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Lloyd & Mousilli: The Houston IP Boutique Led by a Former Apple and Dell Senior Corporate Counsel

Origin and Background

Lloyd & Mousilli, PLLC’s Houston office is located at 11807 Westheimer Road, Suite 550, Houston, TX 77077, in the Energy Corridor area, confirmed through State Bar of Texas records and multiple directories. Founded in 2003, the firm has grown into a multi-city practice with attorneys based in Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Francisco, and several international locations. Managing Partner Feras Mousilli holds a J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law, an M.S.E. in Computer Science Engineering from Johns Hopkins University, and a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering and Computer Science, also from Johns Hopkins. Before founding the firm’s current form, Mousilli served as Senior Corporate Counsel for both Apple Inc. and Dell Inc., and practiced patent litigation as a registered U.S. Patent Attorney at DLA Piper.

Practice Concentration

The firm describes itself as a boutique specializing in intellectual property and technology law, built to give startups and entrepreneurs Fortune-500-caliber representation without large-firm overhead. Its stated practice spans patent, trademark, and copyright litigation and prosecution, trade secret and unfair competition matters, and virtual general counsel services for growing technology and AI/SaaS companies. See this Houston Intellectual Property directory for how this technology-focused, startup-oriented boutique compares to other Harris County IP firms.

Notable Work / Track Record

The firm’s own site states that Mousilli has personally defended more than 150 IP lawsuits and secured over $2 billion in settlements for technology companies worldwide across his career, a career-spanning, firm-reported figure rather than a single case result. As is typical for a firm serving startups and growth-stage companies under confidentiality-heavy engagements, Awesome Attorneys did not identify a published table of individual case verdicts specific to the Houston office.

Client Voice

Lloyd & Mousilli holds a Martindale-Hubbell Gold Client Champion designation, which the platform states requires at least ten client reviews and an average score of 4.5 or higher — the highest of Martindale’s three Client Champion tiers. Awesome Attorneys did not identify individually quoted named client testimonials in the sources reviewed beyond this aggregate rating designation.

Beyond the Courtroom

Mousilli has served on the board of the Association of Corporate Counsel’s Austin Chapter for a number of years and has been a guest lecturer at the University of Texas School of Law. He is a recipient of the Judge Suzanne Covington Pro Bono Award from Volunteer Legal Services and has served on local boards of national civil rights organizations, according to his firm biography.

Recognition for This Houston Intellectual Property Firm

Mousilli was named a 2010 Texas Rising Star by Texas Super Lawyers and Texas Monthly. The firm’s own directory listing states recognition as a “Top 50 U.S. Trademark Attorneys” firm. Because patent attorneys are credentialed through USPTO registration rather than Texas Board of Legal Specialization certification, Awesome Attorneys notes this distinction rather than applying “specialist” language based on a state board credential that does not exist for this specialty; Mousilli’s status as a Registered U.S. Patent Attorney is the relevant credential here.

Texas Legal Backdrop

Startup and technology-company IP work of the kind this firm handles often centers on trademark clearance and prosecution under the federal Lanham Act, copyright registration and licensing under federal copyright law, and trade secret protection under both the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act and the Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act, codified at Civil Practice & Remedies Code Chapter 134A. Patent matters proceed almost entirely under federal law through the USPTO and, where litigated, federal district courts and the Federal Circuit. None of this is legal advice; a specific patent, trademark, copyright, or trade secret matter should be evaluated by a licensed and, where applicable, USPTO-registered attorney based on the actual facts involved.

Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Lloyd & Mousilli’s clearest differentiator is Feras Mousilli’s in-house pedigree at two of the world’s largest technology companies, translated into a boutique built specifically for startups and AI/software companies that need Big Law-caliber IP counsel without Big Law pricing. The honest trade-off is that this is a technology- and startup-oriented practice, meaning a client with traditional industrial or energy-sector patent needs — more common among Houston’s other IP firms — may find a closer subject-matter fit elsewhere. For a startup founder, SaaS company, or growth-stage tech business navigating trademark, copyright, or patent matters, Mousilli’s corporate in-house background and the firm’s stated Fortune-500-caliber approach are a reasonable basis for a shortlist.

Methodology and Sourcing

This profile was researched from Lloyd & Mousilli’s official website (lloydmousilli.com), including its Houston intellectual property litigation page and Feras Mousilli’s attorney biography, State Bar of Texas member directory records, Martindale’s Houston office listing, and a Catalog.Lawyer directory profile of the firm.

Publisher Disclosure and Independence Notice

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