Travis E. DeArman is a trial lawyer and Principal in McKool Smith's Dallas office. He focuses on complex commercial litigation and intellectual property litigation. Travis represents plaintiffs and defendants in federal and state court and in arbitration, and manages cases from pre-filing investigation through appeal.

Travis has managed patent litigation involving a broad range of technology, including telecommunications, digital imaging, lasers, medical devices, general manufacturing equipment and methods, and oil and gas field equipment, copyright and trade secret litigation, as well as a wide range of complex commercial litigation and arbitration.

From 2014-2015, Travis served as a law clerk for the Honorable J. Rodney Gilstrap, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas. During his clerkship, Travis gained experience and perspective from the other side of the bench, assisting Judge Gilstrap with the busiest civil trial docket in the country.