Ken’s practice focuses on litigation involving business disputes, real estate (including developer issues, landlord/tenant matters, and construction claims), insurance coverage matters, bankruptcy litigation, employment litigation, and stockbroker and financial institutions claims. He has experience representing parties in litigation in state and federal courts at the trial and appellate levels and has represented debtors and creditors in proceedings in various bankruptcy courts. Ken has also represented parties in connection with arbitrations before the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) and New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) (collectively now known as the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)), and other arbitration forums.

I come to work every day driven by the fact that my clients trust that I will do everything I can to preserve and protect the businesses that they have built.

Business Litigation

  • Representing parties in a wide range of business and commercial disputes including partnership disputes, securities and investor claims, asset-backed securities, gas station distribution contracts, franchisor/franchise disputes, and antitrust claims.
  • Counseling various businesses through pre-litigation investigations and evaluation of exposure to claims and potential liability.

 

Employment Litigation

  • Representing parties in employment matters, including covenants not to compete, non-disclosure agreements, non-solicitation agreements, protection of and/or misappropriation claims concerning confidential information and trade secrets, temporary restraining orders, and injunctions, investigations of claims, wrongful termination, claims under FLSA, Title VII, ADEA, and other federal and state law, and other employment disputes.
  • Routinely called on to prosecute or defend requests for injunctions to enforce covenants not to compete, non-solicitation clauses, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, trade secrets, and other employment-related issues.

 

Real Estate and Real Estate Litigation

  • Representing a national retail commercial developer in multiple disputes and litigation matters in Texas for 10+ years.
  • Representing a national construction company in multiple disputes and litigation matters in Texas for 8+ years.
  • Representing owners, REITs, developers, landlords, property management companies, “big box” and other large tenants, sellers, buyers, general contractors, subcontractors, material providers, and construction equipment lenders, in various claims and disputes including:
    • Lease disputes and landlord/tenant issues
    • Collection actions
    • Landlord and tenant bankruptcies
    • Mechanics and materialman’s and other property liens
    • Developer liability and disputes involving amenities
    • Foreclosure
    • Adverse possession
    • Slander of title Condemnation and eminent domain proceedings
    • Restrictive covenants
    • Easements and boundary disputes
    • Earnest money contracts
    • Design and construction claims
    • Rights of first refusal
    • Breach of fiduciary duty
    • Partnership disputes
    • Title and actions to quiet title
    • Providing general legal advice and drafting lease amendments and other general contracts.
    • Prosecuting or defending requests for injunctions to enforce restrictive covenants, rights in real estate, contracts for sale, and other matters involving real estate.

 

Financial Institutions Litigation

  • Representing parties in customer claims involving securities brokerage firms and brokers, regulatory actions, and other related matters. Claims include allegations of unsuitability; unauthorized trading; churning; failure to supervise/negligent supervision; fraud; statutory fraud; securities fraud under Section 10b, Rule 10b-5 and the Texas Securities Act; and negligence.
  • Representing lenders and financing companies in secured creditor litigation; lender liability claims, claims of fraud, and other such claims; actions to obtain sequestration, injunctions, and other orders to preserve collateral; and collection matters.
  • Handling disputes involving mortgages and complex real estate financing transactions.

 

Bankruptcy-Related Litigation

  • Representing debtors, creditors, and shareholders in bankruptcy litigation including equitable subordination, constructive trust, fraud, insurance, claims objections, adversary proceedings, confirmation hearings, fraudulent transfer, preference actions, other Chapter 5 claims, FRCP 60 challenges, lender liability, and other claims.
  • Representing debtors, trustees, and litigation trusts to assert claims against third parties such as former directors and officers, insurers, vendors, and other third parties to recover funds or monetize claims for the estate or trust.
  • Representing parties in bankruptcy preference actions and adversary proceedings involving claims for subordination.

Texas
District of Columbia
United States Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

U.S. District Court
Southern District of Texas
Northern District of Texas
Eastern District of Texas
Western District of Texas

U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Southern District of Texas
Northern District of Texas
Eastern District of Texas
Western District of Texas

AV Peer Rated Preeminent® by Martindale Hubbell
BL Rankings, Best Lawyers in America® in Bankruptcy and Creditor Rights, Business Organizations, Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy, Litigation – Labor and Employment, Real Estate Law, 2018-2025

Recognized in Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters

  • Top 100: Texas Super Lawyers: 2023
  • Top 100: Houston Super Lawyers: 2023-2025
  • Rising Stars 2006-2009
  • Super Lawyers 2012-2025
  • “Top Lawyers in Texas” 2013
  • Board of Directors of the Texas Aggie Bar Association January 2008-2017, Secretary 2012-2014, President-Elect 2014-2015, President 2015-2016
  • Appointed to the Texas State Bar Court Rules Committee 2007-2013
  • Advisory Board  and Lecturer – Georgetown University Advanced Real Estate Litigation Institute, 2007
  • Appointed to Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee of the State of Texas 2005- 2006
  • Frequent volunteer at Special Olympics events, including NFL Play 60 camps with Texans, NFL Super Bowl LI Play 60 camp
  • Special Olympics Texas East Region Resource Board
  • Texas Bar Foundation Life Fellow
  • Houston Bar Foundation Fellow
  • State Bar of Texas
  • District Bar of Columbia
  • Houston Bar Association
  • Houston A&M Club
  • Texas Aggie Bar Association
  • Order of the Barons
  • Order of the Coif

Houston Bar Association

  • HBA Charity Golf Tournament Committee, 2003 – Present (Co-Chair 2005, 2021-2024)
  • HBA Special Olympics Committee, 2003, 2008 – Present (Co-Chair 2011-2012)
  • HBA Bench Bar Committee, 2023 – Present
  • HBA Membership Committee, 2024 – Present (Co-Chair 2024-2025)
  • HBA Solo & Small Firm Section, 2025-Present (Co-Chair 2025-2026)

 

Texas Aggie Bar Association

  • President 2015-2016, former board member

Texas A&M University
B.B.A. in Management, 1993

The University of Houston
J.D. Cum Laude, 1996