Grant K. Schmidt

Grant K. Schmidt is a litigator whose practice includes intellectual property disputes and complex commercial litigation. Public records primarily detail the professional career of a prominent attorney named Grant Schmidt (sometimes identified as Grant Kojis Schmidt), who is currently the Dallas Managing Partner at Hilgers PLLC (formerly Hilgers Graben). He previously served as a litigation partner at Winston & Strawn in Dallas. While the provided case list indicates an appearance for Grant K. Schmidt as counsel at Fish & Richardson, publicly available professional biographies for the widely recognized Grant Schmidt do not specify an affiliation with Fish & Richardson.

The prominent Grant Schmidt specializes in complex commercial litigation, intellectual property litigation, and white-collar criminal defense. His intellectual property experience includes asserting and defending claims of patent infringement, trademark infringement, copyright infringement, and trade secret misappropriation. Based on the limited tracked data, the attorney has one recorded appearance, which was on the defendant side.

Among his notable experiences, Grant Schmidt was involved in defending a pharmacy provider against a patent infringement claim in the Eastern District of Texas, which resulted in an outright dismissal in 2025. He also served as trial counsel in a case where a jury rejected claims of fraud and trade secret misappropriation and found no infringement on asserted patents following a month-long trial. His work also includes obtaining an early injunction against a competitor restraining the theft and unlawful use of trade secrets for a large steel fabrication company, leading to a successful settlement.

While his public profiles highlight extensive trial experience, specific regular involvement in PTAB or IPR proceedings is not detailed in the readily available information. Grant Schmidt earned his Juris Doctor with honors from the University of Texas School of Law in 2013 and a Bachelor of Arts with honors from the University of Notre Dame in 2010. He is admitted to practice in Texas and before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Western, and Southern Districts of Texas.