Representative Matters

Represented regional sponsor and developer of free standing emergency departments in connection with a consolidating restructure transaction in anticipation of a sale of the consolidated enterprise.

Won an arbitration award on behalf of a custom home builder after home builder’s services were terminated and home builder was not paid sums owed under the contract and change orders. The home owner asserted claims relating to alleged defective construction. After a week-long arbitration hearing, the Arbitration Panel awarded our client all damages sought, attorney’s fees, and arbitration costs, and denied all claims asserted by the home owner.

Represented a Texas subsidiary of a Canadian company in seeking and securing injunctive relief against a former employee for misappropriation of trade secret claims.

Successfully represented a national accounting firm against claims brought by a departing partner. Successfully obtained a summary judgment ruling in arbitration that disposed of the departing partner’s largest claim. Following a week-long hearing, the departing partner’s remaining claims were denied in their entirety and our client was awarded recovery of all attorneys’ fees and arbitration fees incurred in the matter.

Defended two Montgomery-area physicians against claims by their former employer. The former employer, a Conroe-area hospital, alleged the physicians breached a noncompetition and nonsolicitation agreement when they left to open their own practice. Successfully defended the physicians against the former employers efforts to obtain an injunction. The case settled soon after the court denied the former employer’s request for an injunction.

Drafted and argued successful 12(b)(2) and (5) motion to dismiss for res judicata/collateral estoppel, lack of personal jurisdiction, and insufficient service of process and motion to dismiss for forum non conveniens

Representation of Management in the purchase of certain real estate and the outstanding equity interests in an injection molding and precision machining business from a private equity owner.

Sale of a controlling interest in a company engaged in the business of construction and maintenance services for overhead and underground electrical distribution systems for utilities, regional co-ops, local municipalities and industrial customers, including a pre-sale “F” reorganization.

Represented a Texas based environmental and industrial waste services business in the $51,000,000 sale to a strategic private equity backed buyer, along with the negotiation of the post-closing rollover equity and founder compensation package.

Represented a financial services provider with formation of a hedge fund.

Represented the developer of master-planned communities in the purchase of raw land for residential construction.

Preparation of restrictive covenants for master-planned mixed-use communities in Houston, San Antonio and Dallas-Fort Worth region, including various subordinate restrictive covenants and condominium documentations.

Represented one of the nation’s largest manufacturer’s representative firms serving the electrical industry in its strategic merger which resulted in a combined business that together employes more than 500 people.

Sale of substantially all of the assets of a company engaged in the business of placing and servicing insurance products and related services

Sale of a majority interest in a business engaged in the design, manufacture, distribution of advanced controllers for recreational and commercial drones for cash and notes and collection of notes as a result of post-closing defaults by the purchaser.

Represented executive and equipment manufacturer in multi-day injunction trial in state court lawsuit asserting claims for for breach of non-compete agreement and misappropriation of trade secrets.