Anthony J. "Tony" Magee

Anthony J. "Tony" Magee

Dallas, TX recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2012
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1 Best Lawyers award

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Awarded Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation Litigation - Intellectual Property Litigation - Patent

Biography

Tony Magee is an Oxford-educated, former English barrister, who has practiced law in Dallas since 1993. Before that, he practiced for nine years at the Chancery Bar in London. Tony focuses on the practice of intellectual property litigation and complex commercial litigation on both the plaintiff and defense sides. His experience includes patent infringement litigation in many technological areas, including telecommunications, including the field of inmate telephone systems, medical devices, satellite radio, cable modems, semiconductor manufacture, email-to-fax technology, automated document processing technology, standardized markup language editing, and healthcare management systems, and trademark infringement litigation, theft of trade secrets, and software licensing disputes.

Tony has worked extensively in complex litigation and arbitrations relating to large-scale information technology outsourcing contracts and many other types of business disputes, including contractual and trade secrecy disputes relating to professional sports teams and litigation relating to real estate, commercial mortgage-backed securities, and auction rate securities.

Practice Areas:
Intellectual Property Litigation
Commercial Litigation

Admitted to Practice:
State Bar of Texas, 1993
U.S. District Courts for the for the Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas
Bar of England and Wales, 1984-1993

Education:
Oxford University, U.K., M.A., 1984
Oxford University, U.K., Jurisprudence, with honors, 1980
Magee Legal PLLC

1 Best Lawyers award

Magee Legal PLLC logo

Overview

  • The Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, J.D., graduated 1993

  • Texas, State Bar of Texas
  • United Kingdom, General Council of the Bar

  • American Bar Association - Member
  • American Inns of Court Pegasus Scholarship Committee - Member
  • BSA Circle Ten Troop 730, St. Mark's School of Texas - Assistant Scout Master
  • Counselor of the William "Mac" Taylor American Inn of Court - Master
  • Dallas Bar Association - Member
  • St. Alcuin Montessori School (2005-2011) - Trustee
  • Texas Bar Foundation - Fellow
  • The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, London, U.K. - Hardwicke Scholar

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
  • Texas, State Bar of Texas
  • United Kingdom, General Council of the Bar
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • American Inns of Court Pegasus Scholarship Committee - Member
  • BSA Circle Ten Troop 730, St. Mark's School of Texas - Assistant Scout Master
  • Counselor of the William "Mac" Taylor American Inn of Court - Master
  • Dallas Bar Association - Member
  • St. Alcuin Montessori School (2005-2011) - Trustee
  • Texas Bar Foundation - Fellow
  • The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, London, U.K. - Hardwicke Scholar
  • The Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, J.D., graduated 1993
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Litigation - Patent
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Copyright Law
  • Patent Law
  • Trademark Law
Awards:
  • Texas' Top Rated Lawyers by ALM and Martindale-Hubbell
  • Texas' Best Lawyers, Best Lawyers in America
  • AV Preeminent Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
  • Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2013-2017
  • Best Lawyers in America, Patent Litigation and Intellectual Property Litigation, 2012-2018

Case History

Cases
  • Patent Infringement
Represents Securus Technologies, Inc. in patent infringement suits relating to inmate telecommunications technologies
  • Contracts Dispute
Represented Jones Lang LaSalle in disputes relating to real estate management contracts
  • Government Contracts Dispute
Represents Business Resources Corporation in suit against Dallas County for violation of statutory competitive bidding requirements in awarding $17.5 million government contract
  • Business Litigation
Represented The Snoring Center in false advertising, trade secrecy and business disparagement suit against California-based medical practice.
  • Patent Infringement
Represented cardio-vascular surgeon and inventor Paul Teirstein in patent infringement suit relating to vascular occlusion device
  • Patent Infringement
Represented Rembrandt Technologies, Inc. in several patent infringement suits against cable television companies relating to cable modem technology
  • Patent Infringement
Represented Toronto-based Infrastructures For Information, Inc. in patent infringement suits brought against Microsoft Corp. relating to standardized markup language technology

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