Albright Moves Back to Private Practice After Leaving Texas Bench

Former U.S. District Judge Alan D. Albright of the Western District of Texas has returned to private practice as a partner in A&O Shearman’s IP litigation practice as of today. Albright announced in April that he would leave the Western Texas bench by the end of August. Nominated to the federal judiciary during the first Trump Administration, Judge Albright earned a reputation of thoughtfulness and fairness in the application of patent law among plaintiff- and defendant-side lawyers arguing