Name: Richard “Rocky” L. Schwartz
Item: Richard “Rocky” L. Schwartz
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Richard "Rocky" L. Schwartz
Whitaker Chalk Swindle & Schwartz PLLC
301 Commerce Street, Suite 3500
Fort Worth, Texas 76102-4186
Telephone: (817)878-0524
Fax: (817)878-0501
E-mail: rschwartz@whitakerchalk.com

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation

Licensed: 1973, Texas; 2012, Colorado

Admitted: 1974, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals,
Fifth Circuit, and U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals; 1977, U.S. District Court,
Northern District of Texas and U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals,
Eleventh Circuit; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 1995, U.S. District
Court, Eastern District of Texas; 2005, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2006, U.S. District Court, Northern
District of California; 2010, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado; 2011, U.S.
District Court for the Western District of Texas; 2013, U.S. District Court for the Western
District of Michigan, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, and U.S. Court of Federal
Claims.

United States Patent and Trademark Office: Registration Number 27,227 (1974)

Law School: University of Texas, J.D., 1973
College: University of Texas, B.S.M.E., with honors, 1971

Member: Fort Worth, Dallas, and American Bar Associations (Meetings Coordinator,
Young Lawyers Division, 1981; Chairman, Law Student Committee, Patent, Trademark,
and Copyright Law Section, 1981-1985; PTC Liaison to Young Lawyers Division, 1981-
1984); State Bar Texas; Texas Young Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors,
1977-1982; Secretary, 1979-1980; Vice President, 1980-1981); Dallas-Fort Worth
Intellectual Property Law Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association;
International Trademark Association; Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association.
Affiliations: Texas Bar Foundation Fellow; Tau Beta Pi (President, Alumni Chapter,
1977-1978); Pi Tau Sigma; Member, Board of Directors, The Dallas Opera (1999-2003).
Recent Honors: Named in Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Texas by the National Trial
Lawyers for 2011-2016; Selected as one of twelve “2011 Power Attorneys” by the Fort
Worth Business Press; Texas Super Lawyer for Intellectual Property Litigation as
published in November 2003, October 2004, November 2005, November 2006, October
2007, November 2008, November 2009, October 2010, November 2011, October 2012,
October 2013, October 2014, October 2015, October 2016, and October 2017 issues of
Texas Monthly magazine [ 15 consecutive years ]; Top Attorneys, Intellectual Property,
December 2003 thru December 2017, Fort Worth, Texas magazine

Alternative Dispute Resolution: Selected by the World Intellectual Property
Organization (“WIPO”) of Geneva, Switzerland to be included on WIPO’s Arbitration
and Mediation Center’s List of Neutrals [ 1 of approximately 1000 arbitrators and
mediators from 70 countries ].

Web Site: http://www.whitakerchalk.com

Major Presentations by Richard L. Schwartz:

10/06/2017 Deciding Where to File a Case. What Makes a Favorable Venue; Peeking
Inside the Decision-Making Process??
Forum: Eastern District of Texas Bench Bar Conference, Moderator
10/19/2016 Double the Forums: District Court and PTAB and Their Effect on
Efficiency, Consistency and Redundancy
Forum: Eastern District of Texas Bench Bar Conference, Panelist
10/25/2015 Choosing When and Where to Fight and What to Fight About
Forum: Eastern District of Texas Bench Bar Conference, Moderator
05/07/2009 Intellectual Property Litigation – Current Trends
Forum: Tarrant County Bar Association program on “Breaking
Through the Energy and Economic Crises: Regulatory Changes
and Emerging Issues”
11/13/2008 Aggressive Legal Strategies for Defending the Family Jewels
Forum: Fort Worth Intellectual Property Law Association
Luncheon Speaker
1/12/2006 Intellectual Property 101
Forum: Fort Worth City Club, Luncheon Speaker
11/29/2004 Texas Digital Systems, Inc. v. Telegenix, Inc. Update
Forum: 5th Annual Intellectual Property Symposium, University of
Texas School of Law (Impromptu Dialogue)
11/18/2002 Texas Digital Systems, Inc. v. Telegenix, Inc. Update
Forum: 40th Annual Institute on Intellectual Property Law,
Institute of Law and Technology of the Center for American and
International Law, Dallas, Texas (Impromptu Dialogue)
5/10/2001 Litigation In A Changing Business World - Are You Ready?
Forum: Intellectual Property Law, High Tech Panel, Texas Bar CLE
4/19/2001 Intellectual Property 2001, Strategic Considerations for Corporate Counsel
Forum: American Corporate Counsel Association
6/21/2000 Bankruptcy.com, All Hat and No Cattle
Forum: United States Bankruptcy Trustee Program, Tri-Regional
Seminar

Prior Law Firms:
09/73 - 06/84 Pravel, Gambrell, Houston, Texas (Associate 1973-1979, Partner
1979-1984)
07/84 - 09/94 Founding Partner of Intellectual Property boutique, Glaser, Griggs
& Schwartz, Dallas, Texas
10/94 - 03/00 Co-founding Partner of the Intellectual Property Section for Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Dallas, Texas
04/00 - 04/03 Intellectual Property Section Head, Winstead, Sechrest & Minick,
Dallas, Texas, Partner
04/03 to date Member, Whitaker Chalk Swindle & Schwartz PLLC, Fort Worth,
Texas ( formerly Whitaker, Chalk, Swindle & Sawyer, LLP )

Aviation: Commercial, Multi-Engine, Instrument Rated Pilot, flying for over 40 years,
SIC LR 24 and CE 550, 2350+ hours turbine

Remote Office:
P.O. Box 770012
Steamboat Springs, CO 80477-0012
(970) 870-9277

Last Revised: March 26, 2018

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