Overview
Blake Bailey is a Principal in McKool Smith's Houston office with a practice focused on complex commercial and intellectual property litigation. Blake has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial disputes involving breaches of contract, breaches of fiduciary duties, and recovery of fraudulent transfers. He also has significant experience litigating disputes surrounding cellular standard essential patents subject to FRAND or RAND obligations. Similarly, Blake has represented technology companies enforcing their intellectual property rights. Blake’s clients include national and international companies, officers and directors, and liquidation trustees.
Upon graduation from Stanford Law School, Blake served as a law clerk for Chief Judge Edith Jones of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Houston. During law school, he was a research assistant for Professor Michael Klausner for Stanford's Securities Class Action Clearinghouse. After completing his undergraduate studies at Trinity University, he worked at the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C. for several years, where he forecasted investment levels in the U.S. economy and analyzed underlying factors in U.S. productivity.
J.D., Order of the Coif, Stanford Law School, 2009
- Stanford Law and Policy Review, Editor
- Stanford Environmental Law Journal, Editor
B.A., magna cum laude, Economics and History, Trinity University, 2003
- Hon. Edith Jones, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- State of Texas