our practice is focused on advising and representing startups, small business owners, and privately held corporations. Our services encompass business formation, corporate and LLC compliance, contract writing, reviewing, and negotiating, as well as trademark registration and maintenance. We pride ourselves in helping clients protect their business interests through personalized legal counsel and representation.
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Charles Mudd
Houston, TX Intellectual Property Attorney with 26 years of experience
IP, Business, Communications and Trademarks
Quinnipiac University School of Law
Charles Lee Mudd Jr. is the founder and principal of Mudd Law, located in Chicago, Illinois, Park City, Utah, and Houston, Texas. He focuses his practice on a wide range of business legal issues, including transactional and litigation matters involving intellectual property, Internet law, and emerging technology. Mr. Mudd and his firm serve a diverse group of clients, including local, national, and international individuals and businesses. Mr. Mudd received a B.A. in philosophy and a Master of Arts in political science from Purdue University and then went on to earn his Juris Doctor from the Quinnipiac University School of Law....
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Matthew Valley
Austin, TX Intellectual Property Attorney with 10 years of experience
IP, Criminal Defense, Family and Patents
University of Texas - Austin
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John Price
Dallas, TX Intellectual Property Attorney with 51 years of experience
IP, Antitrust and Securities
University of Kansas School of Law
John A. Price has over four decades of legal experience, including first chair trial experience on a variety of complex business and commercial litigation matters with special emphasis on the areas of antitrust and unfair/deceptive trade practices, business torts, securities fraud, intellectual property, minority shareholder, regulatory, products liability, environmental, and a wide spectrum of business disputes. He is ranked AV Preeminent with 5 out of 5 for legal ability and ethics by Martindale-Hubbell in a peer-reviewed rating. He is certified in civil litigation by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, licensed to practice law in Kansas, Texas and...
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Mr. Robert Z. Cashman
Houston, TX Intellectual Property Attorney with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP and Patents
Touro College
Robert Z. Cashman provides nationwide legal representation for patent litigation matters on a contingency fee basis. He is licensed to practice law in Texas, in New York, and before the US Patent & Trademark Office. Robert is the owner of the Cashman Law Firm, PLLC which helps individuals and small businesses create their business, establish and protect their inventions, and preserve their assets against foreclosure and if necessary, bankruptcy.
Since 2010, Robert has focused his practice on defending accused bittorrent downloaders in copyright infringement lawsuits filed in federal courts across the US. Most recently, cases represented by the Cashman...
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Robert J. Scott
Southlake, TX Intellectual Property Lawyer with 25 years of experience
IP, Business, Communications and Trademarks
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
Robert represents mid-market and large enterprise companies in software license transactions and disputes with major software publishers such as Adobe, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP. He has defended over 225 software audit matters initiated by software piracy trade groups such as the BSA and SIIA. He is counsel to some of the world's largest corporations, such as Schlumberger, PepsiCo, Iron Mountain and American Express, on information technology matters including intellectual property licensing, risk management, data privacy, and outsourcing. Robert ensures that Scott & Scott, LLP continues its focus on cost-effective strategies that deliver positive results.He is regularly...
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Donika Pentcheva
Austin, TX Intellectual Property Attorney with 13 years of experience
7700 West Parmer Lane
Building D, Suite 300
Austin, TX 78729
IP, Patents and Trademarks
The George Washington University Law School
Donika was born and raised in Bulgaria. In 1999, she immigrated to the United States, where she obtained degrees in engineering, mathematics, political science, and law. Donika's full profile is available at www.donikapentcheva.com.
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Tracy Jill Willi
Austin, TX Intellectual Property Lawyer with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Appeals, Business and Trademarks
South Texas College of Law
Tracy J. Willi focuses on civil, commericial, and intellectual property litigation and appeals in Federal and Texas courts. Having been licensed to practice law in Texas since 1992, Ms. Willi has extensive trial and appellate experience in business law, civil and commercial law, real estate law, patent, copyright, and trademark litigation, and probate litigation, much of which is reflected in numerous published trial court and appellate decisions. Ms. Willi has represented clients at all levels of Texas courts including County Courts, District Courts, Courts of Appeals, and the Texas Supreme Court. She has also represented clients at...
