{"id":1784,"date":"2022-06-22T16:46:55","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T21:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsfirm.com\/?p=1784"},"modified":"2022-06-22T16:46:55","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T21:46:55","slug":"texas-lawbook-interviews-judge-t-john-ward-on-legal-career-transformation-of-patent-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsfirm.com\/news\/texas-lawbook-interviews-judge-t-john-ward-on-legal-career-transformation-of-patent-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Lawbook Interviews Judge T. John Ward on Legal Career, Transformation of Patent Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ward, Smith &amp; Hill Of\u00a0Counsel\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wsfirm.com\/attorneys\/t-john-ward\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">T. John Ward<\/a>\u00a0recently received inclusion in the Texas Bar Foundation\u2019s 2022 Outstanding 50-Year Lawyer Award for his dedication and service to the legal profession. Texas Lawbook interviewed Judge\u00a0Ward on his career and building the reputation of the Eastern District of Texas known as the \u201crocket docket.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI get credit,\u201d Judge Ward said, \u201cfor having this great insight into how to build a patent docket\u201d \u2013 or, as it\u2019s typically described, a rocket docket.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe truth is, I had no such insight. I just wanted to manage my docket as efficiently as possible.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read the entire article in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/texaslawbook.net\/i-never-meant-to-make-marshall-a-patent-lawyers-mecca-storied-ex-judge-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\"><em>Texas Lawbook<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0<\/em>(subscription\u00a0required).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ward, Smith &amp; Hill Of\u00a0Counsel\u00a0T. 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