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| | Address | | 3400 Carlisle, Suite 550 | | Dallas, Texas 75204 | | (Collin, Dallas & Denton Cos.) | |  | Free Initial Consultation |
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(Main Office)
| The Beckham Group practices in the following areas of law:
Breach of Contract, Fraud and other Business Torts, Securities Fraud, Real Estate, Oil and Gas, Officer and Director Liability, Trade Secrets, Shareholder Derivative Suits, International Business Litigation, Class Actions, Deceptive Trade Practices, Jurisdictional Disputes, Enterprise Liability, Technology Issues, Lender Liability, Defamation, Accounting Malpractice, Attorney Malpractice, Employment Issues, Trade Secret and Proprietary Information Suits, Personal Injury, Appellate. | | Year Established: 1994 | Firm Profile:
THE BECKHAM GROUP is a business and commercial litigation firm. Blake Beckham established the predecessor firm in 1994, our attorneys represent plaintiffs and defendants in all forms of business disputes through mediation, arbitration, trial, and appeal. THE BECKHAM GROUP attorneys are professionally aggressive litigators.THE BECKHAM GROUP attorneys utilize the latest in computer technology to provide cost-effective, comprehensive representation. In fact, THE BECKHAM GROUP is one of the state's leaders in the use of technology in the court room and in trial preparation. THE BECKHAM GROUP utilizes animated power point presentation in virtually every appearance before the court, mediator, or arbitration panal. Use of video deposition clips carefully edited into powerful presentations of evidence has become a hallmark of THE BECKHAM GROUP's court room success. In the pretrial stage, THE BECKHAM GROUP lowers the client's costs by electronically imaging all document productions and using the latest software to manage and organize the discovery. THE BECKHAM GROUP represents clients of all sizes, from the largest multi-national companies to sophisticated individual clients in all areas of business and commercial litigation. The firm initiates and defends complex litigation in all federal and state courts, as well as arbitration panels, with determined attention to detail, close coordination with the client, and strategic use of rules and procedures. THE BECKHAM GROUP provides large-firm experience and expertise with small-firm attention and fees. The firm embraces progressive billing concepts by employing flat fee, contingent fee, reverse contingent fee, hourly fee, and blends of all of the above depending on the needs of the client. THE BECKHAM GROUP prides itself on creative, low-impact billing systems, and on close, personal attention to clients' legal affairs. It is THE BECKHAM GROUP's unique policy not to charge for in-house copying, routine postage, faxes, supplies, or long-distance telephone charges. THE BECKHAM GROUP carries the highest legal ability rating in Martindale-Hubbell. | | Firm Size: 6 | Languages:
Spanish. | Representative Clients:
Exxon Mobil Corporation; 3dfx. Interactive, Inc.; STB Systems, Inc.; Commercial Recovery Systems; AB Matzarna (Sweden); Hi-Tech Creations, Inc.; Mibec Corp.; Nucentrix Broadband Networks, Inc.; One Stop Food Stores; Marcoa Publishing, Inc.; IPM Products Corp.; Texas Lawyers Insurance Exchange; TruGreen, LP; KTAQ-TV; Desnoyers, S.A. (France); Yoroshii Investments (Mauritius), pte. Ltd.; Wedges Holdings, Ltd.; Energy Infrastructure (India) Group Ltd.; Phoenix Network Technologies Europe, Inc. (England); Lattimore Materials Company, L.P.; First Financial Computer Services, Inc.; Bancomext; Interactive Digiscript, Inc.; Home Solutions of America, Inc.; Criswell Center for Bibical Studies; Texas Pacific Land Trust; Texas Independent Bank; Dallas Surgical Group. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM - 06:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 06:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 06:30 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 06:30 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 06:30 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Free Initial Consultation
Accepts Major Credit Cards
 Visa
MasterCard
