James Boone Baxter - Lawyer in Houston, TX

JamesBoone Baxter is an experienced litigator with a focus on intellectual propertydisputes in district courts and before the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board.His background in engineering and his business experience prior to becoming alawyer provide him with keen insight in highly technical issues and anappreciation for business-oriented legal solutions. Mr. Baxters experienceincludes litigation related to electronics, software, pharmaceuticals, oilfieldtechnology and semiconductor processing.

Inaddition to patent litigation, Mr. Baxter represents clients in litigationagainst pharmaceutical companies engaging in anticompetitive practices relatedto controversial reverse payments to generic suppliers. He is part of a Heim,Payne Chorush team that has successfully represented numerous clients inantitrust litigation targeting pharmaceutical companies for stiflingcompetition by preventing or delaying others from entering the market.

Beforebecoming an attorney, Mr. Baxter had a career as an engineer for a globaloilfield services company where he worked directly with large internationalenergy clients. In that capacity, he was involved in operating and designingpatented technology, an experience that provides valuable business perspectiveand technical expertise for his litigation practice. In addition to his lawdegree, he holds a bachelors degree in materials engineering and mastersdegrees in materials engineering and management.

Prior to joining Heim,Payne Chorush, Mr. Baxter completed judicial clerkships for two U.S.District Courts in the IP-focused Eastern District of Texas. He served as lawclerk for Judge Robert William Schroeder III and later served as law clerk andchief staff attorney for Chief Judge Leonard Davis, a position in which hemanaged all orders, including intellectual property, antitrust, FLSA, andcriminal matters during a time when the Eastern District of Texas was thebusiest and most important patent litigation venue in the nation.