Professional Liability

• Big Four accounting firm – representation before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in a matter relating to audit services for an oilfield services company
• Big Four accounting firm – complex, multiforum litigation relating to audit services performed for an international investment company, a matter that involved a state court class action lawsuit, multiple interlocutory state court appeals, an adversary proceeding in U.S. Bankruptcy Court and a suit in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands
• Big Four accounting firm – arbitration involving audit and consulting services performed for a regional healthcare organization
• Big Four accounting firm – arbitration involving audit services performed for an office products wholesaler
• Big Four accounting firm – lawsuit and subsequent appeal involving defamation claims arising from a consulting engagement for a municipal entity
• International law firm – lawsuit involving claims arising from a putative collateralized loan obligation transaction
• National law firm – matter involving alleged unauthorized practice of law in Texas
• National financial services advisory firm – lawsuit arising from disqualification under a municipal ordinance
• Major semiconductor manufacturer – numerous contractor and premises liability lawsuits

Trade-Secret Misappropriation

• International silicone and silicone-based technology manufacturer – lawsuit alleging misappropriation of trade secrets and business processes
• Texas computer supply manufacturer – lawsuit alleging misappropriation of trade secrets and business opportunities
• International semiconductor research consortium – lawsuit alleging misappropriation of trade secrets and business disparagement
• National prepaid debit card provider – multiple lawsuits and state-court appeal alleging breach of contract and misappropriation of trade secrets and business processes

Toxic Tort

• Representation of railroad company in Texas multidistrict litigation matter involving more than 3,000 plaintiffs asserting claims arising from alleged site contamination

Energy

• Representation of pipeline company in claims challenging the constitutionality of Texas eminent domain law
• Representation of pipeline company in multiple matters challenging city and county pipeline construction regulations
• Representation of solar facility in tort claims by neighboring landowners

Appellate

• Lead counsel for petitioner in the U.S. Supreme Court and for appellant in the Eighth Circuit in Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media, involving Exemption 4 to the Freedom of Information Act relating to U.S. Department of Agriculture food-assistance program store-level sales data
• Fifth Circuit appeal involving the reliability of medical expert testimony in a medical malpractice lawsuit
• Fifth Circuit appeal involving involuntary dismissal of claims in an inmate lawsuit
• Supreme Court of Texas and intermediary state court of appeals matters involving statutory construction and rulemaking authority of state agency
• Supreme Court of Texas appeal involving supervision and control issues in the context of a contractor personal injury lawsuit
• Supreme Court of Texas appeal involving allegedly improper judicial remarks in the context of an employment discrimination lawsuit
• Texas court of appeals matter involving the scope and applicability of the Texas Citizens Participation Act
• Texas court of appeals matter involving the finality of a class-action settlement in the context of subsequent claims by a governmental entity
• Texas court of appeals matter involving the finality of a summary judgment following severance by a trial court

Pro Bono

• Numerous pro bono representations of indigent clients in family law cases through Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas