Jonathan M. Hernandez
Counsel
Areas of Focus
- Intellectual Property
- Patent Litigation
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Technology
- Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
- Autonomous Systems & Advanced Mobility
- Focuses on intellectual property (IP) law with an emphasis on patent infringement litigation.
- Experience in a wide range of industries, including electronics, video game software, telecommunications, and medical devices and systems.
- Prior work experience as an applications engineer in the energy industry.
Jonathan’s practice focuses on complex intellectual property litigation involving a variety of technologies, including video game software, electronics, telecommunications, and medical devices and systems. He has experience representing clients in U.S. district courts across the country and in USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceedings such as inter partes review.
He has worked on many phases of litigation, including motion practice, fact and expert discovery, depositions, inter partes review proceedings, case strategy development, and the preparation of witnesses and arguments for trial. He has substantial experience drafting technical specifications and managing extensive projects that adds to his appreciation of the challenges companies face. His professional experience and technical education helps him understand his clients’ technologies as well as their business and legal needs.
Before becoming an attorney, Jonathan was an applications engineer for Siemens Energy, handling projects for industrial gas turbines in power generation applications. As an engineer with NOV, he managed technical specifications and commercial proposals for onshore drilling rig projects, and assisted in the management of their land structures and moving systems product lines.
In addition to his intellectual property litigation work, Jonathan has advocated for pro bono clients on a variety of matters, including:
- Successfully represented client seeking asylum from dangerous conditions against women in her home country.
- Prepared trademark applications for a local K-8th school.
During law school, Jonathan was inducted into the National Order of Scribes for his accomplishments in legal writing. Jonathan also interned for The Hon. Frances H. Stacy, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
EducationJ.D., South Texas College of Law, cum laude, 2017
B.S., Texas A&M University, 2010
J.D., South Texas College of Law, cum laude, 2017
B.S., Texas A&M University, 2010
Bar AdmissionsTexas
Texas
- Co-Chair, Houston Intellectual Property Law Association, Giles Rich Moot Court Committee.
- Member, American Bar Association, Litigation Section and IP Litigation Committee.
- Member, Houston Bar Association, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee.
- Member, Hispanic National Bar Association.
- Member, State Bar of Texas, Intellectual Property Law Section.
- Member, Mexican American Bar Association of Houston.
- Moderator, Houston Intellectual Property Law Association and University of Houston Law Center’s 38th Annual Institute on Intellectual Property Law, Galveston, Texas, September 30, 2022.
- “Lessons Learned from My First Trial: an HBA Young Lawyers Panel,” Houston Bar Association CLE Webinar, April 1, 2022.
- Moderator, Houston Intellectual Property Law Association and University of Houston Law Center’s 37th Annual Institute on Intellectual Property Law, Galveston, Texas, October 7, 2021.
- “What Every Attorney Should Know About Intellectual Property . . . in About an Hour,” Houston Bar Association CLE, February 7, 2019.
- “Introduction to Intellectual Property Laws,” Society of Petroleum Engineers (Gulf Coast Section) Continuing Education, Houston, Texas, January 24, 2018.
