Andrew T. "Tom" Gorham

I'll research this attorney's background before drafting the summary.

Let me dig into the firm bio, the AutoConnect case, and PTAB activity.

Now let me check PTAB appearances and the Hyundai case specifically.

Professional Summary — Andrew T. ("Tom") Gorham, Gillam & Smith LLP

Specialty / focus. The one tracked appearance is AutoConnect Holdings LLC v. Hyundai Motor America (defendant side), part of a multi-front campaign in which AutoConnect asserted a portfolio of automotive infotainment and vehicle-connectivity patents — in-vehicle user profiles, digital key / device discovery, phone-projection integration (CarPlay/Android Auto), and on-board network security — against Toyota, General Motors, Ford, and Hyundai. Public dockets show a broader electronics-and-software docket beyond that case: wireless/telecom patent suits (Headwater Research LLC v. T-Mobile US/Sprint, Headwater Research LLC v. Samsung Electronics), consumer-electronics matters (Maxell v. Apple, Samsung cases including Phenix Longhorn v. Samsung), and a plaintiff-side neurotech/medical-device case (Wave Neuroscience, Inc. v. Brain Frequency LLC). No pharma patent work is evident; his only pharma-adjacent matter located is a Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act dispute (Pfizer/Tris Pharma v. State of Texas), which is not a patent case. Caveat: the tracked list contains only the AutoConnect/Hyundai matter; the additional appearances above come from court filings located in search, not from the tracked dataset.

Side preference. The tracked data is 0 plaintiff / 1 defendant, in a Local Counsel role, and the wider record is consistent with that: the great majority of his patent and IP appearances are for operating companies — Samsung, T-Mobile/Sprint, Apple, Hyundai, Toyota- and Ford-related matters, and Meta as a non-party in State of Texas v. Google. The one clear plaintiff-side patent appearance is Wave Neuroscience v. Brain Frequency. Pattern is therefore defense-side local counsel, with occasional plaintiff-side work, rather than NPE/PAE prosecution.

Firm context. He is at Gillam & Smith LLP, an East Texas litigation boutique with offices in Tyler and Marshall, Texas (Texas State Bar No. 24012715). No prior law firm history was verifiable from public sources; he is a career East Texas litigator rather than in-house counsel. He has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America since 2021 in Commercial Litigation and Litigation–Patent.

Notable cases and PTAB. The most prominent tracked matter is AutoConnect Holdings v. Hyundai Motor America, one of a coordinated set of AutoConnect filings (E.D. Tex. and D. Del.) against major automakers. His filed role is consistently "additional counsel"/local counsel, and I found no verdicts, settlements, or Federal Circuit outcomes attributable to him personally, so no case results should be attributed based on this record. On PTAB/IPR: his name appears in PTAB petition records as counsel of record in the underlying district court litigations (e.g., Samsung and Toyota-related filings), which shows awareness of parallel IPR activity, but I could not verify him as lead or backup counsel on any instituted IPR/PGR, so no IPR practice should be assumed. Bar/education: The Best Lawyers in America profile lists a J.D. from The University of Texas (1999) and a Marshall, Texas practice location; Texas bar admission is evidenced by his State Bar number. USPTO patent-bar registration was not confirmed.