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Practice areas  I am not certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in any particular specialty or practice area. As a matter of personal choice, however, I have limited my practice over the last twenty-five years almost exclusively to lawsuits that arise out of either commercial transactions or personal injuries. In a roughly descending order of frequency, I've had substantial experience — mostly in a first-chair role — in each of the following practice areas: Contract interpretation and performance. Negligence, products and premises liability, and other personal injury actions. Deceptive trade practice, consumer warranty, and consumer affairs disputes. Tortious interference with contract claims. Defamation (libel and slander) actions. Commercial and residential construction disputes and other miscellaneous real estate disputes. Trade secret, trademark/tradename, unfair competition, and intellectual property disputes. Insurance and re-insurance coverage issues and "bad faith" insurance claims. Employment relations (including wrongful terminations and unfair labor practices) disputes. Race, sex, and age discrimination disputes. Bankruptcy law disputes (including preference claims). Oil & gas, energy, and environmental disputes. Commercial instruments and transactions (Uniform Commercial Code) disputes. Securities and business fraud disputes. Lender liability disputes. Antitrust disputes. Merger and acquisition disputes.
 I tended to represent mostly defendants (usually businesses) during the first dozen years of my practice when I was at very large law firms. Since then I've had more occasions to represent plaintiffs (sometimes businesses, sometimes individuals). Overall, I've probably represented defendants in roughly 70-80 percent of the cases I've handled, and plaintiffs in the remainder. In a disproportionate majority of my cases that have gone to trial, I've represented defendants.
I generally do not handle criminal law matters, and neither do I typically handle divorces, adoptions, or other family matters. |
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