Alavi & Ana

Alavi & Anaipakos, PLLC, is a Houston, Texas-based litigation boutique specializing in intellectual property and complex business disputes. The firm operates from a single office in Houston, but maintains a nationwide practice and consults on matters in various foreign jurisdictions, including Germany, China, Japan, England, Brazil, and Dubai. Chambers USA ranked Alavi & Anaipakos in Band 4 for Intellectual Property among Texas firms in 2022, shortly after its formation in May 2022 with nine lawyers. The firm has consistently earned Tier 1 rankings for commercial litigation, intellectual property litigation, and patent litigation on the 2024 and 2025 Best Law Firms lists.

The firm's IP litigation practice is known for handling high-stakes disputes across diverse technology areas, including general technology, finance, energy, software, high-tech, oil and gas, and telecommunications. Their team includes attorneys with backgrounds in electrical engineering, chemical engineering, chemistry, and business, which informs their approach to complex patent, trade secret, and intellectual property matters. While the firm's tracked cases show a single plaintiff-side appearance and no defendant-side appearances, Alavi & Anaipakos publicly states that it represents both plaintiffs and defendants in intellectual property lawsuits and works on developing global strategies for protecting and monetizing clients' IP.

Alavi & Anaipakos has achieved significant outcomes, including securing a multi-hundred-million-dollar verdict for a software company in a patent infringement lawsuit. The firm also obtained a multimillion-dollar patent infringement victory for GoTV Streaming LLC against Netflix in October 2023 and successfully defended Safe Foods Corp. in a patent infringement case, invalidating a patent for poultry preparation. In another notable case, the firm helped G&H Diversified Manufacturing secure a favorable decision from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that invalidated a patent impacting the oil and gas drilling industry. The firm's attorneys have a track record of success against major technology companies such as Amazon, Apple, Broadcom, Motorola, LG Electronics, Qualcomm, and Samsung.

The firm possesses a robust PTAB and IPR practice, having achieved numerous successes in inter partes reviews. This includes successful judgments before the PTAB, as demonstrated by the defense against Netflix's patent challenges and the G&H Diversified Manufacturing victory. Russell A. Chorush, who appeared "of counsel" in a tracked case for Alavi & Ana, is recognized in the 2026 Patexia PTAB Intelligence Report as a Top 250 Best Performing Attorney and Top 250 Most Active Attorney, specializing in pharmaceutical and Hatch-Waxman Act cases, with recoveries exceeding $2 billion.

Key leadership in the firm's IP litigation practice includes co-founders Amir Alavi and Demetrios Anaipakos, both recognized by Chambers USA for their expertise in patent litigation. While Bianca Rey was listed as local counsel in a tracked case for Alavi & Ana, she is an attorney at Susman Godfrey L.L.P. Similarly, Russell A. Chorush, listed as of counsel, is a partner at Heim, Payne & Chorush, LLP. Other notable IP litigation partners at Alavi & Anaipakos include Masood Anjom, Scott Clark, and Michael McBride.