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Scott D. Marrs

Scott D. Marrs

www.bmpllp.com
Partner
Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P.
Houston, Texas

Scott Marrs provides pre-dispute, pretrial, trial, post-trial, and arbitration counseling to clients on intellectual property, energy, product liability, toxic tort, and other commercial matters.

Representative Cases

  • Obtained the first jury verdict in American jurisprudence involving infringement of a foreign patent, as part of the trial team in a lengthy Beaumont, Texas federal trial
  • Represented NFL coaches in a copyright and trade secret case against other coaches who posted confidential NFL playbooks on the Internet
  • Tried a seminal Texas trade secret case to a Houston state jury involving a client's former employees, subsequently obtaining clarification of Texas law from the appellate court
  • Tried a trademark and trade dress case against industrial valve counterfeiters in a major federal jury trial in Beaumont, Texas
  • Defended an international manufacturer in a patent infringement trial in Tulsa, Oklahoma and in a subsequent appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit in New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Tried a zoning and nuisance case to a state jury on behalf of a prominent private school in Houston
  • Tried a wrongful termination case involving environmental dumping allegations on behalf of a national corporation before a jury in Galveston, Texas
  • Tried a hotly contested defamation and tortious interference case in Houston, Texas on behalf of an international pharmacy chain being sued by a prominent dentist
  • Tried a fraud and breach of fiduciary duty case in Houston, Texas involving claims asserted between business partners in a technical school and defended subsequent appeal
  • Arbitrated a major NASD matter for an international brokerage house involving alleged losses by a group of high net worth businessmen
  • Tried case on behalf of an oil and gas services company against competitors for misappropriation of trade secrets and contempt of prior court order
  • Tried a major construction case to a Houston jury involving alleged improper liens and bonds filed on the property
  • Tried a breach of contract case on behalf of a global paint company to a state jury
  • Tried a construction case involving fraud and breach of contract contentions on behalf of an international supplier of industrial and medical gasses and liquids