Commercial Litigation

Our experience in IP litigation gives us a sharp edge in complex business disputes. It’s how we’ve built our reputation as one of Texas’s premier commercial litigation boutiques.

We represent companies, business leaders, and entrepreneurs in all types of commercial cases—contract, business tort, fraud, and many more. Our practice is national in scope, and our team wins cases across industries.

We’re a tight-knit, trial-ready group known for making complicated issues simple and persuasive. Judges and juries understand our arguments because we craft them that way. We’re never outworked, nor are we ever out strategized.

Aside from traditional hourly fee arrangements, we offer several types of alternative fee arrangements for select cases.

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We also know trial isn’t always the best answer. Our trial skills often help clients reach favorable settlements before ever stepping into court.

From initial briefing to final resolution, our team focuses on one thing: achieving the best result for our client’s specific situation, budget, and end-goal. As a boutique firm, we deliver passion, clear communication, and a level of personal investment rarely found in larger firms.

Contact us to learn more about our commercial litigation practice and to schedule a meeting with one of our commercial litigators.

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We regularly represent plaintiffs and defendants in contract disputes in Texas state and federal courts. We represent clients across diverse industries, from large financial institutions, fashion brands, and furniture chains to entertainment companies, tech startups, nonprofits, and business leaders. We’ve obtained victories during the early stages of litigation and tried contract cases to winning verdict in state and federal courts.

We routinely litigate business torts like tortious interference, conversion, and negligent misrepresentation, as well as prosecute and defend fraud and RICO-related claims. Our commercial litigators have successfully tried these types of disputes in Texas state and federal courts but still seek early resolution whenever possible.

Fiduciary relationships exist across an increasingly broad spectrum, from trustees, financial advisors, and executors, to partners, agents, and corporate officers and directors, among others. Our team navigates these complex and nuanced disputes and breaches of fiduciary duties, representing individuals and entities on both sides of fiduciary relationships.

Our litigators handle the full range of issues surrounding confidential and proprietary business information, including non-compete, trade secret, restrictive covenant, non-solicitation, and breach of non-disclosure agreement matters for clients of all sizes and industries. We obtain and defend against temporary restraining orders (TROs), injunctions, and other emergency injunctive relief, often critical in this type of litigation.

We’ve litigated commercial and public construction disputes in state and federal courts in Texas, as well as in courts across the country. Our construction litigators thoroughly understand the legal and business relationships among various parties in construction projects, such as general contractors, subcontractors, vendors, lenders, and sureties. Our lawyers draw upon their deep knowledge to resolve contract and payment disputes, performance and payment bond claims, defaults and terminations, mechanics’ and materialmen’s liens, construction and design defects, delay, and liquidated damages claims and other construction related cases.

In Delaware, New York, Texas, and other jurisdictions, we represent clients in disputes related to mergers and acquisitions and other types of corporate control transactions. Our business-savvy litigators swiftly and effectively protect our clients’ best interests in court, while always seeking creative commercial resolutions others might have overlooked.

We advise landlords, tenants, developers, and others in commercial real estate disputes, taking a strategic, business-minded approach to help clients achieve their business goals. We also have substantial experience litigating Residential Construction Liability Act (RCLA) and Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA) claims.

We represent whistleblowers in qui tam cases brought under the federal False Claims Act and state whistleblower laws. Our lawyers work closely with government lawyers in the investigation and prosecution of cases involving fraud on the government, particularly schemes connected to programs like Medicare and Medicaid.

Our trial lawyers not only thrive in the courtroom, but they also deftly litigate commercial and construction disputes before arbitrators and arbitration panels across the country. This alternative form of dispute resolution can be a more efficient process than traditional litigation. In that case, we work closely with our clients to resolve disputes faster and less expensively.

We pride ourselves in crafting succinct and compelling arguments in cases before federal courts of appeals and the appellate courts of Texas and other states. Our appellate experience spans all areas of our practice, from patent, copyright, and trademark law to commercial contracts, business torts, and construction. Success at the appellate level often depends on trial-level strategies, so we always have an appellate attorney on our trial teams.

We handle a broad range of employment matters, including claims of discrimination, harassment, defamation, non-compete and non-solicitation violations, trade secret misappropriation, and wrongful discharge. We understand that an employer often has competing goals of aggressively refuting accusations while also restoring a sense of calm and consistency in the workplace and carefully navigate those interests accordingly.

Our team has experience across a broad array of media, defamation, and First Amendment matters, including defamation cases, anti-SLAPP motions, business disparagement disputes, invasion of privacy litigation, Freedom of Information Act Requests (FOIA), unfair competition cases, and quashing and responding to subpoenas. We represent both media and non-media clients in media and defamation litigation, which often overlaps with other areas like contract, copyright, and trademark litigation.

Representative Experience

  • Obtaining $1.5 million jury verdict for investor in federal fraud and breach of contract lawsuit against automotive startup and its founders.
  • Obtaining jury verdict and $1 million judgment for Texas-based furniture chain in breach of sublease dispute with national sporting goods chain, which later settled for a confidential amount.
  • Securing favorable resolution for seller of air conditioning manufacturing company in $20 million federal non-compete and non-solicitation suit by purchaser.
  • Obtaining injunctive relief for family of fallen police officer in high-profile conversion of funds case against municipality, police union, and police charitable organization.
  • Achieving successful global resolution for wireless technology company in construction dispute with international airport and subcontractor.
  • Representing airline in breach of website terms of use lawsuit.
  • Obtaining judgment as a matter of law at conclusion of evidence in federal jury trial defeating multi-million-dollar non-compete claims filed by competitor against international entertainment company and band.
  • Securing successful settlements for electrical construction company in multiple payment disputes with subcontractors, general contractors, and owners across the country.
  • Obtaining favorable settlement for furniture manufacturer in fraud and breach of contract dispute with software developer.
  • Securing attorneys’ fees award and dismissal of multi-million-dollar construction lawsuit for electrical construction company.
  • Negotiating favorable settlement for Texas-based non-profit police support organization in federal suit against charitable arm of police union.
  • Favorably resolving dozens of contract disputes for international entertainment company.
  • Negotiating favorable settlement on the eve of trial in contract dispute between wireless pager technology company and Polish software developer.
  • Representing gambling addiction centers investor in federal suit against founder for fraud and mismanagement of funds.
  • Negotiating favorable settlement for partner in event rentals company in fraud and fiduciary dispute with partner.
  • Representing buyer, national toxicological lab services provider, in multi-million-dollar dispute against seller related to valuation after acquisition of seller’s labs.
  • Obtaining favorable settlement for purchaser of private plane in federal DTPA and breach of warranty dispute with engine overhauler.
  • Representing large online clothing retailer in ADA website compliance lawsuit, resulting in favorable settlement.
  • Representing non-profit foundation dedicated to fight against sexual violence in fraud and misuse of charitable funds case against restricted grant recipient.
  • Representing international entertainment company in competitor and departing employee lawsuits.
  • Representing global dietary and nutritional supplement company in contract dispute with manufacturer.
  • Defending former board member in four-day arbitration hearing against breach of contract and tortious interference claims brought by national direct sales company.
  • Representing airline employee in employment discrimination suit against national airline.
  • Obtaining favorable settlement for Texas mortgage lender in multi-state litigation brought by competitor alleging breaches of non-solicitation agreements.