Mr. Starks applies intense research and analytic skills to all stages of litigation from initial responses, discovery, and case strategy. Prior to joining the firm as an associate, he was a judicial intern for Judge Amos L. Mazzant of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Judge Trenton Brown of the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia, and Judge A. Joe Fish of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. He also served as a Dallas Regional Solicitor’s Office intern for the U.S Department of Labor.

He graduated from the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law and earned his bachelor’s degree, cum laude, from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. During law school, he served as senior articles editor for the Science and Technology Law Review and was an Antitrust & Big Tech Symposium board member. He earned the Wilson W. Herndon Memorial Award as the highest-ranking antitrust law student and was named to the Pro Bono Honor Roll. He competed in the Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition for U.S. Trademark and Unfair Competition Law and the Jackson Walker Moot Court Competition where he earned Best Advocate in Round distinction.