Lee Matalon

Lee Matalon helps the world’s most prolific innovators protect and defend their inventions and intellectual property. His practice focuses on litigating complex IP, technology, and licensing disputes in federal courts nationwide. Lee’s litigation experience spans a variety of high-technology fields, including mobile telecommunications, wearables, VR/AR, industrial design, and the computer and software arts. 
 
Before joining Desmarais LLP, Lee was a law clerk to Chief Judge Rodney Gilstrap of the Eastern District of Texas in Marshall, Texas.  During law school, Lee was a Notes Editor for the Texas Law Review, and a teaching assistant to Professor Lucas A. Powe, Jr.  He was also a student member of the Hon. Lee Yeakel IP Inn of Court. Lee received the Louis T. Pirkey Prize for writing in IP law and the Dean’s Achievement Award in Evidence, Intellectual Property, and Negotiation. At Rutgers University, Lee’s senior capstone project was recognized with a “Top Ten” award by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Prior Experience

• Summer Associate, Baker Botts LLP, Austin, Texas, 2018-2019
• Teaching Assistant to Prof. Lucas A. Powe, Jr., Department of Government, The University of Texas at Austin (Course: The Supreme Court and Public Policy: 1954-Present), Spring 2020

Clerk & Government Experience

• Law Clerk to the Hon. Chief Judge J. Rodney Gilstrap, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, 2020-2021

Courts

• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
• United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
• United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

Other Distinctions

• Order of the Coif
• Lewis T. Pirkey Prize for student writing in IP
• Dean’s Achievement Awards in Evidence, Intellectual Property, and Negotiation

Memberships & Affilliations

• EDTX Bar Association