Cases
Representative Experience: Represented U.S. companies manufacturing products in Asian
Latin American countries including counseling clients on contracts, choice of venue
jurisdictional matters
Represented clients in breach of contract actions, breach of fiduciary duty matters, fraud
Deceptive Trade Practices Act violations
Represented a large public utility company for years against premises liability, negligence
gross negligence claims for severe injuries allegedly occurring at the company's power generation
transmission sites
Represented large manufacturer successfully in products liability suit against marketing defects claims
claims for extensive personal injuries occurring in an industrial plant
Represented client in environmental suit alleging client was liable as an operator
arranger under CERCLA, SWDA
other state common law claims for the actions of the client's former owners
Represented client successfully in lawsuit involving a worker who claimed terminal injuries allegedly resulting from his exposure to hazardous chemicals while installing a pipeline
Represented client successfully in arbitration against a property owner's claims that the client, among other things, breached its agreement with the property owner by failing to properly design
administer a construction contract
Represented client successfully on appeal which ultimately upheld arbitrators'
trial court's ruling on behalf of client
Represented medical device company in action against federal agency where the agency refused to provide patients with the option to choose medical procedure utilizing the medical device company's products
Represented manufacturer successfully in action against former employees for breach of covenants non-compete
Defended client against claims that the client violated a covenant non-compete which the client previously executed with its former employer
Represented international manufacturer in breach of contract action against a purchaser for the purchaser's failure to pay invoices for equipment
products received from the manufacturer
Represented large energy company in claims for breach of agreement against vendors for the vendors' failure to pay pursuant to the terms of the parties' agreements
Represented clients successfully against construction contractor for breach of contract
violations of Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act
Represented a Fortune 100 company, its subsidiary,
other large
small companies in multiple toxic tort/product liability lawsuits
Represented an employee staffing company in a racial discrimination case
indemnity action
Defended a Fortune 100 company in a racial discrimination, disability discrimination,
defamation case
Defended a hospital
its plan administrator in an ERISA
disability discrimination suit
Defended a Fortune 100 company in a sexual harassment lawsuit involving a female, minor employee's allegations against one of the company's assistant store managers
Defended client against breach of employment contract claims brought by a former executive
Defended a Fortune 100 company in a case involving race
disability discrimination, intentional infliction of emotional distress,
defamation claims
Defended a Fortune 100 company in a disability case involving a wheelchair-bound plaintiff claiming the company failed to provide access to its facilities