Patrick Joseph Conroy

Patrick Joseph Conroy is a Principal at Nelson Bumgardner Conroy PC, specializing in patent infringement, trade secret, and technology-based litigation. His practice focuses on a diverse range of technologies, including memory architecture, solid-state storage, display technology, artificial intelligence, and autonomous vehicle systems.

Conroy primarily represents plaintiffs in patent enforcement actions, as evidenced by his involvement in seven plaintiff-side cases compared to two defendant-side appearances in the provided data. His firm, Nelson Bumgardner Conroy PC, handles patent matters for both individuals and corporations, and also offers representation in post-grant review proceedings, including inter partes reviews (IPR) at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The firm has successfully defended patents against IPR challenges, including for solid-state drive patents against Micron Technology, Inc.

Notable cases include his representation of Perceptive Automata, LLC in a patent dispute against Tesla, Inc. concerning AI and human state perception technologies, which concluded with a voluntary dismissal without prejudice by the plaintiff. He also represented Palisade Technologies, LLP in a case against Micron Technology, Inc., involving memory and solid-state storage patents, which resulted in a dismissal of infringement claims with prejudice. Additionally, Conroy has served as lead counsel for Bishop Display Tech LLC in multiple patent infringement suits involving display technology against companies such as LG Display Co., Ltd., Innolux, TCL Electronics Holdings Ltd., and BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.

Before co-founding Nelson Bumgardner Conroy, Mr. Conroy was a trial lawyer at McKool Smith in Dallas, where his practice included patent litigation. 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 practice in the State of Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Federal, Second, and Fifth Circuits, and various U.S. District Courts across Texas and other states.