O’Melveny Worldwide
  • Represented pet food company in trade secret enforcement action against competitor and former executive. Secured favorable settlement following expedited discovery. (Del. Ch.)
  • Defended power electronics manufacturer in trade secret action involving hiring of executive. Secured favorable settlement following execution of agreed forensic protocol. (N.D. Cal)
  • Defended Internet companies and consumer electronics company in related district court cases involving six patents directed to navigation and location technologies. (E.D. Tex.; N.D. Cal.) Secured transfer of all three cases from E.D. Tex. to N.D. Cal. and subsequent favorable settlement.
  • Defended chip manufacturer in patent case involving six patents related to power management and processor hardware, including preparation of IPR petitions. (E.D. Tex.)
  • Defended financial institution in patent case involving five patents related to methods of testing mobile applications. The case settled favorably shortly before the close of fact discovery. (E.D. Tex.)
  • Advised chip designer and manufacturer concerning ICC arbitration, licensing, and potential trade secret, contract, and copyright claims relating to 5G telecommunications technology.
  • Defended consumer electronics company in patent case related to smart watch devices. (W.D. Tex.)
  • Defended oil and gas drilling company in patent case involving eight patents related to automated drilling, including preparation of three IPR petitions (N.D. Tex.)
  • Defended wireless carrier in patent case involving ten patents related to antenna arrays, resulting in favorable settlement shortly before closing arguments to the jury (E.D. Tex.)
  • Advised information standards organization on licensing, patent litigation, and intellectual property risks associated with business transactions
  • Prosecuted patents related to banking technology, aerospace/defense industry systems and software, and semiconductor manufacturing
  • Conducted pre-suit investigations on behalf of a major telecommunications equipment provider, identifying non-infringement and invalidity positions and driving favorable business resolutions

Admissions

Bar Admissions

  • Texas

Court Admissions

  • US District Court, Eastern, Western, and Northern Districts of Texas

Registered to Practice

  • US Patent and Trademark Office

Education

  • University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 2018: with Honors; Chief Articles Editor, Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal; Chief Online Content Editor, The Review of Litigation
  • Baylor University, B.S., 2013: Engineering, Mathematics minor

Professional Activities

Member

  • Dallas Bar Association
  • Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
  • State Bar of Texas, Intellectual Property Law Section

Author

  • Co-Author, “Divided Over Damages: Courts Split On Whether Failure To Mark Precludes All, Or Only Some, Pre-Suit Damages,” The Intellectual Property Strategist (June 2025)
  • “Acclimating to the PTAB’s Increasing Denial of Serial Petitions,” Law360 (2019)

Clerkship

  • Honorable J. Rodney Gilstrap, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas

Judicial Internship

  • Honorable Melinda Harmon and Honorable Frances Stacy (Magistrate), U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas