Benjamin Kelly Rejoins Baker McKenzie As Partner In Dallas Intellectual Property Practice
Global law firm Baker McKenzie has announced the return of Benjamin Kelly as a Partner in its Dallas Intellectual Property Practice. With nearly two decades of trial experience, Ben will bolster the firm’s IP and commercial litigation capabilities, bringing deep expertise in patent and trade secret disputes involving advanced technologies and complex cross-border issues.
Benjamin Kelly Rejoins Baker McKenzie as Partner in Dallas Intellectual Property Practice
Global law firm Baker McKenzie has announced that Benjamin Kelly has rejoined the firm as a Partner in its Intellectual Property Practice in Dallas.
Benjamin Kelly is a highly skilled trial attorney with nearly two decades of experience counselling and successfully leading clients through all stages of litigation. He has managed or led numerous significant disputes involving publicly traded and privately held companies in complex commercial matters with material damages claims. Notably, Ben has deep experience handling high-stakes, multi-jurisdictional patent and trade secret disputes involving advanced technologies.
Throughout his career, Ben has represented clients in federal and state courts across the United States, in international arbitrations, and on appeal—often cross-examining experts, executives and senior management on complex scientific, technical and damages issues.
Welcoming his return, Will Woods, Chair of the Firm’s Americas Commercial Practice, said,
Michelle Hartmann, Managing Partner of the Texas offices, said,
Baker McKenzie maintains one of the world’s largest full-service IP litigation and trade disputes practices, combining local IP and commercial knowledge with global cross-border experience. The firm’s team advises companies across diverse sectors including technology; consumer goods and retail (including luxury and fashion); energy and infrastructure; financial services; healthcare and life sciences; and industrial, manufacturing and transportation—offering comprehensive support across brand management and enforcement, IP disputes including patent litigation and prosecution, copyright, plant variety rights (PVR) protection, designs, trade secrets, IP transactions, tax and broader strategic IP advisory.
Ben’s return marks the latest in a series of strategic partner additions to Baker McKenzie’s Intellectual Property team, following the arrivals of partners Indradeep Bhattacharya (London), Celia Cheah (Kuala Lumpur), Christa Anderson (Washington, DC), Keo McKenzie (Washington, DC) and Justin Becker (Washington, DC).
Sharing his excitement, Benjamin Kelly said,
Ben holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at El Paso and a JD from the University of Texas School of Law.
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