Laurie Gallun Fitzgerald

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Laurie Fitzgerald is a Principal in the Austin office of McKool Smith.  Prior to joining McKool Smith in May 2005, Laurie served as an associate at Susman Godfrey L.L.P. in Houston, Texas. 

Laurie has represented clients ranging from large multi-national corporations to small businesses and individuals in a wide variety of complex litigation matters, including patent infringement litigation, copyright and trademark disputes, trade secret cases, business and partnership disputes, oil and gas litigation, employment matters, and securities litigation.  She has represented both plaintiffs and defendants at trials in both federal and state courts.  Laurie devotes a portion of her practice time each year to the representation of domestic violence victims on a pro bono basis. 

In 2008, 2009, and 2010, Texas Monthly named Laurie a “Rising Star” in its Super Lawyers edition, a distinction reserved for the top 2.5% of Texas attorneys who are under 40 years of age or have been practicing law for less than ten years.

Laurie has been licensed to practice law in the State of Texas since 2001.  She is admitted to the State Bar of Texas and the Northern, Southern, Western, and Eastern Districts of Texas and is a member of the Austin Bar Association, the Austin Intellectual Property Lawyers Association, and Texas Women Lawyers.

Laurie is the co-author of Intellectual Property Litigation: A Procedural Primer, 45 The Advocate 92-95 (Winter 2008).

Representative Matters

Versata Software.  Represents Versata Software in multiple patent infringement suits concerning configuration and pricing software technology.

Realtime Data LLC.  Represents Realtime Data in multiple patent infringement suits concerning data compression technologies.

American Airlines.  Represented American Airlines in a patent suit filed by Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing alleging infringement of patents coving interactive voice applications relating to American Airlines call centers.  

Highland Capital.  Represented Highland Capital in a case filed by James Cable alleging tortious interference with a contract and civil conspiracy. 

Kyocera.  Represented Kyocera in a patent infringement cases concerning wireless communications technology.

Medtronic.  Represented Medtronic in Alt v. Medtronic, a patent case concerning pacemakers.

Nortel.  Represented Nortel in Ciena v. Nortel, a patent case concerning high-density telecommunications technology.

Electronic Data Systems. Represented EDS in a New York state court fraud action involving the IT-training industry. 

Macrovision. Represented Macrovision in a trade secret misappropriation and trademark infringement case involving the casual gaming industry. 

Quorum Health Resources. Represented Quorum in a breach of contract arbitration related to the healthcare management industry.

Professional Activities

Texas Trial Lawyers Association

Awards & Recognition

Named to the Texas Super Lawyers list of Rising Stars for 2008, 2009, and 2010.

News

• McKool Smith Lawyers Highlighted On the 2010 Texas Rising Stars Listing
• $138 Million Verdict for Versata Software
• Eighteen from McKool Smith Recognized Among Texas’ Best Young Lawyers
• Ten McKool Smith Attorneys Among Texas Rising Stars

Articles

“Intellectual Property Litigation:  A Procedural Primer,” co-authored with Victoria Wicken, 45 The Advocate 92-95 (Winter 2008).