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Craige Thompson
Cedar Park, TX Intellectual Property Lawyer
(512) 649-1046
1320 Arrow Point Drive Suite 501 #142
Cedar Park, TX 78613
IP, Patents and Trademarks
University of Wisconsin Law School
Craige Thompson is an accomplished Austin patent attorney, an experienced electrical engineer, and a successful published author. He has substantial experience in patent licensing, trademark registration, due diligence, and litigation. He has handled cases that involve complex technologies ranging from electrical engineering to mechanical engineering, software, and medical devices. Craige Thompson earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Wisconsin before earning his Juris Doctorate from the University of Wisconsin Law School. Attorney Craige Thompson creates high business value for small, mid-sized, and larger businesses by providing comprehensive patent and trademark services. He...
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Jason Amsel
Austin, TX Intellectual Property Lawyer
Free ConsultationIP and Patents
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Amsel IP Law provides patent strategy, portfolio development, and prosecution services. The firm serves tech innovators ranging from early startups to large public companies.
Founder and Principal Attorney Jason Amsel has over 15 years experience advising technology companies on critical patent matters, including building new patent programs, reinvigorating stagnant ones, and refocusing patent portfolios to align with business objectives and increase valuations. Prior to founding Amsel IP Law, Jason was counsel at a large Silicon Valley law firm working with technology companies from inception through major acquisitions and IPOs.
Jason is an active member in the Austin, TX growing...
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Ricardo Tapia
Houston, TX Intellectual Property Lawyer with 11 years of experience
IP and Immigration
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico
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Travis Westbrook
The Woodlands, TX Intellectual Property Lawyer with 3 years of experience
(281) 615-9841
1095 Evergreen Circle
Suite 200
The Woodlands, TX 77380
IP, Business, Patents and Trademarks
Baylor Law School
Travis Westbrook is an attorney in The Woodlands, Texas. He is admitted to practice in Texas and the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and he focuses his practice on intellectual property, business, and estate planning law. Travis grew up in the north Houston area. He received a B.S. from Texas A&M University in College Station and a J.D. from Baylor Law School in Waco.
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Lance Lubel
Houston, TX Intellectual Property Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Business, Personal Injury and Products Liability
University of Houston - Main Campus
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Darin Michael Klemchuk
Dallas, TX Intellectual Property Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Business, Patents and Trademarks
Vanderbilt University Law School and University of Washington School of Law
My chief passion is to revolutionize the way legal services are delivered, particularly intellectual property (IP) and technology law. I am an evangelist for change in how law firms are structured to provide a different kind of experience for not only clients, but also professionals in the legal industry. One of my greatest career achievements is our firm twice winning honors as one of the best places to work in Dallas, as recognized by the Dallas Business Journal in 2010 and 2011. As part of this mission, we have embraced conscious capitalism (sometimes called purposeful capitalism) and...
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Paul Ashley Grinke
Frisco, TX Intellectual Property Attorney with 23 years of experience
IP, Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation and Business
South Texas College of Law
Paul Grinke is Managing Partner of McCathern’s office at The Star in Frisco, Texas. Mr. Grinke has broad experience on a national level, litigating complex commercial and catastrophic event claims from both sides of the docket. He has successfully litigated commercial breach of contract, fiduciary duty, and employment covenant claims. In addition, Mr. Grinke prosecutes and defends claims involving personal injury, wrongful death, and disastrous property damage arising from construction defect, product defect, trucking, and liquor liability.
Mr. Grinke leads McCathern’s Construction Defect, Product Liability and related Fire Litigation practices. He has particular expertise in counseling institutional clients involved in tragic...
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Justin Ryan Goodman
Houston, TX Intellectual Property Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Business, Products Liability and Tax
South Texas College of Law
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Kenichi Yagi
Houston, TX Intellectual Property Attorney with 25 years of experience
IP, Business, Employment and Trademarks
University of Houston Law Center
Kenichi Yagi is an experienced corporate transactional attorney for Adair Myers Stevenson Yagi. He focuses his practice on commercial litigation and advises domestic and international clients in corporate matters, intellectual property disputes, personal injury, premises liability, products liability, insurance coverage, family law, real estate, employment law, and debt collections.
Mr. Yagi was born in Japan and moved to the United States when he was a teenager. He graduated high school in the United States and attended the University of Massachusetts at Lowell where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree. Mr. Yagi graduated magna cum laude and was a member...
