Larry Macon has more than 30 years of first-chair trial experience and has tried more than 100 jury cases, representing plaintiffs and defendants in all phases of litigation in state and federal court, and in national and international arbitration proceedings. Mr. Macon has been listed in numerous editions of The Best Lawyers in America in the Commercial Litigation category and was selected for inclusion in 2008 through 2010 in the Bet-the-Company Litigation category. In addition, he has been repeatedly recognized in a survey of his peers as a “Texas Super Lawyer.” Mr. Macon is an avid runner who has completed more than 500 marathons, and in 2008 he set a new Guinness World Record for completing the most marathons—105—in a single calendar year.

Mr. Macon has represented clients as lead trial counsel in cases across the country, including—

• an international media company in nine class action and shareholder derivative lawsuits filed in San Antonio, Texas, defending against claims of violations of securities laws and breach of fiduciary duties in connection with a multibillion-dollar merger transaction
• a nationwide plaintiff class of hospitals, nursing homes and other customers in an antitrust class action suit brought in federal court in Spartanburg, South Carolina, against the nation’s largest hospital bed manufacturer for alleged monopoly bundling; In 2006, Modern Healthcare identified the settlement as the sixth largest ever in an antitrust suit lawsuit of this type
• an international telecommunications company in federal court in Greenbelt, Maryland, defending against claims of alleged theft of trade secrets and breach of contract involving computer software
• a medical device company in a suit against a larger competitor in federal court in San Antonio, Texas, alleging antitrust violations; The National Law Journal identified the verdict as the third largest in the United States in 2002
• an international electronics and telecommunications conglomerate in a case filed by a competitor in state court in Dallas, Texas, seeking more than $1 billion in damages for alleged theft of trade secrets. The case was closely followed by the business and legal press and, as reported by Texas Lawyer in 2000, settled during jury trial after the Texas Supreme Court rejected the plaintiffs' attempt to depose top-level executives of the defendants. See In Re Alcatel USA, Inc., 11 S.W.3d 173 (Tex. 2000)
• a medical device company in a patent infringement case that resulted in the then-largest settlement ever entered in the Western District of Texas, as reported by Texas Lawyer in 1994
• the president of the largest Texas Savings and Loan association to go into receivership in a criminal fraud trial that ended in acquittal; the case was included in Texas Lawyer’s “The Best of Big Suits” list for 1993
• a professional basketball team in litigation involving the acquisition of an all-star player
• a former mayor of the city of San Antonio defending against a slander suit.

Mr. Macon’s current representations include—

• a group of plaintiffs in an antitrust class action suit brought in federal court in New Jersey against a medical device manufacturer with damages alleged of several hundred million dollars
• plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit in Connecticut for alleged RICO violations
• plaintiffs and defendants in multiple large patent infringement lawsuits in federal court throughout the country, including in the Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, North Carolina and Delaware
• plaintiffs in an antitrust class action lawsuit in Pennsylvania for an alleged price fixing conspiracy
• plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit in Tennessee for alleged antitrust violations including an alleged unlawful monopoly.

Mr. Macon is Board Certified in both Civil Trial Law and Civil Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He is Board Certified in Civil Trial Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and is a diplomate of the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys.

Mr. Macon received his B.A. in American studies in 1967 from Yale University and his J.D. with honors in 1970 from the University of Texas, where he was a member of Order of the Coif and Phi Delta Phi. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas.