Katharine L. Carmona

Katharine L. Carmona is a Senior Counsel in the Trial & Appellate Litigation practice at Jackson Walker, where she provides local counsel support on intellectual property and complex business cases in federal district courts. Her practice includes a focus on intellectual property, as evidenced by her role in cases involving technologies such as Near-Field Communication (NFC) payment systems. Before joining Jackson Walker in May 2023, Ms. Carmona was a trial and appellate lawyer at Richards Rodriguez & Skeith LLP. A significant portion of her career, spanning 20 years, was dedicated to serving as a career law clerk for federal judges, including the Honorable Lee Yeakel of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

Ms. Carmona's tracked appearances indicate a preference for defending clients, with two defendant-side appearances and no plaintiff-side appearances. In one notable tracked case, Unified Patents v. CardWare Inc., she served as local counsel for the defendant, CardWare Inc., in a patent dispute involving Internet of Things (IoT) and NFC payment technology patents. Her experience further extends to constitutional issues, election law, contracts, securities, criminal law, administrative law, public utilities, ERISA, employment, and general civil litigation.

While Ms. Carmona has significant experience in federal court litigation, publicly available information does not specify her regular involvement in Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) or inter partes review (IPR) proceedings, nor does it detail specific trial verdicts or significant settlements directly attributed to her in patent litigation matters.

Ms. Carmona was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1993. She is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. She earned her J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law in 1993 and her B.A. from Rice University in 1990.