Patrick J. Conroy

Patrick J. Conroy is a Principal at Nelson Bumgardner Conroy P.C., concentrating his practice on patent infringement, trade secret, and complex commercial litigation. His work often involves high-technology areas, including telecommunications, semiconductors, software, computer security, e-commerce, medical devices, autonomous driving, and display technologies.

Conroy primarily represents plaintiffs, with 11 of his 12 tracked appearances on the plaintiff side, including roles as lead counsel in multiple cases. His firm actively engages in patent enforcement strategies for individuals and corporations. Prior to joining Nelson Bumgardner Conroy, he was associated with Bragalone Conroy and Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, and began his career as a trial lawyer at McKool Smith.

Notable cases include representing Arlington Technologies, LLC in a patent suit against T-Mobile US, Inc. involving Voice over LTE (VoLTE) and Wi-Fi technology, which was dismissed with prejudice via joint motion, suggesting a negotiated settlement. He also represented Palisade Technologies, LLP against Micron Technology, Inc. in a case concerning memory architecture and solid-state storage patents, which similarly resulted in a dismissal with prejudice. Conroy was involved in Perceptive Automata, LLC v. Tesla, Inc., a case addressing autonomous driving technology.

Conroy and his firm have experience in PTAB proceedings, particularly defending patent owners against inter partes review (IPR) challenges. His firm explicitly lists "PTO Proceedings (IPR and EPR)" as a practice area and has successfully defended client patents from IPR challenges, such as those brought by Micron Technology, Inc. He earned his J.D. from Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law in 1999 and a B.A. from Xavier University in 1995. He is admitted to the State Bar of Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Federal, Second, and Fifth Circuits, and various federal district courts.