Richard Graves

Richard Graves - Chase College of Law

Assistant Professor of Law

"The law is as fascinating as the nearly infinite variety of human interactions that it governs. It is a delight as well as a privilege to help students prepare themselves to navigate the legal complexities of those interactions."

  • Courses Taught

  • Patent Law
  • Basic Legal Skills-Writing

Profile

Rick Graves joined Chase after eight years as a litigator and nine years on the faculty of Stetson University College of Law. He holds a Master of Laws degree in Intellectual Property and another in International Law and Business. His litigation practice areas included contracts, intellectual property, products liability, insurance, and appeals. He has served as a judicial law clerk to U.S. District Court Judge Henry A. Mentz, Jr., as a Master of the Judge John M. Scheb Inn of Court, as Editor-in-Chief of the third edition of the Texas Bar's legal ethics treatise, and as a Continuing Legal Education instructor for both the University of Houston Law Foundation and the National Law Foundation. He earned his initial law degree from Tulane Law School, where he won all three Moot Court competitions for individuals, served as an editor of the Tulane Law Review, and won the Gertler Award for the best casenote of his Review class. His publications include Globalization, Treaty Powers, and the Limits of the Intellectual Property Clause, for which he won the 2003 Charles B. Seaton award.

Latest Publications

Globalization, Treaty Powers, and the Limits of the Intellectual Property Clause, 50 Copyright Soc'y U.S.A. 199 (2003)