Alexis Ritzer

Alexis Ritzer

Associate

Alexis Ritzer is an Associate at Carter Arnett. Alexis is a registered patent attorney with a background in the energy industry and various scientific fields such as chemistry, thermodynamics, and fluid dynamics. Alexis’ wide background enables her to represent both plaintiffs and defendants in cases involving patent infringement and validity in different technologies involving telecommunications, semiconductors, circuitry, pharmaceuticals, and mechanical engineering.

Prior to joining Carter Arnett, Alexis served as a judicial extern to Judge Jane J. Boyle at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas and a Judicial Law Clerk for the Patent Trial and Appeal Board for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. In law school, Alexis served as a Senior Articles Editor for the Texas A&M University Law Review and the teaching assistant for the Texas A&M University of Law Patent Clinic. Alexis also participated in her law school’s Tax Dispute Resolution Clinic and Trademark and Copyright Clinic.

Honors and Distinctions

  • Texas A&M University School of Law, Award for Excellence in Professionalism and Leadership, 2022

Professional Associations and Community Involvement:

  • State Bar of Texas
  • State Bar of Texas Intellectual Property Law Section
  • American Association of Patent Judges
  • Patent Trial and Appeal Board Bar Association
  • Federal Circuit Bar Association
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association

Practice Areas

  • Patent Litigation
  • Inter Partes Review and Post-Grant Review Proceedings
  • Copyright and Trademark Litigation
  • Complex Commercial Litigation
  • Appeals

Education

Texas A&M University School of Law, 2022, Fort Worth, Texas
Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif

University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2014, Madison, Wisconsin
Master of Science, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Southwestern University, 2010, Georgetown, Texas
Bachelor of Science, Chemistry

Admissions

  • Texas, 2022
  • United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2019
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, 2023
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2023