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Kelsey Mills Shofner
Dallas, TX Intellectual Property Lawyer with 10 years of experience
IP, Business, Employment and Trademarks
University of Colorado Law School
I am a dynamic and highly strategic corporate attorney with over 9 years of commercial contract expertise and a proven track record of balancing legal and business priorities to facilitate purposeful growth. I work with owner operated businesses from start-up to sale. I guide businesses through entity formation, contract package formation, contract review and negotiation, employment policy formation, hiring practice formation, employee categorization, employee termination, and eventual sale.
I earned my Juris Doctorate degree in 2013 from The University of Colorado Law School and my Bachelor of Science degree in Corporate Communication, as well as a Business Foundation Certification, from The...
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Mr. Ali A. Akhtar
Austin, TX Intellectual Property Lawyer with 23 years of experience
(512) 879-1935
7500 Rialto Boulevard
Building I, Suite 250
Austin, TX 78735
IP, Business, Consumer and Personal Injury
University of Michigan Law School
I represent both individuals and businesses, in areas such as: - Personal injury (car/truck accidents, DWI, motorcycle, slip-and-fall cases, on-the-job injuries, etc.). - Businesses needing help with corporate formation, protection of intellectual property, contract review, etc. - Litigation on behalf of both businesses and consumers in all types of disputes.
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Farsheed Fozouni
Dallas, TX Intellectual Property Attorney with 8 years of experience
IP, Business, Employment and Trademarks
SMU Dedman School of Law
Dallas native, born and raised
Started undergraduate studies as a pre-med student before switching to International Relations and finding my passion in law school
Litigator with background in both employment law and commercial litigation representing small and mid-sized business, as well as Fortune 500 companies in cutting edge high stakes litigation.
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Hamilton Philip Lindley
Dallas, TX Intellectual Property Lawyer with 20 years of experience
IP, Business, Consumer and Criminal Defense
Baylor Law School
Hamilton Lindley's nationwide practice focuses on solving complex problems for individuals and companies involved in litigation. From initial investigation to appeal, he has extensive experience in all phases of litigation. Along with other counsel, Mr. Lindley's cases have produced over $800 million for clients. Mr. Lindley is admitted to all Texas federal and state courts as well as the Southern District of Indiana. He is also admitted to the United States Supreme Court, and the Second, Fifth, Ninth and Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal.
Mr. Lindley graduated from Baylor Law School and is a member of the Texas State Bar....
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Kevin Alan Keeling
Houston, TX Intellectual Property Attorney with 21 years of experience
(713) 589-5646
16055 Space Center Blvd, Suite 230
Suite 230
Houston, TX 77062
Free ConsultationIP, Business, Patents and Trademarks
Villanova University School of Law
Kevin Keeling is a registered patent attorney whose business and intellectual property practice involves both litigation in all areas of intellectual property and commercial issues, as well as transactional matters including matters before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, contract/license negotiation, securing IP rights, and client counseling. During his years in practice, Mr. Keeling has achieved many successful outcomes for clients in litigation as well as in transactional matters.
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Steven Eugene Clark
Dallas, TX Intellectual Property Lawyer with 45 years of experience
IP, Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation and Construction
University of Houston - Main Campus
Experienced business and employment litigator. Also advise and handle construction and business matters. Named a Texas Super Lawyer in Employment Law. Handle state and federal cases in Texas and in other jurisdictions. Admitted to practice in all federal districts in Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and U.S. Supreme Court.
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Carl Lenford Evans Jr
Dallas, TX Intellectual Property Attorney with 27 years of experience
IP, Insurance Claims and Personal Injury
University of Alabama School of Law
Carl L. Evans, Jr. is an Equity Partner at McCathern in the law firm's Dallas, Texas office and he practices in the areas of non-subscriber employer defense, trucking, liquor liability, employment, commercial, construction, subrogation, tort and insurance litigation. Mr. Evans has an extensive litigation and trial background, having tried numerous cases in state and federal courts. He has also obtained defense verdicts in arbitrations involving claims of fraud, negligence, breach of contract and breach of warranty. In addition, Mr. Evans has successfully represented numerous clients in summary judgment motions that have included claims for bad faith, fraud, negligence, premises liability,...
