Overview

Jayme Partridge maintains a national practice focused on complex intellectual property litigation, including patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation cases.

With an engineering background and outstanding trial advocacy skills, Jayme has years of stand-up experience before judges and juries. She has successfully tried high-profile competitor-to-competitor disputes for global companies. She frequently applies her deep industry knowledge and experience to litigating cases involving oil and gas inventions.

Her technology experience includes computer hardware and software, high-speed internet services, fiber optics, chemical processes, ethylene oxide catalysis, olefin catalysis, filtering technologies, and characterization of polyolefin molecules. It also encompasses motor oil additives, hydraulic fracturing of hydrocarbon formations, downhole tools for oil and gas wells, offshore drilling rigs, and drill bits.

With significant experience litigating complex commercial disputes, Jayme excels in cases alleging patent infringement, seeking insurance coverage for patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, and copyright infringement. She has also represented clients in matters involving breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, product liability, toxic tort, tortious interference, negligence, and violation of environmental laws.

Before entering the legal profession, Jayme worked as a licensed engineer for six years. As an attorney, she has practiced in big law firms, small- and medium-sized boutique firms, and as in-house litigation counsel for ExxonMobil.

Professional associations

  • Houston Bar Association
  • Houston Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
  • Texas Bar Foundation
  • American Bar Association
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
  • Houston Intellectual Property Law Association (HIPLA)
  • Nancy F. Atlas Intellectual Property Inn of Court, Master of the Bench
  • University of Texas, Center for Women in Law, Circle of Leaders
  • The University of Texas at Austin Littlefield Society