American Express | | Blake L. Beckham (Partner) born Lamesa, Texas, October 12, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas; 1987, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1988, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; 1989, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Baylor University (B.B.A., 1983; J.D., 1986). Phi Delta Phi. Order of the Barristers. ABA Client Counseling Competitor. Recipient, Super Lawyer for 2005, Texas Monthly. Member: Dallas Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Texas Trial Lawyers Association. Fellow: Dallas Bar Foundation; Texas Bar Foundation. Reported Cases: DTC Telecom, L.L.C. v. ISP Technologies, Inc., 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22130 (N.D. Tex. 2002); Kondos Employee Health Care Plan v. First Integrated Health, Inc., No. 3:99-CV-2190-X, 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20516 (N.D. Tex. 2000); Clear Entertainment, L.L.C. v. KPMG, L.L.P., No. 3:99-CV-2518-X, 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11279 (N.D. Tex. 2000); In re Halter, No. 05-00-00125-CV, 2000 Tex. App. LEXIS 561 (Dallas Jan. 26, 2000, orig. proceeding); RBB Invs., III, Ltd. v. Stolarski, No. 05-96-01780-CV, 1999 Tex. App. LEXIS 571 (Dallas Jan. 29, 1999, no pet. h.) (per curiam); In re Halter, No. 05-98-01664-CV, 1999 Tex. App. LEXIS 6478 (Dallas Aug. 27, 1999, orig. proceeding); In re The John G. and Marie Stella Kennedy Memorial Foundation, 982 S.W.2d 548 (Tex. App. San Antonio 1998, orig. proceeding); In re Halter, No. 05-98-02072-CV, 1998 Tex. App. LEXIS 7895 (Dallas Dec. 23, 1998, orig. proceeding); Ruscitto v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., 777 F. Supp. 1349 (N.D. Tex. 1991); Lewis v. Foxworth, 170 S W 3d 900 (Tex. App. - Dallas 2005, no pet); Yoroshii Invs (Mauritius) PTE, Ltd. v. BP Int'l. 2005 Tex. App. LEXIS 7684 (Tex. App. - El Paso, September 15, 2005, no pet); Phoenix Network Techs (Europe) Ltd. v. Neon Sys. 2005 Tex. App. LEXIS 6935 (Tex. App. - Houston, August 25, 2005 no pet). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation(100%). Email: Blake L. Beckham | | Daylen Gallman (Member) born Friona, Texas, March 5, 1971; admitted to bar, 2003, Texas; 2004, U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Education: Hardin-Simmons University (B.B.S., 1993; M.Ed., 1997); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 2003). ABA Client Counseling Competitor, Nationally Ranked Moot Court Competitor, Member, Moot Court Board. Member: Dallas Bar Association; American Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Reported Cases: Anderson v. Cocheu, 2005 Tex. App. Lexis 9697 (Tex. App. - Dallas, November 18, 2005); Lewis v. Foxworth, 170 S.W. 3d 900 (Tex. App. - Dallas, 2005, no pet). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Trade Secrets; Confidential Information; Employment Matters; Shareholder Suits. Email: Daylen Gallman | | —————————— | | Leesa Barnes Logan (Associate) born Dallas, Texas, December 15, 1970; admitted to bar, 2004, Texas; 2007, New Mexico. Education: Dallas Christian College (B.B.S., summa cum laude, 1998); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 2003). Recipient, President's Quest Academic Award. Member: Dallas, Denton, Tarrant County and American Bar Associations; New Mexico State Bar; Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury; Family Law. Email: Leesa Barnes Logan | | Sarita Smithee (Associate) born 1975; admitted to bar, 2007, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas. Education: Texas Tech University (B.S., 1997); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 2007). Editor, Southern Methodist University Law Review. Member, Civil Clinic. Member: Dallas and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Dallas Association of Young Lawyers. | | OF COUNSEL | | Martin A. Stewart (Of Counsel) born St. Louis, Missouri, July 8, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Missouri; 1981, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1986, Texas; 1987, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1991, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Missouri (B.A., magna cum laude, 1977); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., with honors, 1980). Member, Texas Law Review, 1978-1980. Member: Dallas Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Tax Law; Business Litigation); The Missouri Bar; State Bar of Texas. (Also practicing individually, Dallas, Texas). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Complex Business Litigation; Financial Fraud Litigation; Tax; Tax Litigation; Corporate; Financial Transactions. Email: Martin A. Stewart | | José M. Portela (Of Counsel) born San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 2, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Education: American University (B.S.B.A., 1994); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1997). Member: Dallas Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Reported Cases: In re The John G. and Marie Stella Kennedy Memorial Foundation, 982 S.W.2d 548 (Tex. App.--San Antonio 1998, orig. proceeding). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: José M. Portela |
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