About Matthew
Matthew Compton brings a blend of technical training and courtroom practice to his work. He earned a B.A. in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin in 2006 and a J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center in 2011. Those two degrees sit at the center of his professional narrative.
He began his career in industrial controls and then moved into digital marketing analytics. Early jobs as a controls technician at Alliance Automation Group and Trotter Controls gave him hands-on experience with machinery and systems. A stint as a paid search analyst at Apogee Search followed. Those roles preceded law school and helped shape his interest in intellectual property and technology law.
Compton entered legal practice after law school at ClearmanPrebeg LLP in 2011. He joined Prebeg, Faucett & Abbott as a lawyer in 2014. In 2018 he held an of-counsel role at Bayko, Prebeg, Faucett & Abbott and founded Compton & Associates PLLC the same year. In 2023 he became a partner at Adair Myers Stevenson Yagi PLLC. The path shows steady movement between firms and his own practice, reflecting both trial and counseling experience.
He is a registered patent lawyer at the United States Patent and Trademark Office and is admitted to practice in Texas and before a number of federal courts. His listed jurisdictions include the Federal Circuit, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Western and Eastern Districts of Texas, the District of Colorado, and the Eastern District of Michigan, as well as the Supreme Court of Texas. He is a current member of the Houston Intellectual Property Law Association and of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society.
Compton's practice mixes patent prosecution and litigation, trademark matters and other intellectual property issues. He draws on his computer science background when handling technical patent work and on courtroom experience for disputes in federal courts. He sees clients out of a Klein/Spring office by appointment and from a Greenway Plaza office. He currently serves as a partner at Adair Myers Stevenson Yagi PLLC and handles patent and intellectual property matters.
