University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 1978)
University of Texas School of Law Center for Public Policy Dispute Resolution (Mediator Training, 2004)
Licenses & Admissions
U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Western, Northern and Southern Districts of Texas,
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Licensed to practice in the state courts of Texas
Professional Affiliations
Robert W. Calvert Inn of Court, Executive Committee Member, 2000-2006, President, 2004/2005 term Master, 1999-present
American Bar Association (Alternative Dispute Resolution, Litigation and Intellectual Property Sections)
State Bar of Texas (Alternative Dispute Resolution, Litigation, Intellectual Property Sections)
Past speaker on IP litigation topics at seminars sponsored by the State Bar of Texas, including the Advanced Intellectual Property Law Course, the Advanced Civil Trial Course and the High Technology Litigation Course.
Recognition
For multiple years, he has been listed in The Best Lawyers In America® (Woodward/White, Inc.) for Bet-the-Company Litigation, for Commercial Litigation, for Patent Litigation and for Intellectual Property Litigation. He was recently named in the Best Lawyers® 2020 edition as Patent Litigation “Lawyer of the Year” in Austin.
For over 30 years he has been rated in Martindale-Hubble® Peer Review Ratings as “AV® Preeminent ™”, the highest possible peer review rating in legal ability and ethical standards. He has also been given an “AV® Preeminent™” rating multiple years in the Martindale Hubble Judicial Edition, which reflects the highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standards based upon confidential
opinions of members of the Judiciary as well as members of the Bar. For many years he has also been named in Texas Monthly, Super Lawyers®, (published by Thompson Reuters.)
American Bar Foundation Life Fellow
Texas Bar Foundation Life Fellow
Austin Bar Foundation Fellow