About Chris Joe
Chris' practice is focused primarily on high stakes intellectual property lawsuits and complex commercial litigation. He has successfully prosecuted and defended numerous clients in patent, trade secret, antitrust, contract, fraud, and other complex commercial lawsuits. Chris' practice includes the licensing of intellectual property. Notable trials include representation of a major oil and gas drill bit manufacturer against a competitor in a patent suit which resulted in a $41 million judgment in favor of the client and which was reported as the fourth largest patent judgment in 2004 by the National Law Journal. He has been recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer every year since 2013 and as a Texas Rising Star from 2006 to 2008 and is AV Preiminent rated 5.0 out of 5.0 by Martindale-Hubbell. Chris was formerly a shareholder at the Dallas office of Greenberg Traurig, LLP, where he was one of the founding members of that office’s intellectual property litigation section, and at the Dallas office of Godwin Gruber, LLP, where he helped found that firm’s intellectual property litigation practice group and served as its vice chairman. Chris was also formerly associated with the Dallas office of McKool Smith, P.C. where he litigated patent, antitrust and other complex commercial litigation matters.
Licenses
bar number | issuing state |
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5807490 | New York |
00787770 | Texas |
Degrees
Duke University, 1990
Field of studyPolitical Science
DegreeBA
Southern Methodist University, 1993
Field of studyLaw
DegreeJD
Practice areas and fees
Civil Litigation$ 650 / hour
initial consultation $650 / 30 min
Commercial Law$ 650 / hour
initial consultation $650 / 30 min
Intellectual Property$ 650 / hour
initial consultation $650 / 30 min
Real Estate (including transactions)$ 650 / hour
initial consultation $650 / 30 min