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Carder Brooks

Attorney

817. 806.3814

Carder is a registered patent attorney with technical expertise spanning from life sciences to computer science. He has represented clients in all stages of the intellectual property life cycle, including litigation, post-grant proceedings, licensing, and prosecution, focusing his practice on patent infringement matters and strategic intellectual property commercialization.

Carder previously practiced as a patent attorney for another Fort Worth law firm, concentrating on post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial & Appeal Board and patent and trademark prosecution before the United States Patent & Trademark Office. Carder is well-versed in a wide range of technological fields, including chemical synthesis, small molecules, software engineering, algorithmic risk modeling, quantum dot applications, carbon nanotubes, graphene derivatives, drug delivery, aerospace engineering, railroad infrastructure, oil well devices, and construction devices. Carder also previously cofounded and successfully exited a biotechnology company that commercialized novel peptide synthesis methodologies to provide peptides for the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. He served as the company’s General Counsel, spearheading the development and management of the company’s growing IP portfolio and advising the company on all legal affairs. He additionally served as a researcher for the company and conducted peptide synthesis and small molecule research in the company’s state-of-the-art laboratory.

Carder received his law degree from the Texas Tech University School of Law, graduating as a member of the Order of the Coif. Concurrently with his law degree, Carder pursued and received a Master of Science in Biotechnology, graduating with a perfect GPA. Carder received an undergraduate degree in premedical studies, with highest honors, from Texas Tech University, completing the curriculum in three years. He also received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Oregon State University. Carder is a member of the State Bar of Texas and is admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Western, and Northern Districts of Texas, as well as the Federal Circuit.

Education

Texas Tech University School of Law – Lubbock, TX

  • Juris Doctor

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center – Lubbock, TX

  • M.S., Biotechnology

Oregon State University – Corvallis, OR

  • B.S., Computer Science

Texas Tech University – Lubbock, TX

  • B.A., Premedical Studies

Areas of Practice

  • Intellectual Property Litigation
  • Inter Partes Review
  • Patents
  • Trademarks

Bar Admissions

  • State of Texas
  • United States Patent & Trademark Office
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • United States District Court, Northern District of Texas
  • United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas
  • United States District Court, Western District of Texas

HONORS & PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

  • Order of the Coif
  • Named to 360West Magazine’s Top Attorney List, 2020, 2021, 2024
  • Named Top Attorney, Intellectual Property Category, 2020, 2021, 2023, and 2024, Fort Worth Magazine
  • Phi Delta Phi International Legal Honor Society
  • Tarrant County Bar Association

*Not licensed to practice in Illinois