Atty. Chris Limbacher
Chris Limbacher is an Associate at Houston's Heim, Payne & Chorush, focusing on patent trials. Before joining the firm, he spent almost a decade working as a software engineer in the healthcare and oil & gas industries.
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Chris Limbacher is a patent and ip attorney based in Houston, Texas, practicing at Heim, Payne & Chorush LLP. Admitted to practice in Texas, State Bar of Texas. Educated at University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2016) and Georgia Institute of Technology (B.S. (Computer Science), 2005). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Litigation - Intellectual Property (2026) and Best Lawyers in America — Litigation - Patent (2026). Serands clients in Houston, TX and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Chris Limbacher is an Associate at Houston's Heim, Payne & Chorush, focusing on patent trials
- Before joining the firm, he spent almost a decade working as a software engineer in the healthcare and oil & gas industries
- After multiple years developing commercial products – including enterprise software suites, real-time control systems, and automated wireless tracking systems – he decided it was time to take on new challenges as a practicing attorney
- Now, Mr. Limbacher focuses on patent litigation for a variety of companies, handling cases involving the same computer technologies and electrical engineering issues that he mastered during his software engineering career
- He regularly represents clients in IPR (inter partes review) proceedings and ex parte patent reexaminations
- In both technology and law, his approach to problem-solving has remained the same
- Mr. Limbacher learned firsthand the value of immersion to provide the degree of expertise necessary to excel
- His hands-on engineering experience in the oil & gas industry resulted in multiple invention disclosures and a pending patent for automating drill pipe tally during drilling
- Similarly, his in-depth study of the healthcare industry led him to write and publish an article on the effects of state and national legislation on healthcare pricing
- Mr. Limbacher brings that same deep-dive approach to patent litigation. “It’s important to immerse yourself, both in how the technology works and how the industry works, in order to provide the best solution to a client’s issue,” he says
- As a student at the University of Houston Law Center, Mr. Limbacher served as Note and Comment Editor for the Houston Law Review, and he was honored for authoring the year’s best student article
- His numerous academic awards include the Dean’s Scholarship, the Stephen S. Rudolph Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Achievement, and multiple LEX Awards for top law school section scores in Contracts, Civil Procedure, and Constitutional Law
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Why local counsel matters in Texas
Practicing law in Texas. Legal matters in Texas are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Houston are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Texas state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Texas brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Texas courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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