Dallas Attorneys William Munck and E. Leon Carter Honored Among Nation's Top Lawyers

Top Quote William Munck and E. Leon Carter, name partners in Dallas-based IP and business litigation law firm, Munck Carter, have been selected for inclusion in the 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. End Quote
  • Dallas, TX (1888PressRelease) October 27, 2010 - The Dallas law firm of Munck Carter LLP is pleased to announce the selection of name partners William Munck and E. Leon Carter to the 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

    Mr. Munck, managing partner of the Dallas-based firm and chairman of the firm's Intellectual Property Section, is highlighted in the intellectual property litigation category. Mr. Carter, who serves on the firm's executive committee, is highlighted in the commercial litigation and bet-the-company litigation categories.

    Mr. Munck's national practice focuses on guiding clients in the domestic and foreign procurement, management and enforcement of patent rights, as well as defense against third-party intellectual property claims and intellectual property issues related to mergers & acquisitions, licensing matters, and public and private financings.

    Mr. Munck earned his law degree from Hofstra University School of Law. Additionally, he holds a master's degree in systems architecture and network communications and undergraduate degrees in computer science, electrical engineering and mathematics from Hofstra University. Mr. Munck has been named repeatedly to top lawyer lists by Chambers USA, Texas Super Lawyers® (both by Texas Monthly and nationally by Corporate Counsel magazines), D Magazine and Lawdragon. In 2010, the Dallas Business Journal recognized him as one of the top 15 business-litigation defense lawyers in Dallas/Fort Worth in the "The Defenders" special section.

    Mr. Carter represents plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial litigation, including patent, trade secret and unfair competition, election and voting rights, products liability, First Amendment, labor and employment, and toxic tort cases. He has tried more than 50 civil and criminal cases to a jury. He is a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and an advocate in the American Board of Trial Advocates. Mr. Carter has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Arlington and Southern Methodist University's Dedman School of Law. He is a repeat honoree in The Best Lawyers in America, as well as the Texas Super Lawyers® list of top attorneys in Texas. The Dallas Business Journal has named him one of the top business defense attorneys in Dallas/Fort Worth, while Lawdragon included him among its "500 Leading Lawyers in America."

    To develop The Best Lawyers in America, researchers with Woodward/White Inc. conduct an extensive peer-review survey of thousands of attorneys from across the United States. The 2011 listing is based on more than 2.8 million detailed evaluations of individual U.S. lawyers.

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