Director since 2012

Billy Allen joined the TLIE Board of Directors in 2012. He is a patent attorney in Houston. Before his legal career, Billy worked as an electrical engineer designing industrial control and power distribution systems. He received a B.S.E.E. from the University of Houston and a J.D. from the South Texas College of Law, where he was an Assistant Articles Editor for the South Texas Law Review. Billy is admitted to practice in Texas and before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Billy lives in northwest Houston with his wife and two sons. He is an active member of his church and frequently moonlights as a high performance driving instructor.