Apple Turns to Texas Firm for Legal Work in Patent Cases Hotbed

As Apple Inc. fends off a long line of patent suits in Texas, one name to know is Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP.

The Texas law firm worked on nearly two dozen patent cases filed against Apple last year, all in the Western District of Texas, according to Bloomberg Law data. That accounts for more than half of all patent cases filed against the iPhone maker in that district in 2021.

While Kelly Hart isn’t working most of the cases alone—the firm is often paired with national powerhouses like Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Morrison & Foerster LLP, or Fish & ...