Business Litigation

• Represents parties in a wide range of business and commercial disputes, including shareholder/partner/member disputes, breach of contract, fiduciary duty litigation, and trade secrets and non-compete litigation.
• First chair in all litigation phases, including case assessment, pre-trial matters, motion practice, discovery, trial, and appeal.
• Obtained numerous summary judgments disposing of cases or awarding judgment without the need for trial.
• Provides advice and counsel to minority and majority shareholders related to records inspections, claims analysis, and derivative proceedings.
• Negotiates business divorces through buy-outs.

Civil Appeals

• Represents clients in various appellate cases before the Courts of Appeals and Texas Supreme Court.
• Obtianed affirmation of a dismissal of a contending claim in property forfeiture proceeding.
• Obtianed affirmation of an interlocutory order denying a motion to dismiss regarding a defamation counterclaim.
• Obtained reversal and remand on appeal of an order dismissing a case based on an arbitration clause.
• Obtained reversal and render of a judgment regarding adverse possession client had lost on at trial.

Real Estate Litigation

• Represents owners, landlords, buyers, sellers, general contractors, and subcontractors in various claims and disputes, including landlord-tenant disputes, construction defects, removal of liens, and Uniform Fraudulent Transfers Act cases.
• Represents a number of commercial landlords in disputes with tenants.
• Provides advice, counsel and representation to goods and services providers and commercial landlords regarding statutory lien laws.

Construction Litigation

• Obtained multi-million dollar settlement in case involving remediation services at an apartment complex following the Great Texas Freeze of 2021.
• Represents materials and service providers in filing of materialmen’s liens.
• Represents commercial landlords in the removal of materialmen’s liens.

Business Divorce and Shareholder Disputes

• Obtained buy-out of a minority interest in an oil and gas company during the course of litigation at fair value.
• Negotiated and obtained a reverse buy-out (minority gets the company) for minority shareholder of a computer systems support company during the course of litigation.