EXPERIENCE

Luke McLeroy started LFM Firm in February 2025 with more than twenty years of experience as an intellectual property licensing executive, legal counsel, law professor, and mediator. During that time, Luke has been recognized as one of the world’s foremost experts on intellectual property, both generally and with respect to standard-essential patents.  

Previously, Luke worked at Avanci where he designed, built, and operated multiple licensing platforms that efficiently share essential technology owned by dozens of companies. Luke made integral contributions to the creation and growth of the ground-breaking Avanci Vehicle 4G licensing platform, which at the time of his departure had licensed more than 175 million connected vehicles under the essential patents owned by more than 50 leading wireless companies.

Luke also led the North American patent licensing business of a Fortune 500 company and practiced as a principal at a United States law firm during his career.  In those roles, he analyzed, developed, valued, and licensed intellectual property portfolios in diverse technology areas such as wireless connectivity, satellite communications, energy, audio and video codecs, and data networks and security.   He also represented clients in front of legislative bodies, government agencies, standard-setting organizations, and other forums to advocate on issues related to intellectual property and the development of global technical standards. 

As an Adjunct Law Professor, Luke teaches Intellectual Property Licensing at the SMU Dedman School of Law and has been invited to speak on intellectual property and standard essential patents at events hosted by the American Bar Association, the Berkley Center for Law and Technology, the European Commission, the International Telecommunications Union, the Licensing Executives Society, Stanford Law School, Tilburg University, University College London, and the World Intellectual Property Organization. 

Since completing mediation training in 2018, Luke has resolved many commercial disputes through alternative dispute resolution. Luke frequently volunteers at the Dallas County Dispute Resolution Center to mediate lawsuits in which one or more parties cannot afford to hire a lawyer.

Luke graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering and received a Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law.

To learn more about Luke and his work, watch his appearance on the SEP Couch podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfXLN7fTG1Y.