Ed Nelson III
Ed is a founding partner of the firm whose practice concentrates on patent infringement and technology-based, complex commercial litigation. He has extensive trial court, arbitration, and appellate experience. Most recently, Ed helped Cellular Communications Equipment LLC win a substantial willful patent infringement verdict against Apple Inc. in the Eastern District of Texas.
Edward R. Nelson, III
Selected 2018 + 19
Ed first litigated intellectual property matters at McKool Smith in Dallas and has since served as lead counsel on numerous patent enforcement matters for an array of clients across the country. He specializes in multi-faceted, portfolio-based litigation campaigns and welcomes the challenge of implementing deployment strategies adapted to each engagement's inimitable circumstances.
Ed received his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law in 1996 and served as a law clerk to the Honorable James Baker on the Texas Supreme Court. He graduated from Texas Christian University in 1993, magna cum laude. While at TCU, he was nominated to, and inducted into, The Phi Beta Kappa Society. Among numerous leadership positions in student governance, Ed was an elected representative of TCU's Honors Cabinet and a faculty appointee to TCU's Academic Appeals Committee. He published his honors thesis in the field of Economics and enjoyed creative writing acclaim with top awards in the Southwest Literature and Lorraine Shirley Portfolio Competitions.
He is a member of the State Bar of Texas and is admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Federal and Fifth Circuits, the Court of Federal Claims, all Texas Districts, and the District of Colorado. He is a Sustaining Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, a Sustaining Life Fellow of the Tarrant County Bar Foundation, and serves multiple, other civic and legal organizations.
University of Texas – Austin
Doctor of Jurisprudence
Phi Alpha Delta
Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude
Oil & Gas Litigation
Commercial and Residential Construction Litigation
United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
United States Court of Federal Claims
United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas
United States District Court, Northern District of Texas
United States District Court, Southern District of Texas
United States District Court, Western District of Texas
United States District Court, District of Colorado
Honors & Professional Associations
Named Texas Super Lawyer, 2018 and 2019 (a Thomson Reuters service)
Named to Fort Worth Magazine's Top Attorney List, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2019
Named to 360West Magazine's Top Attorney List, 2017
Named Texas Super Lawyer Rising Star, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 (a Thomson Reuters service)
AV® Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rated for Legal Ability and General Ethical Standards™
Texas Bar Foundation, Sustaining Life Fellow
Tarrant County Bar Foundation, Sustaining Life Fellow
Federal Circuit Bar Association
Eastern District of Texas Bar Association
Tarrant County Bar Association
Texas Christian University – Clark Society Board of Directors, Chairman + Scholarship Chair
Texas Christian University – Chancellor's Council
Fort Worth Country Day School – Keystone Council
*Not licensed to practice in Illinois.
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