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Chris
Stewart

  • Partner
Chris Stewart
  • Intellectual Property and Trial
  • Litigation
  • Trademark
  • Copyright
  • Trade Secrets
  • Condemnation and Eminent Domain
  • Business Disputes
  • Professional Malpractice

Biography

Chris Stewart has a side business that sells vintage sports cards named Peppin Vintage. His personal collection features vintage non-sports cards of Civil War General and 18th U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant. His favorite card is a 1954 Topps Hank Aaron rookie card, a gift from his high school government teacher.

Chris Stewart and his family attend Hillside Christian Church.

Education

  • University of Nebraska College of Law, Lincoln, Nebraska
    • J.D. - 1996
    • Honors: High Honors
    • Honors: Order of the Coif
  • West Texas A & M University
    • B.A. - 1992
    • Honors: magna cum laude

Bar Admissions

  • Missouri, 1996
  • Kansas, 1996
  • Texas, 1999
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas

Professional Associations

  • State Bar of Texas, Intellectual Property Law, Computer and Technology, and Litigation Sections, Member, Present
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association, Present
  • The Missouri Bar, Present
  • Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow, Present
  • Amarillo Area Bar Association, Former Director, Present
  • Lubbock County Bar Association, Present
  • West Texas A&M University Enterprise Center, Advisory Board, 2015 to 2020
  • Enterprize Challenge, Judge, 2008 - 2009

Honors

  • Named Top 20 Under 40 by Amarillo Chamber of Commerce, 2009
  • AV Preeminent® Peer Review rating by the LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
  • Named to the Texas Super Lawyers and Rising Stars list as one of the top attorneys in Texas for 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008

Published Works

  • Note, 74 Neb. L. Rev. 221

Pro-Bono Activities

  • Entrepreneur support volunteer work through regular talks at Small Business Development Centers throughout West Texas

Representative Cases

  • Yellow City Remodeling, LLC v. Yellow City Construction, LLC, 2020 WL 9211188 (N.D. Tex. 2020)
  • Merrick Pet Care, Inc. v. Petkin, Inc., 2016 WL 5219820 (TTAB 2016)
  • Kiss My Face, LLC v. PyrLessGroup, LLC, 2015 WL 616656 (TTAB 2015)
  • Tayama v. RIOM Corporation, 2012 WL 556007 (N.D. Tex. 2012)
  • Wilkins v. Wilkins, 2009 Tex. App. LEXIS 6243 (Tex. App. – Amarillo 2009)
  • Myers v. Mega Life + Health Ins. Co., 2008 Tex. App, LEXIS 2803 (Tex App. -- Amarillo 2008)
  • In re N&T Specialty Welding & Mfg., 2008 WL 5050301 (Tex. App.--Amarillo 2008, orig. proceeding)
  • In re: Myers, 2006 Tex. App. LEXIS 1128 (Tex. App. – Amarillo 2006)
  • Duke Energy Field Services, L.P. v. Meyer, 190 S.W. 3d 149 (Tex. App. – Amarillo 2005)
  • Spectrum Vision Systems, Inc. v. Spectera, Inc., 35 F. Supp. 2d 797 (D. Kan. 1998)
  • National Cable Television Co-op v. Viacom International, 37 F. Supp. 2d 1266 (D. Kan. 1998)
  • Hale v. Roberson, 1998 LEXIS 13316 (W.D. Mo. 1998)

Past Positions

  • Law Office of Chris Stewart, P.C., Amarillo, TX, Sole Shareholder, 2006 to 2012
  • Gwinn & Roby, LLP, Amarillo, TX, Partner, 2003 to 2006
  • Gibson, Oschner & Adkins, LLP, Amarillo, TX, Associate, 2001 to 2003
  • Brown & Fortunato, PC, Amarillo, TX, Attorney, 1999 to 2001
  • Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin, LLP, Kansas City, MO, Associate, 1996 to 1999
Chris Stewart standing by desk
Martindale-Hubbell | AV Preeminent | Peer Rated for Highest Level of Professional Excellence | 2023
Rated By Super Lawyers | Rising Stars | Christian D. Stewart | SuperLawyers.com
Rated By Super Lawyers | Christian D. Stewart | Selected In 2008 | Thomson Reuters