Stephen Kennedy - Shareholder
Over the last 22 years, Mr. Kennedy has successfully represented clients in matters ranging from small FINRA arbitration and employment matters to software copyright infringement, high-tech patent infringement cases, copyright misuse, patent-antitrust, and litigation and counseling concerning IP transactions. <<Read More>>
He has specific experience in litigating patent infringement actions involving medical devices, lasers, semiconductors, photography equipment and chemical compounds; copyright infringement; trademark infringement; patent antitrust actions involving Handgards and Walker Process claims; commercial cases involving rights to a publication licensing agreement; right of publicity cases and Lanham Act actions; and complex commercial disputes.
He has represented a number of international, national and regional corporations in the development and execution of appropriate litigation strategies and IP transactions.
Telephone: 214.979.1122
Fax: 214.979.1123
Email: skennedy@kcwfirm.com
Steven E. Clark - Shareholder
Steven Clark has successfully represented clients throughout the State of Texas since 1980. Mr. Clark concentrates his practice on business and commercial litigation, construction, employment and labor law, products liability, and general civil litigation.. <<Read More>>
He also advises business clients and has assisted them in the review and drafting of agreements, and acquisition and sale of assets. During his distinguished career, Mr. Clark has lectured and written on subjects such as choice of business entity considerations, trade secrets, non-competition agreements, partnerships, and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
Martindale-Hubbell recognizes Mr. Clark as an AV® rated attorney, the highest such peer review rating available to any individual lawyer.
Mr. Clark is a member of the Business, Corporate and International practice group of the International Society of Primerus Law Firms, which includes the Labor & Employment and Commercial Law subgroups.
Telephone: 214.979.1122
Fax: 214.979.1123
Email: sclark@kcwfirm.com
Steven Williams - Shareholder
Steven N. Williams is a trial lawyer who has litigated intellectual property cases for a wide range of clients including telecom equipment manufacturers, semiconductor manufacturers, electronics companies, pharmaceutical companies, building materials manufacturers, consumer product companies, and financial service companies. <<Read More>>
Steve helps clients by listening to their needs and understanding their ultimate business goals and objectives. He then collaborates with his clients to develop an effective litigation strategy that will best advance those goals and objectives. Steve assembles teams of nationally recognized consultants and experts having specialized areas of expertise to assist him in explaining to the courts and juries the often complicated technological and other business issues involved in intellectual property cases.
Whether representing clients by asserting their intellectual property rights against infringers, or defending against claims from other parties, Steve approaches every case from the outset with the assumption that the case will go to trial. Accordingly, Steve thoroughly investigates every claim, aggressively develops each fact, and zealously advocates his client's positions at every opportunity.
Telephone: 214.979.1122
Fax: 214.979.1123
Email: swilliams@kcwfirm.com
Jane Du- Associate
Jane Du is a trial attorney who handles all types of intellectual property litigation.She has a background in electrical engineering and has worked in the product development department at Texas Instruments and as an application engineer for Advanced Micro Devices. She is licensed to practice in Virginia and before the USPTO. <<Read More>>
Ms. Du has worked on IP issues involving inventorship, ownership, collateral estoppel, and evidentiary standards of pleading inequitable conduct. She has also written numerous memorandums to clients on the Statute of Frauds, contributory infringement, and inducement. She has filed a post argument letter and citations to the Fifth Circuit.
Telephone: 214.979.1122
Fax: 214.979.1123
Email: jdu@kcwfirm.com
Zac Duffy- Associate
Zac is a trial attorney who handles all types of complex commercial litigation with a special emphasis on labor and employment law, financial disputes, and other business matters. <<Read More>>
He has specific experience in litigating cases involving breach of contract, fraud, theft of trade secrets, non-competition agreements, partnership disputes, unauthorized use of trademarks, Latham Act violations, and unpaid commissions.
He has represented a number of individuals in cases against Dallas Independent School District (DISD). These cases have involved the FMLA, whistleblowing, racial discrimination, gender discrimination, and retaliation.
Telephone: 214.979.1122
Fax: 214.979.1123
Email: zduffy@kcwfirm.com
Kristen Knauf- Associate
Kristen Knauf is a trial attorney who handles all types of complex litigation matters, with a special emphasis on commercial litigation, intellectual property, and unfair competition. <<Read More>>
She has published articles on the Lanham Act and on unconscionable clauses in sports venue leases.
She is licensed to practice in Wisconsin and the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
Telephone: 214.979.1122
Fax: 214.979.1123
Email: kknauf@kcwfirm.com