Warren McCarty is the managing partner of AZA’s Dallas office and a partner in AZA’s intellectual property group. Mr. McCarty has served as counsel in technology-related cases resulting in verdicts and settlements of over $2.5 billion since 2015. In 2024 alone, he tried and won three patent lawsuits as lead counsel or trial counsel, helping clients secure combined verdicts encompassing over $93 million in unpaid royalties. In 2025, he served as co-lead counsel in the firm’s $78M patent infringement verdict against Samsung involving automatic content recognition software.
Mr. McCarty is consistently recognized in professional peer rankings for his courtroom skills, including Super Lawyers Rising Stars and The Best Lawyers in America’s “Ones to Watch” based on his work nationwide. His experience includes federal court litigation across the country in places like California, Delaware, Texas, Oregon, North Carolina, and Arizona, as well as domestic and international arbitrations.
Clients frequently call on him to cross-examine key opponent witnesses at trial. Those include technical experts, engineers, Fortune Global 500 corporate representatives, and many others. Bookending his cross-examinations, he has repeatedly delivered winning opening statements and closing arguments in his client’s cases to juries, arbitrators, and judges across the nation.
Warren McCarty is the managing partner of AZA’s Dallas office and a partner in AZA’s intellectual property group. Mr. McCarty has served as counsel in technology-related cases resulting in verdicts and settlements of over $2.5 billion since 2015. In 2024 alone, he tried and won three patent lawsuits as lead counsel or trial counsel, helping clients secure combined verdicts encompassing over $93 million in unpaid royalties. In 2025, he served as co-lead counsel in the firm’s $78M patent infringement verdict against Samsung involving automatic content recognition software.
Mr. McCarty is consistently recognized in professional peer rankings for his courtroom skills, including Super Lawyers Rising Stars and The Best Lawyers in America’s “Ones to Watch” based on his work nationwide. His experience includes federal court litigation across the country in places like California, Delaware, Texas, Oregon, North Carolina, and Arizona, as well as domestic and international arbitrations.
Clients frequently call on him to cross-examine key opponent witnesses at trial. Those include technical experts, engineers, Fortune Global 500 corporate representatives, and many others. Bookending his cross-examinations, he has repeatedly delivered winning opening statements and closing arguments in his client’s cases to juries, arbitrators, and judges across the nation.
EDUCATION
- University of Virginia School of Law, J.D.
- Virginia Law and Business Review, Editor-in-Chief
- Illinois State University, B.A.
- summa cum laude
- Member of varsity football team
HONORS AND AWARDS
- Texas Rising Star honors as presented by Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters Business, 2019-2025
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, by Best Lawyers in America, 2024
- 2025 IAM Strategy 300: The World’s Leading IP Strategists
ADMISSIONS
- State Bar of Texas
- State Bar of Illinois
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
IN THE NEWS
- University of Virginia School of Law, J.D.
- Virginia Law and Business Review, Editor-in-Chief
- Illinois State University, B.A.
- summa cum laude
- Member of varsity football team
- Texas Rising Star honors as presented by Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters Business, 2019-2025
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, by Best Lawyers in America, 2024
- 2025 IAM Strategy 300: The World’s Leading IP Strategists
- State Bar of Texas
- State Bar of Illinois
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
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