Maria Wyckoff Boyce

Maria Wyckoff Boyce prosecutes and defends complex commercial and intellectual property cases in the energy and technology industries throughout the United States. In 2021, she won a US$152,290,000 jury verdict in the Eastern District of Texas, which was the largest trade secrets verdict in the country that year. She has also secured several other plaintiff and defense victories for her clients in cases involving damages of eight, nine, and 10 figures.

Maria has tried fraud, trade secret misappropriation, breach of contract, products liability, personal injury, and employment cases to Texas juries in state and federal court. She has tried patent infringement cases to juries in Delaware, California, and Texas. Maria also has handled several high-profile employee benefits cases. She has been named the "Litigator of the Week" by The American Lawyer and a Law360 MVP. Her trial results have also been highlighted in The National Law Journal, Law360, Texas Lawyer, and Texas Lawbook. She is also featured in Hogan Lovells' Proof in Trial podcast.

Maria is ranked by Chambers and is an elected member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). She has been named a "Woman on the Move" by Texas Executive Women, a "Premier Woman in the Law" by the Association of Women Attorneys, one of Texas' "Top 50 Women Lawyers," one of Houston's "50 Most Influential Women," and one of the "25 Most Powerful and Influential Women in Texas." Maria was also recognized in the Houston Business Journal's "Who's Who in Energy-Legal (2016–2017)."

Maria is proud that her United States senators have selected her to serve on the bipartisan committee that interviews federal judicial candidates for district court and Fifth Circuit vacancies in Texas. She was also appointed by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas to the Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel in 2018.

An active speaker about legal developments in the areas of intellectual property damages, trends in energy litigation, and expert witnesses, Maria recently authored a chapter on expert witnesses in ALM's Texas Business Litigation (2022) and an article about expert communications and reports in the State Bar of Texas' The Advocate. She was a featured speaker at the 2018 Women in Energy Leadership Initiative and the Advanced Civil Trial Law Course of the State Bar of Texas. She has spoken at the National Association of Women Judges annual conference and the Harris County Civil Judges annual conference. Maria is honored to have served on the board of directors and board of trustees of several educational, arts, and religious organizations.

Within Hogan Lovells, Maria has led the Oil, Gas, and LNG sector of the Hogan Lovells global Energy and Natural Resources group and served as a member of the global leadership team of the firm's Litigation, Arbitration, and Employment practice.