Firm represented defendant, a non-profit charitable organization, in a suit filed against it by a major oil company. Acknowledging in its 59-page opinion that “this case is complex,” the federal district court granted [...]
Defended Camin Cargo from competitor’s claim that Camin wrongly hired away sales representatives, stole trade secrets and knowingly violated the terms of plaintiff’s employee confidentiality and nonsolicitation agreements. Obtained a favorable settlement that [...]
Represented BHP Billiton in a lawsuit brought by an individual claiming to own an interest in leases covering BHP Billiton’s property. The case involved interpretation of complex wills and estate documents, and the [...]
Won a case for Progress Energy (formerly Florida Power Corp.) on summary judgment and collected full damages (plus interest). The firm filed a lawsuit on Progress Energy’s behalf to recover more than $1 [...]
Represented Dynamic Industries, a portfolio company of the private equity firm Riverstone Holdings, LLC, against Dynamic’s former owner and chief executive officer and several of his affiliated entities. The firm developed and implemented [...]
Co-lead Counsel for Plaintiffs in a four-week jury trial involving the controversial Ashby High Rise Project. We obtained a unanimous jury verdict that the proposed high-rise project constitutes a nuisance-in-fact.
We were hired shortly before trial to serve as lead trial counsel for the executor of the Whitley estate-the founder of Ranger Steel Services, LP-in litigation involving numerous claims against the executor totaling [...]
Successfully forced the plaintiff to arbitrate claims against the other partners in his medical practice, despite repeated attempts by the plaintiff (and later, his estate) to file multiple lawsuits and subpoenas in various [...]
Trial counsel for plaintiff, a major construction contractor, in a three-month jury trial that the Texas Supreme Court later described as “hotly disputed at almost every turn.” The jury awarded plaintiff over $23 [...]
We agreed to help the nonprofit Institute for Justice, on a pro bono basis, to challenge the Texas civil asset forfeiture statute, which empowers the government to seize property it believes is “contraband”, [...]