Allen Gardner Law

Allen Gardner Law is a regional litigation firm based in Tyler, Texas, with additional service areas spanning East Texas, including Texarkana, Longview, and Terrell. The firm focuses on delivering legal services to individuals and businesses, distinguishing itself as a practice that prioritizes client relationships and cost-effective representation over the overhead associated with larger firms. There is no publicly available AmLaw or Chambers ranking information for Allen Gardner Law.

The firm maintains a dedicated intellectual property and patent litigation practice. While not strictly an IP boutique, patent litigation is a featured practice area, and the firm states it has handled "hundreds of patent cases throughout the Eastern District of Texas." Past representative clients in patent matters include technology companies such as Alcatel-Lucent, Google, LG, and Intel, suggesting experience across diverse technology sectors like telecommunications, software, and semiconductors.

Allen Gardner Law operates on both the plaintiff and defendant sides of disputes. This balanced approach is reflected in its patent litigation engagements, where it has served as local counsel for both plaintiffs and defendants, as well as lead counsel in certain matters within the Eastern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas. The firm's philosophy emphasizes understanding both sides of a dispute to maximize strengths and minimize weaknesses.

A notable engagement from the firm's tracked cases includes its involvement in Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. American Airlines Inc., where Allen Gardner Law appeared as local counsel for the plaintiff in one instance and as local counsel and attorney for the defendant in other related proceedings. While the firm highlights a record of obtaining successful summary judgment rulings and trial results in patent cases generally, specific outcomes for these publicly tracked cases are not detailed in the available firm profile or court records.

Information regarding a specific or extensive practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) or a high volume of Inter Partes Review (IPR) or Post-Grant Review (PGR) filings is not prominently featured or detailed in the firm's publicly available information.

The patent litigation practice is primarily led by Allen Franklin Gardner, the firm's founder. Mr. Gardner is a highly-rated attorney in the Tyler, Texas area, recognized by Super Lawyers from 2014 to 2026 for his work in Intellectual Property Litigation, Business Litigation, and General Litigation. He established Allen Gardner Law, PLLC in 2017 and is admitted to practice before several federal courts, including the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.