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Matthew James Melancon
Austin, TX Intellectual Property Lawyer with 5 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Business and Trademarks
The University of Texas School of Law
As a born problem-solver and accomplished Intellectual Property (IP) Attorney, I fuse an extraordinary passion for meticulously analyzing issues with several years of specialized experience in the IP field. My unique blend of entrepreneurial, programming, engineering, and legal experience allows me to approach problems from a fresh perspective and devise pragmatic, forward-looking solutions. As a passionate, diligent, and result-driven professional, I am ready to bring my wealth of experience to my clients and contribute to their success.
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Edward J. Kazaleh
Houston, TX Intellectual Property Lawyer with 25 years of experience
(713) 659-1000
The Williams Tower - Galleria
2800 Post Oak Blvd. #4100
Houston, TX 77056
Free ConsultationIP, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Patents
South Texas College of Law
EDWARD J. KAZALEH is an Attorney, Mediator and Arbitrator who offers tremendous business, legal and real world expertise to his clients. KAZALEH & ASSOCIATES, LLP provides Legal Representation of BUSINESSES and INDIVIDUALS for REAL ESTATE, COMMERCIAL, PERSONAL INJURY, LITIGATION, CONSTRUCTION, OIL & GAS, PIPELINE, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY and certain IMMIGRATION LEGAL MATTERS. Our Clients are in the United States and International. GO TO OUR WEB SITE: www.BizLaw.Pro Our particular strengths are: CONSTRUCTION DISPUTES AND DEFECT LAW & ARBITRATION- REAL ESTATE & PROPERTY LAW - COMMERCIAL & BUSINESS LAW - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, TRADEMARKS & PATENTS...
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Hamp Skelton
Austin, TX Intellectual Property Attorney with 42 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Appeals, Business and Construction
The University of Texas School of Law
Hamp Skelton grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from Princeton University in 1978 and from the University of Texas School of Law in 1981. He and his wife, Karen, have three sons, now all in their mid-20s.
Hamp has tried lawsuits in Texas for more than 40 years. He began his career at Vinson & Elkins in Houston in 1981, practicing in its commercial litigation section. He moved back to to Austin in 1986, joining Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld. He built a litigation section for that office, serving as partner in charge of litigation. His present...
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Thomason Blake Bush
Odessa, TX Intellectual Property Attorney with 10 years of experience
IP, Business, Construction and Trademarks
Texas Tech University School of Law
Seasoned attorney, Thomason B. Bush is a graduate of both the Texas Tech University School of Law and Texas Tech University Rawls College of Business. Prior to attending college, Thomason developed a passion for business law while working for his family's various small businesses and seeing their entrepreneurial spirit. It is with that spirit in mind that Thomason founded the Law Offices of Thomason B. Bush, PLLC to assist local businesses with their legal needs.
Thomason B. Bush is licensed by the State Bar of Texas and is admitted to practice before the United States District Courts in the Northern...
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Michael Allan Lee
Spring, TX Intellectual Property Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Antitrust, Business and Consumer
I litigate, arbitrate, and try multimillion dollar disputes for individuals and businesses located in the United States and abroad. I have experience in a wide array of legal and procedural areas including: pharmaceutical, product liability, and environmental torts; multidistrict and class action cases involving antitrust, securities, and consumer fraud violations; individual personal injury and wrongful death claims arising from general negligence, medical malpractice, toxic exposures, defective products (drugs, autos, medical devices); lawsuits on behalf of businesses, partnerships, and franchisees for damages related to fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, and statutory claims; and claims for ...
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McKenna Harper
Houston, TX Intellectual Property Attorney with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Business, Maritime and Personal Injury
University of Oklahoma College of Law
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Barry C. Barnett
Houston, TX Intellectual Property Lawyer with 38 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP
Harvard University
Clients and colleagues call Barry Barnett an “incredibly gifted lawyer” (Chambers and Partners) who is “magic in the courtroom” (Who’s Who Legal), “the top antitrust lawyer in Texas” (Chambers and Partners), and “a person of unquestioned integrity” (David J. Beck, founder of Beck Redden).
Barnett is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, and Lawdragon has named him one of the top 500 lawyers in the United States three years in a row. Best Lawyers in America has honored him as “Lawyer of the Year” for Bet-the-Company Litigation (2019 and 2017) and Patent Litigation (2020) in Houston. Based in...
