About Xavier
Xavier Bennett moved from circuit boards to courtrooms. He earned a B.S. in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University - Prairie View A&M University in 2003, then turned to law and received his Juris Doctor from South Texas College of Law in 2012. The combination of technical training and a law degree has shaped the arc of his legal career.
His first professional years were in industry. In 2004 he worked as a logic designer and as an emulation and verification engineer for Motorola, later Freescale Semiconductor. Those early roles gave him direct experience with digital design and verification workflows. He returned to legal practice after law school and built a series of associate roles and clerkships that exposed him to litigation and client counseling. In 2011 he was a summer associate at Patterson & Sheridan, LLP and that year also served as an associate at Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri LLP. He later joined Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Agosto & Aziz as a lawyer in 2016.
By 2018 his resume included both firm work and a brief period practicing under his own name; he operated the Law Office of Xavier M. Bennett, PLLC that year and also worked as an associate at Orgain Bell & Tucker, PLLC. In 2019 he took a post at the United States Patent and Trademark Office as a patent examiner. That role placed him inside the patent review process and gave him hands-on experience evaluating patent claims. He returned to private practice and, as of 2021, has served as an associate at Sorrels Law.
Bennett is admitted to practice in Texas and before the Federal Circuit. He is active in professional circles that intersect trial and intellectual property work. His memberships include the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, the Houston Trial Lawyers Association, the Houston Intellectual Property Law Association, the Houston Minority Intellectual Property Law Association, and the Houston Young Lawyers Association. These memberships reflect a mix of trial experience and specialized IP interest.
Across positions in private firms, a federal agency, and a brief solo practice, Bennett has maintained a steady overlap of technology and litigation. His engineering background informs how he approaches technical testimony and claim construction. In practice he works on patent matters and related litigation in state and federal venues. He is currently an associate at Sorrels Law, handling intellectual property and trial-related matters.
