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Chris
Stewart
Chris
Stewart
- Partner

- 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



