Munck Wilson Mandala

United States 2025

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Year founded: 1997

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Munck Wilson Mandala's goals are to provide the highest-quality legal service, to be an integral part of each of our clients’ victories, and to recruit and retain the brightest, most tenacious legal talent. We develop sustained relationships with our clients, aimed at providing the best solution to their legal needs.

Our attorneys work together as a team, interact in a mutually respectful and supportive manner, and treat one another with respect, trust, and dignity. While we hold one another to the highest standards, we also bring enthusiasm, innovation, and commitment to advancing the welfare of our clients and our firm.

Faced with high-stakes legal challenges and a difficult economic environment, the world’s most sophisticated clients, both big and small, look to Munck Wilson Mandala to understand and deliver sound judgment on their business issues. We are recognized regularly as one of the nation’s leading technology-focused law firms. Blending experience and expertise, our attorneys have established a substantial track record of success in handling complex trials, transactions, and technology matters in courtrooms and boardrooms around the world. Many of our attorneys hold engineering degrees and have worked in high-tech/engineering roles.

Our attorneys have earned recognition among their peers in various listings, including Best Lawyers in America and BL Ones to Watch, Super Lawyers and Rising Stars, Lawdragon 500, D Magazine’s Best Lawyers in Dallas, Los Angeles Times Leaders of Influence and Top 100 Attorneys, IP Stars, World Trademark Review 1000, and IAM Patent 1000. We are tremendously proud of these recognitions.

In 2021, MWM was honored with a Top 20 Texas Verdict and a Top 100 National Verdict for AMS Sensors USA Inc. v. Renesas Electronics America, Inc., as reported by VerdictSearch and The National Law Journal. That same year, Law360 listed MWM as a Texas Regional Powerhouse, one of only five Texas law firms listed for that prestigious title. MWM is celebrating its 25th year in business in 2023, and the leaders, attorneys, and staff are looking forward to the next 25 years of business in Texas and nationally.

Rankings

Munck Wilson Mandala is nationally ranked in 1 practice areas and metro ranked in 17 practice areas. Best Law Firms rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process.

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National Rankings

Tier 3

Tier 3 for Commercial Litigation

Metro Rankings

Austin

Tier 3 for Administrative / Regulatory Law

Tier 3 for Commercial Litigation

Chicago

Tier 2 for Litigation - Labor and Employment

Dallas/Fort Worth

Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation

Tier 1 for Copyright Law

Select Clients

Crane Co.
DFW Airport
Galderma Laboratories, LP
Raytheon
Siemens Corporation
Texas A&M University

Highlighted Client Comments

All client comments represent the opinions of the people who provided them. All potential clients are urged to remember that no two cases are ever completely alike and that the result in one case does not guarantee a similar result in another case.

Venture Capital Law

Extremely knowlegeable in all areas of venture capital law.

Luis Cruz, CFO – Trinity Groves Restaurant Incubator Partners LP

Litigation - Labor and Employment

Extremely knowlegeable in all areas of litigation law.

Luis Cruz, CFO – Trinity Groves Restaurant Incubator Partners LP

Employment Law - Management

Extremely knowlegeable in all areas of employment law.

Luis Cruz, CFO – Trinity Groves Restaurant Incubator Partners LP

Extremely knowlegeable in all areas of intellectual property.

Luis Cruz, CFO – Trinity Groves Restaurant Incubator Partners LP

Corporate Law

Randy Ray and Susan Hogan were instrumental in our process. The team is both strategic and detailed, as well as very experienced.

Collin Jones, President – Resi Media

Corporate Law

I have been very please with Randy Ray's support on our transactions.

Tra Willbanks, GC/Chief Compliance Officer – Anchor Partners

Corporate Law

Munck Wilson Mandala is always competent, knowledgeable and professional. They are always thorough in their research and analysis and give good advice and opinions.

Corporate Law

Munck Wilson Mandala has been integral in our firm's operations as we continue to grow. Their attention to our firm's issues and their commitment to assist us with various aspects of our business has exceeded my high expectations.

Andrew Offer, CEO – Scientific Health Development

MWM team not only brought great insight into our copyright process, but managed the process in a very cost-effective, strategic way.

Mark Stanley, Vice President, Microsoft Gaming – Microsoft

Patent Law

Munck Wilson Mandala has been outstanding as it relates to intellectual property work for our company. I feel confident in relying on their opinions, and their attention to balancing strategy and utility versus cost is extremely helpful.

Patent Law

Munck Wilson Mandala is highly responsive, and its work is of very high quality at very cost-effective pricing. Munck Wilson Mandala is committed to diversity, and it is not just advertising talk. Munck Wilson Mandala has shown its commitment in its hiring and promotion actions.

