Seven trial attorneys from Alavi Anaipakos have earned spots in The Best Lawyers in America for their multi-industry work in commercial disputes and patent lawsuits covering established and emerging technologies.
Alavi Anaipakos co-founders Amir Alavi and Demetrios Anaipakos are highlighted in the 2025 Best Lawyers rankings along with fellow firm attorneys Masood Anjom, Scott W. Clark, Michael McBride, Brian Simmons, and Joshua Wyde.
The Alavi Anaipakos honorees were selected based on nominations from an anonymous panel of attorneys ranked in the current edition of Best Lawyers. The lawyers who cast the ballots are asked to nominate attorneys whose work they have witnessed firsthand.
Alavi Anaipakos’s representation of clients in high-stakes cases includes a multimillion-dollar patent infringement verdict against T-Mobile last month and a final judgment for Safe Foods Corporation in another patent infringement lawsuit, where the firm invalidated a patent that a company was using against numerous companies in the U.S. poultry industry.
Alavi Anaipakos recently expanded the firm’s considerable technical expertise with the addition of Callie Pendergrass as a Senior Patent Agent. She joined the firm with years of experience in inter partes review proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, where she has maintained lifetime institution designations at a 90 percent higher rate than the PTAB average of 60 percent for the past five years.
Alavi Anaipakos represents both plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial litigation, with a focus on patent infringement, trade secret, and intellectual property lawsuits, as well as related licensing agreements.
The firm has helped its intellectual property clients prevail against some of the world’s largest companies, including Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Broadcom, Motorola, LG Electronics, Qualcomm, and Samsung, as well as global smartphone giants such as Oppo, Vivo, and Xiaomi. Alavi Anaipakos has also handled multifront litigation on behalf of companies in Germany, China, Japan, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Dubai, and other international venues.
Houston-based Alavi Anaipakos is home to high-stakes trial lawyers known for solving complex problems. The firm’s attorneys have handled some of the world’s largest patent infringement disputes and significant commercial cases across various industries, including oil and gas, energy, software, high-tech, financial services, and beyond. Our team members have been in the trenches in marquee legal battles across the nation and the world for nearly 30 years.
