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Rocky supports the firm’s pro bono efforts with Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts (TALA) by assisting with filings and client communications to help ensure deadlines are met and matters run smoothly.
His approach to work is shaped by patience, adaptability, and teamwork—qualities developed through experience at both large international law firms and small IP boutique practices. Sports have played an important role in his life, teaching him the value of collaboration and connection.
Outside of work, Rocky enjoys spending time with his family and supporting his three youngest daughters in their sports activities. He played sports in high school and now enjoys golfing and bowling.
Rocky Nastasi is a paralegal in Gray Ice Higdon’s Intellectual Property practice. He works with a wide range of clients, including large multinational organizations, innovative startups, and individual inventors through the firm’s pro bono program. Rocky assists clients in safeguarding their inventions and supports organizations in managing and maintaining their intellectual property portfolios.
Rocky is known for being hardworking, trustworthy, and dependable. He brings a calm, detail-oriented approach to his work while keeping deadlines front and center, ensuring that quality and timeliness are maintained even under pressure.
Rocky supports attorneys and clients across a range of intellectual property matters. His work includes assisting with portfolio management, supporting invention protection efforts, managing filings and deadlines, and communicating with clients to keep matters moving efficiently.
He is recognized for being responsive and approachable, and for consistently being available to help—no matter the size or urgency of the task.
Two-Time Star Employee, Eversheds Sutherland (recognition for going above and beyond in service to clients)
Rocky began his legal career in 2006 as a practice assistant at Pillsbury Winthrop, where he supported litigation teams and assisted trial attorneys in preparing for court. In 2011, he relocated to Austin and joined Abel IP, a boutique intellectual property firm, where he spent five years developing experience in IP work.
He later joined Eversheds Sutherland, where he worked for nine and a half years, supporting complex intellectual property portfolios for a broad range of clients. Rocky now brings that experience to Gray Ice Higdon, continuing to support attorneys and clients in protecting innovations and managing IP strategies.
Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice with a minor in Psychology from University of Houston-Downtown
Rocky Nastasi is a paralegal in Gray Ice Higdon’s Intellectual Property practice. He works with a wide range of clients, including large multinational organizations, innovative startups, and individual inventors through the firm’s pro bono program. Rocky assists clients in safeguarding their inventions and supports organizations in managing and maintaining their intellectual property portfolios.
Rocky is known for being hardworking, trustworthy, and dependable. He brings a calm, detail-oriented approach to his work while keeping deadlines front and center, ensuring that quality and timeliness are maintained even under pressure.
Rocky supports attorneys and clients across a range of intellectual property matters. His work includes assisting with portfolio management, supporting invention protection efforts, managing filings and deadlines, and communicating with clients to keep matters moving efficiently.
He is recognized for being responsive and approachable, and for consistently being available to help—no matter the size or urgency of the task.
Two-Time Star Employee, Eversheds Sutherland (recognition for going above and beyond in service to clients)
Rocky began his legal career in 2006 as a practice assistant at Pillsbury Winthrop, where he supported litigation teams and assisted trial attorneys in preparing for court. In 2011, he relocated to Austin and joined Abel IP, a boutique intellectual property firm, where he spent five years developing experience in IP work.
He later joined Eversheds Sutherland, where he worked for nine and a half years, supporting complex intellectual property portfolios for a broad range of clients. Rocky now brings that experience to Gray Ice Higdon, continuing to support attorneys and clients in protecting innovations and managing IP strategies.
Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice with a minor in Psychology from University of Houston-Downtown
Rocky supports the firm’s pro bono efforts with Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts (TALA) by assisting with filings and client communications to help ensure deadlines are met and matters run smoothly.
His approach to work is shaped by patience, adaptability, and teamwork—qualities developed through experience at both large international law firms and small IP boutique practices. Sports have played an important role in his life, teaching him the value of collaboration and connection.
Outside of work, Rocky enjoys spending time with his family and supporting his three youngest daughters in their sports activities. He played sports in high school and now enjoys golfing and bowling.