Employment Law - Management

Munck Wilson Mandala has dedicated and knowledgeable attorneys that work hard for their clients.

Venture Capital Law

Munck Wilson Mandala has dedicated and knowledgeable attorneys that work hard for their clients.

Litigation - Labor and Employment

Munck Wilson Mandala has dedicated and knowledgeable attorneys that work hard for their clients.

Litigation - Intellectual Property

Our company has secured over 20 patents through the professional services of Munck Wilson Mandala. The patents have held up under challenge and our firm has received several patent infringement settlements through the services of the MWM legal team.

Michael Lehrman – iLife Technologies

Litigation - Patent

We have engaged Munk Wilson Mandala for over ten years and have found its services superlative in every respect. We endorse the professional skill of MWM without reservation.

Michael Lehrman – iLife Technologies

I have had excellent experience with Munck Wilson Mandala in all areas of practice. We use them primarily for general corporate law matters and M&A.

Litigation - Intellectual Property

For over 20 years Munck Wilson has supplied exceptional counsel and assistance in the filing of six highly technical medical device patents for Sleep Methods', and over a dozen technical patents for innovations in micro-electronic accelerometers for Sleep Methods' parent iLife Solutions.

Michael Lehrman – iLife Technologies

Trademark Law

The trademark team at Munck Wilson Mandala is a pleasure to work with. Their service levels are exceptional, and they always have my company's best interest in mind. They provide alternative fee arrangements that guarantees certainty in legal expenditures and allows for predictable budgeting. In addition, they provide strategic guidance in the areas of trademark and patent prosecution. I would definitely recommend Munck Wilson Mandala.

Patent Law

I cannot speak highly enough of the Munck Wilson law firm in general in relation to patent litigation and support. As the long time General Counsel at Galderma, we had tremendous success and favorable outcomes in our Hatch-Waxman patent litigation as well as in other types patent disputes. They were always knowledgable, responsive and well versed on recent changes in patent litigation jurisprudence that I simply did not have time to closely follow.

Quintin Cassady, General Counsel – Modern Meadow

Technology Law

Patent Law

We've successfully received multiple patents for our technology working with MWM, and also defended against baseless patent trolls.

Jimmie MacLean

Corporate Law

We've been with Munck Wilson Mandala since the company's inception. They have been an incredible partner through all phases of the journey from a small scrappy start up raising friends and family money, through VC funding, Royalty financing, minority PE, and majority PE transactions. Through it all, MWM has been one of our most trusted and reliable partners.

Jimmie MacLean

Dedicated and Knowledgeable attorneys that work hard for their clients.

Luis Cruz, CFO – Trinity Groves Restaurant Incubator Partners LP

Trademark Law

I have used Munck Wilson Mandala exclusively for trademark work. Their work is always well done, and we always excellent response and personal attention. I wouldn't use anyone else!

Litigation - Patent

Munck Wilson Mandala provides excellent service for very reasonable fees.

Daniel Sibley

Litigation - Patent

Over 20 years Munck Wilson Mandala has successfully prosecuted several patent infringement actions on behalf of Sleep Methods parent iLife Solutions.

Michael Lehrman – iLife Technologies

Rankings

National Rankings

Tier 3

Tier 3 for Commercial Litigation

Regional Rankings

Austin

Tier 3 for Administrative / Regulatory Law

Tier 3 for Commercial Litigation

Chicago

Tier 2 for Litigation - Labor and Employment

Dallas/Fort Worth

Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation

Tier 1 for Copyright Law

Tier 1 for Corporate Law

Tier 1 for Employment Law - Management

Tier 1 for Insurance Law

Tier 1 for Litigation - Intellectual Property

Tier 1 for Litigation - Labor and Employment

Tier 1 for Litigation - Patent

Tier 1 for Patent Law

Tier 2 for Labor Law - Management

Tier 2 for Litigation - Construction

Tier 2 for Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Tier 2 for Sports Law

Tier 3 for Technology Law

Tier 3 for Trademark Law

Los Angeles

Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation

Tier 3 for Litigation - Real Estate

Practice Areas

The below are areas of legal specialty volunteered by the firm and do not designate a specialty in which a Best Law Firms ranking is held.

Copyright Law
Litigation - Intellectual Property
Litigation - Patent
Trademark Law

Individuals Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America^®

Munck Wilson Mandala has 29 lawyers recognized for individual performance in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^®. By receiving this Best Lawyers recognition from their peers for their professional excellence, these lawyers made Munck Wilson Mandala eligible for evaluation for Best Law Firms rankings. For almost two decades, Best Lawyers has awarded these singular accolades, making them the foundation of our Best Law Firms awards. Read more about our Best Lawyers process here.

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