Jamil N. Alibhai

Phone: (972) 628-3629

Fax: (972) 628-3616

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Jamil N. Alibhai is a Partner at Munck Carter, and Chairman of the Litigation section.

Mr. Alibhai has participated in all facets of intellectual property disputes and complex commercial litigation cases and appeals in state and federal courts nationwide. Mr. Alibhai has experience in cases involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and other intellectual property, corporate and partnership disputes, securities issues, lending issues, insurance and surety coverage issues, hospitality industry, bankruptcies and adversary proceedings, and receiverships.

Mr. Alibhai earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1992 in Economics and Political Science from New York University College of Arts and Science. While in college, he represented NYU at the National, North American, and World Parliamentary Debate Championships. Mr. Alibhai earned his law degree in 1995 at the Southern Methodist University School of Law, where he was a William F. Hutchison Merit Scholar and graduated as a member of the Order of the Barristers. Mr. Alibhai also won two American Jurisprudence Awards and was twice named Best Advocate. Mr. Alibhai has also taught Trial Advocacy as an Adjunct Professor at Southern Methodist University School of Law.

Representative Experience:

  • Representing defendants in actions brought by non-practicing entities (NPE) in the Eastern District of Texas.
  • Representing an international pharmaceutical company in patent infringement cases against generic manufacturers in the Northern District of Texas.
  • Represented the City of Dallas and the Chief of Police of the Dallas Police Department in an appeal in which the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the trial court's grant of summary judgment (Saucedo-Falls v. Kunkle, No. 07-11177 (5th Cir. Nov. 6, 2008)).
  • Representing a publicly-traded company in five patent infringement actions relating to vending machines in district court and on appeal to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.  The Federal Circuit reserved the preliminary injunction entered by the trial court. 
  • Representing Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions, Inc. in a patent infringement and trade secret action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
  • Representing the County of Dallas in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas in a Voting Rights Act challenge brought by the Texas Democratic Party.
  • Represented former officers and directors of a telecommunications company in a breach of fiduciary action brought by a bankruptcy trustee in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Bar Admissions:

  • Texas, 1995
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Texas

Published Works:

  • Zealous Advocacy and the Search for Truth, 61 Texas Bar Journal 1009, 1998
  • Know How To Stay, Smart Business, February, 2008

  • Selected for inclusion in Texas Rising Stars, 2008 - 2010
  • Selected by the Dallas Business Journal as one of the Top 15 Business Defense Lawyers in the D/FW metroplex, 2009
  • Dallas Bar Foundation, 2010 Fellow

Professional Associations and Memberships:

  • State Bar of Texas
  • Dallas Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association

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