Overview
Avery Williams is a trial lawyer specializing in complex commercial litigation and intellectual property matters. He is co-chair of McKool Smith’s trade-secret practice, and also focuses on representing clients in emerging copyright disputes concerning infringement related to AI-generated images. He is the author of McKool Smith’s AI Litigation Tracker, which provides weekly updates to monitor breaking developments related to key generative AI-focused copyright infringement-related litigations impacting the media and entertainment sectors.
Avery represents both plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts across the nation. His experience includes being a member of the McKool Smith trial team that secured a “Top 100 Verdict” for the developers of Canyon Ridge Resort against financial services firm Sterne Agee & Leach, and one of its former investment bankers.
On the defense side, Avery’s victories include helping to secure a complete defense verdict for CenturyLink in a securities fraud suit brought by five groups of investors and four of its current and past executives who accused the company of securities fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and fraud.
Avery is recognized as a leading lawyer for commercial litigation by Best Lawyers.
J.D., magna cum laude, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, 2010
- Comment editor, SMU Law Review
- Member, The Barristers, an honorary service organization
B.A., Trinity University, 1997
- State of Texas
- The U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, and Southern Districts of Texas