Jenny Martinez

Jenny Martinez is a member of MWM’s executive committee and she co-chairs the litigation group. Jenny represents both plaintiffs and defendants in business disputes involving trade secrets, intellectual property, employment disputes, contracts, and collections. She works alongside MWM’s patent, copyright, privacy, data protection, employment, antitrust, and trademark lawyers to provide clients with extremely specialized advice in new tech development.

Jenny was a key member of the legal team defending Halliburton in connection with all civil litigation and investigations arising out of BP’s Macondo well (Deepwater Horizon) blowout in the Gulf of Mexico — the largest environmental lawsuit in the history of the United States. She is annually listed among the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America, Texas Super Lawyers, and Best Lawyers in America.

Representative Matters

• Representing international pharmaceutical company in complex lawsuit asserting claims for patent infringement, breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets, trade dress infringement, and unfair competition. The case has involved two separate cases filed in California and Texas against over 20 defendants. Obtained dismissal of several key causes of action based on personal jurisdiction, preemption, and other grounds under FRCP 12(b(6) and repeatedly obtained favorable discovery rulings that have put the case in a strong position to obtain summary judgment in the coming months. The plaintiff seeks over $200 million and is set for trial in November 2023;
• Represented Halliburton in all civil investigations and litigation arising out of BP’s Macondo well blowout (Deepwater Horizon) in the Gulf of Mexico;
• Represented financial institutions in litigation involving breach of promissory notes, breach of guaranty agreements, fraud investigations and recoveries under financial institution bonds;
• Represented financial institution in arbitration involving software developer’s breach of contract to develop and customize loan origination software;
• Represented international manufacturing and technology company in class action litigation involving allegations of breach of warranty and consumer fraud;
• Represented international life insurance and pension company in class action litigation involving allegations of consumer fraud.

Education

Associations & Memberships

American Bar Association

Dallas Association of Young Lawyers

Dallas Bar Association

State Bar of Texas, 1999

Honors & Awards

Best Lawyers in America, Woodward White, Inc.
2022-2023

Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America
2017-2023

Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters
2015-2022

Women, Influence, & Power Awards, DEI Champion,
2021

The Best Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine
2012, 2014, 2017, 2019-2021

Bar Admissions

Texas, 1999

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas

U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas