Eric M. Albritton

Eric M. Albritton is an experienced trial and appellate lawyer based in Longview, Texas, with a practice concentrated in patent infringement litigation, particularly within the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. His firm, the Albritton Law Firm, handles a range of technologies, including cellular communications, video compression, computer hardware, and software. Albritton has also formed and managed entities that assist patent holders with monetization. After law school, he clerked for Judge William Wayne Justice in the Eastern District of Texas and for Chief Judge Henry A. Politz of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

While the provided case list shows a single appearance as plaintiff-side local counsel in TurboCode LLC v. Dell Technologies Inc. et al, public records and his firm's own descriptions indicate a much broader practice. Albritton has represented both plaintiffs and defendants, including individual inventors, patent assertion entities, and major technology companies. His work for plaintiffs appears frequently in court records, often on behalf of patent-holding companies in cases such as Vertical Computer Systems, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp. and Stambler v. Newegg Inc. He has also defended operating companies; for example, he served as lead defense counsel for Apple Inc. in OPTi Inc. v. Apple Inc., a case that resulted in a $19 million jury verdict for the plaintiff.

Albritton's practice extends to appellate matters before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). He has been listed as counsel on Federal Circuit appeals for clients such as VirnetX and on filings related to inter partes review (IPR) proceedings. Prior to founding his current firm, Albritton was a named partner at the litigation firm Nelson Bumgardner Albritton P.C.

He earned his J.D. from the University of California Berkeley School of Law in 1994 and a B.A. from Baylor University. He was admitted to the Texas bar in 1994.