Chante B. Westmoreland

Chante Westmoreland is trademark lawyer in the Intellectual Property Practice Group in the firm's Houston office.

Areas of Practice

Chante is a trademark, branding, and advertising lawyer who combines her in-depth understanding of her clients’ business and brand with significant trial experience. She represents both plaintiffs and defendants in trademark, copyright, and brand disputes in a wide variety of industries. From entertainment to food and beverage to energy, Chante understands how the case impacts not just the matter at hand, but also her client’s reputation and future growth. By working collaboratively with her clients, prioritizing their goals, and immersing herself in their businesses’ needs, she is able to quickly identify creative solutions.

Chante represents and advises clients on a wide range of brand management needs, including trademark enforcement, litigation, and domain name disputes, as well as compliance with advertising laws. She also counsels her clients across a range of intellectual property issues, from implementing brand protection strategy to navigating litigation through trial. She helps her clients protect their works and their reputations at every stage of development.

In addition to her legal practice, Chante also has a strong commitment to providing pro bono and community service. She advises native communities in cultural property management and protection, and provides intellectual property counseling to local artists. Prior to law school, Chante was a corps member with Teach For America.

Honors

Unrivaled Litigators, Bloomberg Law, 2025

Daily Journal "Top Defense Verdict" in 2024 for MGA Entertainment Inc. v. Harris et al.

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, Intellectual Property Law, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property, 2022-2025

Articles

• "History of the Native American Law Section of the State Bar of Texas," 11 J. Tex. Sup. Ct. Hist. Soc’y 1, 76, 2021
• "States Can Pillage Photos Without Threat of Copyright Claims, SCOTUS Rules. What Will Congress Do?," Law.com, 2020
• "Holiday Hacks: Quick Tips on Protecting Your Brand from Counterfeiting During the Holiday Shopping Season," Lexology, 2020
• "An Analysis of the Lack of Protection for Intangible Tribal Cultural Property in the Digital Age," California Law Review, 2018

Blockchain and Cryptocurrency: Law of the Ledger

• "Takeaways from the Hermès Litigation over MetaBirkins NFTs," March 7, 2023

Intellectual Property Law Blog Posts

• "What Lady Whistledown Can Teach Us About Anti-Counterfeiting," June 25, 2024
• "Second Circuit Finds Art Collective Can’t Use First Amendment to Skate Out of Injunction," December 7, 2023

Media Mentions

Speaking Engagements

• State Bar of Texas Native American Law Section, 2019 Federal Case Update on Federal Indian Law, 2020
• PrivacyCon Poster Session, Mobile Device Search and seizure in the United States and South Korea, Federal Trade Commission, 2018

Memberships

Native American Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, Secretary

Asian American Bar Association of Houston, President-Elect

International Trademark Association, Member

Copyright Society, Member

Houston Young Lawyers Association, Member

Houston Bar Association, Member