Derrick S. Boyd

Mark Nelson is a partner in Barnes & Thornburg's Intellectual Property and Technology practice based in Dallas and Houston. He has more than 20 years of experience litigating large, multifaceted patent infringement cases in federal district courts and before the International Trade Commission. Mark also has experience in post-grant proceedings, including both inter partes and covered business method reviews (“IPRs” and “CBMs”). Mark's experience in patent litigatio...

Jason Cassady is a principal at Dallas’ Caldwell Cassady & Curry who focuses on intellectual property litigation and complex commercial litigation. Mr. Cassady provides clients with extensive federal trial experience, including courtroom victories in patent cases involving diverse technologies such as secure computer networking, integrated circuits, video game controllers, and computer operating systems. He also has represented parties on both sides of the aisle in areas such as dri...

Preston Mundt is an experienced trial lawyer. He has served as lead counsel representing individuals, corporations, and other institutional clients in significant litigation throughout Texas, New Mexico, and abroad. He has extensive experience representing plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of matters, including oil & gas litigation, personal injury, breach of contract, business torts, premises liability, intellectual property, insurance coverage disputes, marital matters, employ...

Michael L. Malone has a business and finance practice that focuses primarily on the representation of health care clients and institutions engaged in the issuance and administration of public debt offerings. Mike represents hospitals, hospital districts, physicians, physician groups, physician practice management companies, and other health care industry clients in a variety of transactional matters. These include mergers and acquisitions, the development of hospitals and other facilities, le...

Clients appreciate Don Hammett’s service-oriented and practical approach as he delivers results on all their REIT and real estate fund matters. Don is co-leader of Alston & Bird’s REITs & Real Estate Funds Team. He has over 25 years of experience advising public and private clients on corporate and tax/structure issues related to the formation and financing of REITs, partnerships, funds, and other pooled capital vehicles. He also counsels clients on mergers and acquisition...

Rob McAngus is a family law attorney in Dallas, Texas, and a member of Mueller Family Law. He has been recognized by peer-reviewed Best Lawyers® since 2021 and is board certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. For more than a decade, Rob has dedicated his practice exclusively to family law, representing clients in complex and high-conflict divorce matters, high-asset property division, child custody and parental rights disputes, marital agreements, and special e...

Diana Kruze is a prominent, internationally recognized arbitrator who specializes in adjudicating complex business, technology, employment, life sciences and health care disputes. She has served as chair, wing, and sole arbitrator in more than 300 cases, including multiple matters with hundreds of millions of dollars at issue. She sits on more than a dozen US and international panels, including the AAA, ICDR, CPR, LCIA, AHLA, WIPO, and FINRA. Her subject-matter depth spans trade secrets, lice...

Georganna L. Simpson is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Appellate Practice and Family Law. Georganna L. practices law in Dallas, Texas Best Lawyers has recognized Georganna L. Simpson since 2010. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Georganna L. Simpson is held by other lawyers.

Chalk is a 1973 graduate of University of Texas School of Law (J.D.), with prior M.A. (1967) and B.S. (1962) degrees from Tennessee Tech University, and A.A. degree (1956) from Freed-Hardeman College. Prior to joining in 1986 Whitaker Chalk Swindle & Schwartz PLLC, Fort Worth, Texas, and its predecessors, Chalk was President of Dabney Capital, Dallas, Texas (1984-86) (real estate finance), General Counsel and Vice President of LaJet, Inc., Abilene, Texas (1978-84) (petroleum refining and ...

Jessica began her law career as a paralegal, and it shows: Paralegals get things done. She’s smart, too. Jessica graduated magna cum laude from Texas Woman’s University, and later, while earning her law degree at the Texas A&M University School of Law, she served as Vice President of the Family Law Student Association and represented clients in the school’s Family Law Legal Clinic. “I knew from the start that I wanted to be a family law attorney,” says Jessic...