Bradley Weber
Partner
Locke Lord
Dallas, TX

Brad Weber is the Co-Chair of Locke Lord’s Antitrust Practice Group and Artificial Intelligence Industry Group, working in both the Dallas and Washington, D.C. offices. He also is a Past Chair of the Antitrust & Business Litigation Section of the State Bar of Texas, a former Director on the Board of the State Bar of Texas, a Past President of the Dallas Bar Association, and a Past Chair of the Dallas Bar Foundation.

Brad has developed a full-service antitrust practice with an emphasis on litigation, government investigations and antitrust compliance. His recent litigation cases have involved clients from a wide range of industries, including insurance, multifamily property management, electronics, building products, energy, chemicals, medical devices, travel services, telecommunications and agriculture. He also has extensive experience representing clients in class actions and multidistrict litigation.

Brad’s litigation skills have been recognized by virtually every prestigious legal-rating service. The Best Lawyers in America® recognized him as the “Lawyer of the Year” for Antitrust Law in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area for 2022 and 2024, an honor bestowed each year to only one lawyer in a practice area and metropolitan area. He also was honored in 2015 by The National Law Journal as one of 25 Trailblazers in the United States for M&A and Antitrust Law, and he is recognized as a Band 2 rated lawyer for Antitrust Law in Texas by Chambers USA. For the last several years, Brad also has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for Antitrust Law and by Super Lawyers® for Antitrust Litigation. In addition, for more than 20 years, he has had the highest possible Peer and Judicial rating, AV Preeminent, by Martindale-Hubbell for legal ability and ethical standards.

Brad speaks and writes frequently on antitrust law enforcement, practice, policy and compliance, including developing issues at the intersection of antitrust law and artificial intelligence (AI). He is a frequent guest lecturer on antitrust and trade regulation at the Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University. He also has been a recent speaker and author of a published law review article on the antitrust risks associated with the use of big data and AI algorithms for setting the prices of goods and services. Companies and other groups frequently request him to present antitrust compliance training programs to their officers, in-house counsel and other employees.

Brad is a leader in local, state and national bar associations, including his service as Chair of the Dallas Bar Foundation in 2022 and President of the Dallas Bar Association in 2015. He also previously served as Chair of the DBA’s Board of Directors, Chair of the DBA’s Finance Committee and President of the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers. Brad recently was elected to be a Master in the prestigious Patrick E. Higginbotham Inn of Court. On the state level, Brad is a former Director on the Board of the State Bar of Texas and a former Chair of the SBOT Antitrust & Business Litigation Section.

George Niño
 Executive Vice President
Yokogawa Electric Corporation
Houston, TX

George Niño serves as Executive Vice President for Legal & Compliance and Corporate Secretary for Yokogawa Corporation of America (YCA). He has similar roles with KBC Advanced Technologies (KBC). YCA and KBC’s ultimate parent company is Yokogawa Electric Corporation, a company publicly traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange that has over 17,000 employees and operates in 60 countries. Yokogawa provides advanced solutions in the areas of measurement, control, and information to customers across a broad range of industries, including energy, chemicals, materials, pharmaceuticals, and food. Yokogawa addresses customer issues regarding the optimization of production, assets, and the supply chain with the effective application of digital technologies, enabling the transition to autonomous operations. George’s areas of responsibility for YCA and KBC include contract negotiations, mergers and acquisitions, compliance, business ethics, corporate governance, dispute resolutions, and intellectual property. George often works on international legal issues with Yokogawa colleagues across the globe, including Japan, the European Union, and the Middle East. In 2023, George began researching the legal risks and benefits of companies using artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT. He also posts information about this on LinkedIn, including how to use ChatGPT to help draft an AI tools usage policy and why companies should consider implementing this policy. George spoke about this AI topic in New York and Houston and will do so again later this year in Miami at the Consero General Counsel Forum. George graduated from Yale University and Stanford Law School. Shortly after law school, he worked in Washington D.C. as an international law enforcement specialist with the Treasury Department and as a Special Assistant United States Attorney with the Justice Department. He then began a career in Houston as a Texas trial attorney before joining YCA and KBC. George is a member of the boards of the Texas General Counsel Forum (Houston) and the Hispanic Bar Association (Houston). He also is a member of the Stanford Law School Latinx Alumni Association.