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Samuel is an intellectual property lawyer. He draws on his engineering industry experience to help clients navigate complex, high-stakes disputes involving advanced technologies. Samuel has experience at every stage of district court litigation, including claim construction, fact and expert discovery, summary judgment, and trial. He also has experience with pre-suit diligence and inter partes review proceedings.
Before joining the firm, Samuel served as a law clerk to the Honorable Roy S. Payne of the Eastern District of Texas. In that role, he was deeply involved in dozens of Markman hearings and supported multiple trials, providing him with valuable insight into how courts evaluate complex patent disputes.
Earlier in his career, Samuel practiced at a boutique intellectual property firm where he prepared and prosecuted domestic and international patent applications spanning technologies such as oil and gas, semiconductors, biomedical devices, power generation and storage, electronics, and computer software.
B. S. Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University
J.D., Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Texas
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Utah
Judicial Clerk, Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Halliburton v. U.S. Well Services (W.D. Tex.) – represented USWS in patent infringement case against Halliburton involving hydraulic fracturing technology. Case resolved on favorable terms to USWS.
Halliburton v. U.S. Well Services (W.D. Tex.) – represented USWS in patent infringement case against Halliburton involving hydraulic fracturing technology. Case resolved on favorable terms to USWS.
B. S. Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University
J.D., Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Texas
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Utah
Judicial Clerk, Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas