Robert P. Fitz-Patrick

Mr. Fitz-Patrick practices primarily in the Litigation and Intellectual Property arenas, and has expertise in Leave & Disability Law, Workers Compensation Law and Insurance Law. He is a licensed patent attorney, having been admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office in 1998.

In his Intellectual Property practice, Mr. Fitz-Patrick specializes in patent litigation and has experience with strategic and tactical issues related to patent portfolios, including prosecution, enforcement and licensing of patent rights, along with patentability, validity and infringement studies and opinions, as well as due diligence in connection with acquisitions of patent portfolios.  In addition, he has a BV rating through Martindale-Hubbell and serves as an instructor for Evidence Workshop and Advanced Trial Practice at the University of Tulsa College of Law.

• Shareholder

• Appellate
• Civil Rights
• Due Diligence for Intellectual Property
• Employment Counseling
• Healthcare
• Indian Law
• Insurance
• Intellectual Property & Information Technology
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Labor & Employment
• Licensing
• Litigation
• Patents & Patent Litigation
• Products Liability
• Trade Secrets
• White Collar Defense & Investigations
• Workers' Compensation

• University of Tulsa College of Law (J.D., with honors)
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.S. in Engineering, 1987)
• Boston University (B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, cum laude, 1979)

• U.S. District Court of the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma
• Oklahoma, 1991
• Oklahoma Supreme Court 
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth, Tenth and Federal Circuits

• 2001 - Present Hall Estill
• 1999 - 2001 McGivern, Gilliard & Curthoys
• 1991 - 1998 Hall Estill

• American Bar Association
• Oklahoma Bar Association
• Tulsa County Bar Association

• Leave & Disability Law
• Correctional Facility Law

• Instructor, Evidence Workshop and Advanced Trial Practice, University of Tulsa College of Law