Celebrating 120 Years

LITIGATION

• Contract disputes
• Employment General Liability
• Labor and employment disputes
  - Unfair labor practices
  - Defending Union campaigns
• Workers Compensation
• Trucking, transportation and logistics
• Medical malpractice
• Construction and engineering disputes
• Deceptive Trade Practices
• Unfair business practices and intellectual property disputes, including Trademark infringement, copyright infringement, and covenants not to compete
• Landlord/Tenant
• Complex tort litigation including multi-district litigation
• Insurance defense
• Product liability
• Dram shop litigation
• Appeals
• Collections and Creditors' Rights
• Commercial litigation

• Successfully prosecuted a lawsuit on behalf of homeowners against their interior designer who was found liable for fraud; pursued the claim once the judgment debtor filed bankruptcy, resulting in a seven-figure settlement on behalf of our clients.
• Successfully defended a yellow pages provider from claims of breach of contract and deceptive trade practices.
• Defended a national bank from claims of fraud, deceptive trade practices, and usury.
• Prosecuted to successful conclusion a claim of infringement where the Firm's radio station client was asserting rights to the on-air name of its former morning anchor on the basis that the name was trademarked and therefore owned by the station.
• Defended a jewelry retailer from claims that it violated trademarks owned by international watch manufacturers.
• Successfully pursued a lawsuit on behalf of one partner against her other partner to resolve disputes over control, expenditure, and operation of an apartment complex owned by the partnership; dissolved the partnership.
• Represented a construction contractor maligned by a subcontractor and its collection agency over a "debt" that it did not owe.
• Represented a service provider in negotiations with the Federal Directorate of Contracting over a bid to commence laundry operations at Fort Bliss, Texas.
• Prosecuted a lawsuit on behalf of a national recycler arising from the theft of material; served as an intermediary with the district attorney's office with respect to its prosecution of the alleged perpetrators. Successfully pursued a claim for fraudulent transfer on behalf of a creditor against the sister of a judgment debtor to whom an interest in a trust was transferred without consideration.
• Obtained favorable judgment on behalf of a client in a case involving competing claims to construction equipment.
• Obtained favorable dismissal of a lawsuit pending before the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas in a case involving allegations of breach of contract, breach of warranty, and fraud.
• Obtained victory for a client in an appeal that was pending before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in a lawsuit involving claims of fraud and breach of contract.
• Obtained dismissal of a lawsuit on behalf of a client where an injunction was requested to prevent the construction of the client's medical office building.
• Obtained favorable jury verdict for a client involved in a workers' compensation dispute.
• In a case of first impression in the Western District of Texas, successfully appealed an adverse decision of the bankruptcy court involving the continuation or termination of the automatic stay in multiple filing cases under the BAPCPA.
• In a case of first impression in El Paso County, Texas, on behalf of a conservation organization, successfully appealed valuation of commercially-zoned real estate purchased for over $1 million dollars and voluntarily subjected to development restrictions, reducing the valuation from over $1 million dollars to $200.00.
• Successfully challenged the award of a public contract involving youth counseling services.
• Successfully defended a public bid award involving a multi-million development project against the contest of a disappointed bidder.
• Successfully handled multiple-death, house fire case for a utility company.
• Upheld an arbitration agreement at the appellate level for a grocery store chain.
• Successfully negotiated claims of unfair labor practices for a small business.
• Obtained a defense verdict for a local hospital in a negligence case.
• Upheld an administrative decision with the Texas Supreme Court on behalf of a local school district.
• Represented both licensed vocational nurses and registered nurses before peer review committees, grievance committees, and licensing boards both locally and at the state level.
• Represented clients in mass tort litigation workers' compensation claims in Hidalgo County, Texas.
• Represented governmental entities in personal injury cases.
• Successfully defended steel fabricators whose joint venture in a large, unique municipal construction project was attacked as a price fixing scheme.
• Satisfactory and advantageous settlement of a price fixing and False Claims Act claim against a food supplier.
• Successfully represented hospitals and other health care providers in various proceedings.
• Successfully represented a multi-national concrete and cement supplier accused of predatory pricing.
• Successfully represented a newspaper publisher accused of predatory pricing.
• Successfully defended hundreds of charges of discrimination filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Texas and New Mexico Commissions on Human Rights.
• Successfully defended thousands of workers' compensation claims.
• Successfully tried a variety of cases involving claims of discrimination based on race, age, gender, national origin, disability, retaliation.

Al Auto v. American Honda Finance Corp. and Dallas Auto Auction, No. 05-10479, 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 2567 (5th Cir. Feb. 6, 2007)

Padilla v. NCJ Dev., Inc., 218 S.W. 3d 811 (Tex. App.-El Paso 2007, pet. denied)

Abbas Yazdchi and Habibollah Yazdchi v. American Honda Finance Corp. and Dallas Auto Auction, No. 3:05-CV-0737-L, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 62412 (N.D. Tex. Aug. 23, 2006)

Abbas Yazdchi and Habibollah Yazdchi v. American Honda Finance Corp. and Dallas Auto Auction, No. 3:05-CV-0737-L, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 46125 (N.D. Tex. June 27, 2006)

Abbas Yazdchi and Habibollah Yazdchi v. American Honda Finance Corp. and Dallas Auto Auction, No. 3:05-0737-L, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16669 (N.D. Tex. Aug. 12, 2005)

Cordova v. Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages, Inc., 148 S.W. 3d 441 (Tex. App.-El Paso 2004, no pet.)

9029 Gateway South Joint Venture v. Eller Media Company, 159 S.W.3d 183 (Tex. App.-El Paso 2004, no pet.)

Cerveceria Cuauhtemoc Moctezuma v. Montana Beverage Co., 330 F.3d 284 (5th Cir. 2003)

Garcia v. Levi Strauss &Co., 85 S.W.3d 362 (Tex.App.-El Paso 2002, no pet.)

Perez v. L-3 Communications, et al., No. EP-06-CA-22-PRM, 2006 U.S.Dist.LEXIS 45526 (W.D.Tex. June 26, 2006)

Morgan v. Verlander, 225 S.W.3d 558 (Tex. App.-El Paso 2000, pet. denied)

Girdley v. Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages, Inc. 869 S.W.2d 409 (Tex. App.-El Paso 1993, writ denied)

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