Recent Verdicts and Appellate Wins
On August 31, 2022, we won a sizeable jury verdict for our client in a case involving claims against its property insurer for COVID-related losses. The case, involving whether a large medical institution had suffered “direct physical loss or damage” due to COVID, was the first of its kind to go to jury trial in the nation.
On April 5, 2018, we won a jury verdict in a wrongful death lawsuit, which led to a take-nothing judgment in favor of our client, one of the world’s largest chemical manufacturers. The case was tried on a single threshold issue after the firm successfully severed the more complicated liability question. This strategy not only saved the client from a potentially large judgment, it also saved the client hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees by narrowing the issue for discovery and trial. We then held this verdict on appeal.
Representative Experience
Business Litigation
- Representing several clients against claims of breach of fiduciary duty
- Represented one of the nation’s largest healthcare and hospital systems in a partnership dispute with former doctors
- Represented a defendant in a suit claiming tortious interference with multiple business contracts
- Represented clients involved in a business dissolution dispute
- Represented global consulting, engineering, and construction management firm in a contract dispute with former subcontractor related to demolition of a power plant
- Represented clients in breach of contract disputes in multiple industries, including automobile dealerships and solar energy
- Represented textile company in partnership dispute with former employee
- Represented a national metal manufacturer and distributor against a former executive in a case involving breach of fiduciary duty; won a summary judgment and a bench trial
Legal Malpractice Defense
- Current and past representation of large and small law firms and individual lawyers against claims of legal malpractice, including claims regarding breach of fiduciary duty, failure to oversee staff, negligence, and breach of fee agreements
Insurance Litigation
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Current and past representation of brokers in cases claiming that the broker failed to obtain sufficient or requested insurance coverage
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Representing insureds seeking business interruption coverage related to COVID-19
- Representing defendants in first-party insurance coverage case
Trade Secrets/Intellectual Property Litigation
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Representing a client against claims of improper payment under a licensing agreement for patents used in veterinary testing
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Represented a commercial client in a case involving allegations of theft of trade secrets
- Represented an academic institution and its professor in a case alleging that the professor breached a license agreement for patents related to cancer treatment
Oil & Gas Litigation
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Representing clients in multiple disputes involving royalty payments, breaches of implied covenants to develop, breaches of lease agreements, trespass, environmental contamination, and unreasonable use of the surface
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Represented one of the nation’s largest midstream companies in an arbitration arising out of claims that the company breached a gas processing agreement
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Represented a major oil & gas company regarding the collapse of a roof of an oil tank
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Represented an exploration and production company against allegations of breach of a JOA
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Represented a midstream company in a breach of contract case arising out of an alleged joint venture agreement to build a pipeline and in a separate case arising from an alleged breach of a pipeline commitment agreement
Personal Injury Litigation
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Representing clients in a Chapter 95 construction case, defending against allegations of wrongful death
- Representing plaintiff in a negligence case involving exposure to hydrogen sulfide