James Travis Underwood

James Travis Underwood is a patent litigator at Gillam & Smith LLP, where he primarily serves as trial counsel in federal court. His practice encompasses a wide range of intellectual property disputes, including patent, trade secret, and copyright cases, alongside complex commercial litigation and other civil matters. The firm's patent litigation experience spans diverse technologies, such as digital video recording, virtual private network software, wireless network data transmission, electronic payment systems, and pharmaceutical and medical devices.

Underwood's experience includes significant trial work, having participated in ten jury trials within a recent two-and-a-half-year period, handling direct and cross-examinations of key witnesses and giving closing arguments in cases involving hundreds of millions of dollars. While the firm represents both plaintiffs and defendants in patent infringement cases across Texas, Gillam & Smith has been recognized as one of the busiest law firms for patent litigation defendants nationally. Underwood's tracked appearance aligns with this, showing representation on the defendant side as local counsel. He has also been counsel of record in 143 cases in the Eastern District of Texas and 61 cases in the Western District of Texas.

His career began with a clerkship for the Honorable Rodney Gilstrap of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. There is no specific information available regarding his involvement in PTAB or IPR proceedings.

Mr. Underwood earned his Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, from Baylor Law School in 2016, where he served on the Editorial Board of the Law Review. He also holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Arkansas, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He was admitted to the Texas bar in 2016.