Jones Walker announced today that Patrick R. Byrd joined the firm as an associate in the Business & Commercial Litigation Practice Group. Mr. Byrd will practice from the firm’s Houston office.

Prior to joining Jones Walker, Mr. Byrd worked as an associate at the law firm of Baker Botts, L.L.P. Mr. Byrd’s practice focuses on the areas of energy, securities, and pharmaceutical litigation. He has helped advise clients at all levels of the litigation process from drafting pretrial briefs and taking depositions, to assisting with appeals to the Supreme Court of the United States and Supreme Court of Texas.

Mr. Byrd served as a law clerk from 2007-2009 to the Honorable Ewing Werlein, Jr., in the United States District court for the Southern District of Texas. He is a 2007 honors graduate from the University of Houston Law Center, where he served as the managing editor for the Houston Law Review. He received his bachelor of science from the University of Texas in 2002.

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