Education

J.D., Vanderbilt University Law School, 2003

B.M., Berklee College of Music, 1996

Practice Areas

General Counsel for Business and IP matters

Intellectual Property Litigation

Business and Commercial Litigation

Local counsel for IP and Commercial Litigation Matters

Trademark and Copyright Prosecution

Brian Casper

Brian Casper, Member, is an experienced business attorney and litigator who focuses on intellectual property and commercial litigation. Brian counsels businesses on all aspects of their general business and IP transactions and has secured trademark protection for his clients all over the world.  He has also litigated patent disputes in cases involving internet broadcast technology, design patents, shale shakers in the oil drilling industry, and the technology behind medical drug testing. 

Brian also advises clients on other matters such as drafting Master Service Agreements, licensing and non-disclosure agreements, IP acquisition, due diligence, corporate governance, and general business matters.

Brian earned his law degree from Vanderbilt University Law School and holds a bachelor's degree in Music Production and Engineering from Berklee College of Music. In addition to attending Vanderbilt University Law School, Brian attended the Intellectual Property Summer Institute and Franklin Pierce Law Center, where he had the privilege of learning from the Honorable Gerald J. Mossinghoff, former Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, and from John M. Whealan, former Deputy General Counsel for IP Law and Solicitor at USPTO.

“I help my clients structure their business to keep them out of trouble. When they get into trouble my goal is to keep them out of court. When they must visit the courtroom my job is to win.”

• Speedway Children’s Charities, Trustee, 2014-Present

• State Bar - Texas - 2010

• State Bar - Utah - 2019

• State Bar - Tennessee - 2003

• United States District Court in the Northern District of Texas

• United States District Court in the Eastern District of Texas

• United States District Court in the Southern District of Texas - 2017

• United States District Court in the Middle District of Tennessee

• United States District Court in the Western District of Tennessee

• United States District Court in the Eastern District of Tennessee

• United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

• United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

• United States District Court for the District of Utah

• “Best Discovery Practices” CLE, 2014

• “Best Discovery Practices Part 2 – Discovery Misconduct and Sanctions” CLE, 2014