Robert T. Slovak

Robert T. Slovak is a partner in the Dallas office of Foley & Lardner LLP, where he has held leadership roles including National Litigation Vice Chair. His practice centers on high-stakes, complex commercial litigation, with over 25 years of courtroom experience. While his primary focus is on business disputes such as partnership conflicts, fiduciary duty claims, and business fraud, his work also encompasses intellectual property matters, including trade secret misappropriation, copyright, and trademark cases. The single patent case in which he has appeared, Blue Box Air Inc v. BioCoil Pro, LP et al., suggests his patent practice is a component of his broader commercial trial work.

Based on the tracked case data, Mr. Slovak has represented plaintiffs in patent litigation. His wider commercial practice appears balanced, involving the representation of both plaintiffs and defendants in various business and financial disputes. There is no indication from publicly available information that he has a regular practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in inter partes review (IPR) or other post-grant proceedings.

Mr. Slovak’s notable outcomes are primarily in the commercial litigation space, where he has won arbitrations and trials involving business torts, securities fraud, and trade secrets. He was a member of a trial team that won a nonsuit for a client after a five-week jury trial in a fraud case where damages were claimed to exceed $70 million.

He earned his J.D., with honors, from The University of Texas School of Law and a B.B.A. in Finance from The University of Texas at Austin.