Mr Bart Showalter > Baker Botts L.L.P. > Dallas, United States > Lawyer Profile
Baker Botts L.L.P. Offices

2001 ROSS AVENUE
DALLAS, TEXAS 75201-2980
TEXAS
United States
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Mr Bart Showalter

Work Department
Intellectual Property
Position
Partner
Career
Practice focused on patent litigation, licensing and procurement for high technology companies. Significant experience litigating and licensing patents in fields of telecommunications, electronics, software, semiconductors, computers and others. Also provides strategic counseling to maximize research and development investments. Develops and implements innovative processes and tools for patent portfolio management, enforcement, licensing and IP risk mitigation.
Memberships
State Bar of Texas, Intellectual Property Law Section, Past Chair
United States Patent and Trademark Office
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
United States District Courts for the Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas
Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, Adjunct Professor
The Honorable Barbara M.G. Lynn American IP Inn of Court, Founding Master and Past President
Perot Museum of Nature and Science, past member Board of Directors
Georgia O’Keefe Museum, Board of Directors
Dallas Theater Center, past member Board of Directors
Leadership Dallas, Graduate
Education
BS and MS in Aerospace Engineering, MIT; Adjunct Professor, SMU School of Law; Board of Directors, Georgia O’Keefe Museum; Master, Barbara M.G. Lynn Inn of Court.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)