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Re:Appeals Court: Judge Can't Ignore the Supreme Court to Ke... by tyingq on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @09:21AM (#15338366)
His son is a lawyer specializing in commercial law. He's based in Dallas. It appears most of his cases were in a different district, but I see at least one case on the Eastern District. The cases appear to be more broad than just patent cases.

https://www.velaw.com/Who-We-Are/Find-a-Lawyer/Gilstrap--Ste...

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Re:Appeals Court: Judge Can't Ignore the Supreme Court to Ke... by Sir_Cmpwn on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @09:42AM (#15338517)
I wonder if this is a complete list of his cases. Given that he's been a laywer for 7 years, I'm inclined to think not, but I can't say I'm familiar enough with the legal world to judge the quality of this source.
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Re:Appeals Court: Judge Can't Ignore the Supreme Court to Ke... by tyingq on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @09:49AM (#15338576)
It says he was a judicial clerk through 2013. And I assume both he and his father would be aware of the potential issues with optics.

Edit: Optics meaning the appearance of bias, nepotism, etc. I don't dispute the judge is supporting patent trolls. There is, though, no evidence it's for personal financial gain, and I suspect there's been significant digging. It is perhaps just ego driven.

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Re:Appeals Court: Judge Can't Ignore the Supreme Court to Ke... by Sir_Cmpwn on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @09:56AM (#15338635)
What is "optics"? And I offer these guys very little trust, given that the father is the shadiest and most notorious patent troll player in the country.
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Re:Appeals Court: Judge Can't Ignore the Supreme Court to Ke... by floatingatoll on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @01:53PM (#15341006)
The “optics” of a situation are “how it would be perceived in a critical evaluation”, especially in the press. So the optics of having a son bring patent case to his father’s patent-friendly district are very poor.
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