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Charles Hunter
Houston, TX Intellectual Property Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Business, Construction and Personal Injury
The University of Texas School of Law
HAYES HUNTER PC has the legal knowledge, skills, and experience to advise clients on Personal Injury and Auto Accident matters in the Houston area.
HAYES HUNTER PC has lawyers with over 15 years of experience in business litigation.
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Jian Micah De Jesus
Dallas, TX Intellectual Property Attorney
IP, Business, Employment and Real Estate
Southern Methodist University
Jian Micah P. De Jesus was born in the Philippines and grew up in Miami, Florida, where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and minor in Chemistry from Florida International University. After taking a gap year to move and work at a local church in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Jian decided to pursue a law degree from SMU Dedman School of Law.
During law school, Jian took part in SMU's Corporate Counsel Externship Program and worked at an in-house legal department of an architecture firm, conducting legal research, contract drafting, and more. She also studied abroad in London through Southwestern...
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Katherine Leslie Sunstrom
Houston, TX Intellectual Property Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Before joining Lorance & Thompson in 2010, Katie practiced as a solo attorney and dedicated the majority of her practice to assisting and serving small businesses and individuals with their copyright, trademark, intellectual property, and business litigation needs. She adopts the entrepreneurial values of her clients and acts as a champion for them in their efforts to grow and protect their intellectual property and good will. Because her practice was a small business, she is able to identify with and better serve her clients’ unique needs. Prior to having her own firm, Katie practiced for five years...
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Gregory H. Guillot
Dallas, TX Intellectual Property Attorney with 37 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Appeals, Communications and Trademarks
Tulane University School of Law
An attorney with more than thirty-four years' experience in domestic and international trademark, copyright, licensing, unfair competition, anti-counterfeiting and mass media law, with a broad legal background, including active practice before state and federal administrative agencies, United States District Courts, United States Courts of Appeals, and the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Mark T. Mansfield
Hurst, TX Intellectual Property Lawyer with 10 years of experience
1550 Norwood Drive, Suite 107
Hurst, TX 76054
IP, Business, Consumer and Probate
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law - Texas Wesleyan University
Mark has been licensed by the Supreme Court of Texas to practice in Texas state courts since November 1, 2013. Mark attended the University of North Texas in Denton, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts in English Literature in August 2005. He studied law at Texas Wesleyan School of Law and graduated with his Juris Doctor in May 2013, after which the school became Texas A&M University School of Law in the fall of 2013. Mark served in the United States Army from August 2005 until July 2009. He was stationed in Germany most of that...
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David Barranco
Alamo Heights, TX Intellectual Property Lawyer with 25 years of experience
IP, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Entertainment & Sports
Internationally-acclaimed author and litigator David Barranco graduated with honors from the University of Texas’ Plan II Program in 1994 and from UT’s Law School in 1997. Based in Alamo Heights, Texas, David helps artists, writers, investors, designers, and other innovators reap (and retain) the financial rewards from their original creations. In 1993, David was named UT’s most outstanding liberal arts student; in 1997 he won the Willie Morris Award, which recognizes a superlative “call to intellectualism, vigorous defense of civil liberties, and overall pursuit of excellence.” After covering Microsoft's antitrust trial for the London Sunday Times, Mr. Barranco began his...
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Jeffrey Jay Blatt
Houston, TX Intellectual Property Attorney with 42 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Business, Patents and Trademarks
Tiffin University and Lewis & Clark Law School
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Rudolf William Beuttenmuller
Dallas, TX Intellectual Property Attorney with 43 years of experience
IP, Bankruptcy, Business and Construction
Duke University School of Law
RUDY BEUTTENMULLER, born St. Louis, Missouri, December 20, 1953; admitted to bar, 1980, Texas. Also admitted to U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Texas; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Texas; U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; U.S. Tax Court. Education: Princeton University (B.A., cum laude, 1976); Duke University (J.D., with distinction, 1980). Staff Member, 1978-1979 and Articles Editor, 1979-1980, Duke Law Journal. Author: Comment, "The Goal of The New Premerger Notification Requirements: Preliminary Relief Against Anticompetitive Mergers," Duke Law Journal 249, 1979....