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The Record

We don't say much. The record talks.

Hundreds of matters. Jury trials, bench trials, appeals. Here is some of it.

Civil & Commercial Litigation

$11.2M

Client dismissed from $11.2M litigation on summary judgment

Retained as defense counsel for a third-party defendant roughly sixty days before the jury-trial setting. Won traditional and no-evidence summary judgment dismissing every claim with prejudice. Our client owed nothing.

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Star Café, LLC v. Johnny's Beer Garden LLC, Cause No. 141-350557-24, 141st Judicial District Court, Tarrant County, Texas. The motion dismissed fraud, conversion, fraudulent transfer, and conspiracy claims with prejudice (Feb. 27, 2026). The following month, the court entered judgment of $11,219,000 against other parties in the same case. Our client owed nothing.

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Appellate record

Both Affirmed

Two Appeals Defended for the Property Owner

Defended a property owner (appellee) through two separate appeals arising from post-foreclosure litigation. Both judgments affirmed; petition for review dismissed by the Supreme Court of Texas.

Nos. 05-24-01265-CV; 05-25-00536-CV; Tex. No. 26-0119

Full result
Funds returned

Return of Garnished Funds

Represented the judgment-debtor side in garnishment litigation. The writ of garnishment was dissolved, a bill of review was granted vacating the underlying 2006 judgment, and the court ordered the garnished funds released to our client. The creditor's appeal was dismissed as moot.

Second Court of Appeals, Fort Worth, No. 02-23-00138-CV

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Appeal prosecuted to resolution against a national bank

Appellate counsel for the appellant in a dispute with a national bank Prosecuted the appeal until the matter was resolved, then dismissed it.

Fifth Court of Appeals, No. 05-25-00712-CV

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Oral argument before the Seventh Court of Appeals

Argued before the Seventh Court of Appeals (Amarillo) in a civil appeal. Watch the full argument.

Seventh Court of Appeals, No. 07-23-00209-CV

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3 appeals

Consumer credit-card appeals against national banks

Appellate counsel for consumers in credit-card collection cases against national issuers — a restricted appeal from a default judgment, and direct appeals from contract judgments out of Tarrant, Dallas, and Grayson County courts.

Nos. 02-23-00481-CV; 05-25-00189-CV; 05-26-00818-CV

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Criminal appeal and petition for discretionary review

Briefed a criminal direct appeal in the Fort Worth Court of Appeals — a prohibited-substance-in-a-correctional-facility conviction out of Parker County — then took the fight to the Court of Criminal Appeals on a petition for discretionary review.

No. 02-24-00045-CR; Tex. Crim. App. No. PD-0128-25

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3 petitions

Petition practice in the Supreme Court of Texas

Repeat petition-for-review practice before the Supreme Court of Texas, spanning commercial-finance, governmental-immunity, and real-property appeals.

Tex. Nos. 23-0531; 25-0453; 26-0119

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Affirmed

No-evidence summary judgment defended on appeal

Appellate counsel for the property owners (appellees). After a no-evidence summary judgment dismissed the neighbors' negligence and gross-negligence claims over a fallen tree limb, defended that judgment on appeal — and the court affirmed in every respect, taxing all appellate costs against the appellants.

Twelfth Court of Appeals, No. 12-26-00107-CV

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Settlements & recoveries

Jury-trial record

Numerous jury trials, including documented criminal jury trials in Tarrant County. A small case tried like a big one, because it was connected to a big one.

Counties & courts

CollinDentonWiseTarrantDallasKaufmanJohnsonParkerBosqueHamiltonHarrisTravisHillHoodMcLennanSomervellCoryellGrayson
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

We have litigated opposite

Banks & debt buyers

  • Discover Bank
  • Capital One
  • Bank of America
  • JPMorgan Chase
  • Barclays
  • Synchrony Bank
  • LVNV Funding, LLC
  • Midland Credit Management, Inc.
  • Cavalry SPV I, LLC
  • Elan Financial Services (U.S. Bank N.A.)

Insurance carriers

  • State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
  • Allstate Insurance Company
  • The Hartford (Hartford Fire Insurance Company)
  • Farmers Insurance Exchange

Corporations & industries

  • Energy Transfer LP
  • Avis Rent A Car System, LLC
  • Intrastate pipeline companies
  • Intrastate trucking companies
  • National rideshare companies
  • Commercial diesel auto shops
  • Title companies & title insurers

Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case depends on its own facts and circumstances.