Mr. Joel Cameron Simon

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Member

  Firm Name

  Fernelius Simon PLLC
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  •Successfully defended a multinational energy company in a five-week trial in federal court in which the plaintiffs sought a quarter of a billion dollars in damages, but were only awarded a few thous
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  •Represented an international energy company in two-month trial that resulted in a take-nothing verdict for the plaintiffs.
  •Served on defense team for a large firm in a five-week trial that resulted in a complete defense verdict.
  •Secured a directed verdict at trial for a private investment company
  individual defendant involving allegations of fraud
  breach of fiduciary duty.
  •Achieved dismissal based on personal-jurisdiction grounds in federal court, which was upheld on appeal to the Fifth Circuit.
  •Negotiated favorable settlement on behalf of a pipeline operator in commercial litigation involving alleged contamination of jet fuel.
  •Tried
  negotiated favorable settlement for private clients in their lawsuit for wrongful death.
  •Obtained summary judgment for a prominent financial firm in a breach-of-contract lawsuit, which was upheld on appeal.
  •Favorably resolved multiple product-liability
  deceptive-trade-practice claims for client that manufactures electrical
  lighting equipment.
  •Obtained confidential settlement for corporate client in its lawsuit based on fraud
  intentional misrepresentations.
  •Successfully defended company in commercial litigation filed by a purchaser of offshore oil
  gas interests who asserted numerous common-law
  statutory claims.
  •Achieved multiple, confidential settlements in indemnity actions filed for Fortune 100 companies against subsequent operators of onshore E&P operations.

  Transactions

  Joel's representative engagements include: Represented an international energy company in litigation related to one of the largest industrial accidents in the Gulf Coast; Secured a directed verdict at trial for a private investment company and individual defendant involving allegations of fraud and breach of fiduciary duty; Obtained a dismissal for an auction company based on personal jurisdiction grounds in federal court, which was upheld on appeal to the Fifth Circuit; Negotiated favorable settlement on behalf of a chemical transportation company that was allegedly responsible for injuring a private citizen; Assisted in obtaining summary judgment for a prominent energy trading company in connection with a lawsuit filed by a former employee; Obtained confidential settlement for corporate client in its lawsuit based on fraud and intentional misrepresentations; Successfully defended energy company in lawsuit from purchaser of offshore oil and gas interests in litigation.