Title: Member
Mr. Powell is a registered patent attorney. Mr. Powell is involved in both
intellectual property litigation and intellectual property prosecution.
Mr. Powell was admitted to the Western District of Texas in 2003, and
since that time he has litigated a number of intellectual property matters,
both as first-chair counsel and as local counsel. Mr. Powell also assists
inventors and businesses with patent applications and patent prosecution,
trademark applications, copyright issues, and licensing issues. Mr. Powell
is admitted to the Northern District of Texas, Eastern District of Texas,
and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Year Joined Firm
2001
Areas of Practice
Patent
Trademark
Copyright
Intellectual Property
Federal Court Practice
Civil Trial Practice
Bar Admissions
Texas, 2001
U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 2003
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 2011
U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 2012
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2017
Education
Baylor University School of Law, Waco, Texas
J.D. – 2001
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
B.A. – 1997
Honors: cum laude
Degree: Chemistry
Degree: English
McLennan Community College, Waco, Texas
A.S. – Mechanical Engineering – 2015
Honors: cum laude
Honors and Awards
Joseph Milton Nance Scholar, Baylor Law School
Assistant Managing Editor, Baylor Law Review, 2000 – 2001
Notes & Comments Editor, Baylor Law Review
Order of Barristers, Baylor Law School
Outstanding Young Lawyer, McLennan County, Waco-McLennan County Young
Lawyers Association, 2012
Professional Associations and Memberships
State Bar of Texas
Waco McLennan County Bar Association, 2001 – Present
Waco-McLennan County Young Lawyers Association (President, 2012-2013)
Texas A&M University, Association of Former Students
Baylor Bear Foundation
Rotary Club of Waco
Judge Abner V. McCall Inn of Court
Fraternities/Sororities
Phi Delta Phi
Alpha Phi Omega