Overview
Introduction
McKool Smith is a trial firm with a reputation for victory in the courtroom in “bet-the-company” cases and beyond. With seven offices coast-to-coast, the firm’s experienced trial attorneys represent both plaintiffs and defendants in commercial cases, intellectual property disputes, bankruptcy litigation, and white collar defense. McKool Smith takes diversity seriously, and since January 2020 has retained Coston Consulting, a Black-owned business advisory firm, to help further develop and implement diversity initiatives.
Firm Stats
Total No. Attorneys (2021)
100 - 150
Featured Rankings
Best Intellectual Property Boutique Law Firms
Base Salary
1st year: $190,000
No. of U.S. Offices
7
No. of International Offices
0
Major Office Locations
Austin, TX
About the Firm
McKool Smith is a trial firm with a reputation for victory in the courtroom in “bet-the-company” cases and beyond. With seven offices coast-to-coast, the firm’s experienced trial attorneys represent both plaintiffs and defendants in commercial cases, intellectual property disputes, bankruptcy litigation, and white collar defense. The firm also features a leading policyholder-side insurance recovery practice.
Strategic Growth
McKool Smith set up shop in 1991 as a small Dallas firm of 13 trial lawyers. Not long after, the firm strategically and rapidly expanded to include offices in Austin, Houston, Los Angeles, Marshall, New York, and Washington, DC. The firm opened its Marshall office in 1996, and it quickly established a reputation as a “rocket docket” for patent infringement cases in...
