Richard J. Hymel

Richard J. Hymel is a litigator at Mahtook & LaFleur, where his practice primarily focuses on admiralty and maritime law, well blowouts, trucking accidents, commercial disputes, premises liability, workers' compensation, and environmental contamination. While his professional background emphasizes broad civil litigation experience, including trial counsel roles, patent litigation does not appear to be a stated specialty for Mr. Hymel or his firm based on publicly available profiles.

His tracked record includes one appearance as local counsel for a defendant in an untitled patent case, indicating limited involvement in this specific area of law. His firm's general practice areas are extensive across various civil litigation matters, often representing defendants in insurance defense and casualty cases. There is no information available to suggest a preference for representing plaintiffs or specific technology areas within patent litigation.

Mr. Hymel has significant experience as trial counsel for Transocean in the investigation and litigation stemming from the BP Macondo well blowout, participating in extensive Coast Guard/MMS hearings and Multi-District Litigation proceedings. However, this notable engagement falls outside the realm of patent law. There is no public record of his involvement in PTAB or IPR proceedings.

Admitted to practice in Louisiana (1990) and Texas (2002), Mr. Hymel is also admitted to the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Eastern, Western, and Middle Districts of Louisiana. He earned his Juris Doctor from Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 1990, and a B.A. in Accounting from Nicholls State University in 1986, and also passed the Certified Public Accountant exam.