Adam Rothey Email & Phone Number

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Alpine, Texas

Dallas, TX

• Advised multiple clients regarding non-compete agreement issues, including assisting an executive recruiter through a successful employment transition
• Reached multiple seven-figure settlement for client in professional malpractice litigation in Arkansas
• Secured personal jurisdiction in Illinois state court over New York investment firm after writing hundreds of pages of briefing referencing several thousands of pages of exhibits and affidavits
• Prepared and perfected multiple appeals and wrote related briefing in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Illinois Courts of Appeals, New York Appellate Division, and Texas Courts of Appeals
• Worked with domestic and foreign experts on preparation of reports and preparation for depositions
• Managed discovery review and resolution of discovery disputes in cases involving millions of pages of traditional and electronic discovery

• Second chair in 3-week state court trial of breach of employment contract case, assisting with all aspects of case and trial preparation including pretrial briefing, witness preparation, witness examinations and.
• Advised international manufacturing client on various issues related to OSHA compliance
• Advised logistics client on employment contracting and non-compete issues
• Took principal responsibility for drafting successful appellate briefing in complex tax shelter case on appeal to the Sixth Circuit, Stephen Ouwinga, et al. v. Benistar 419 Plan Services, Inc., et al., No. 10-2531 (6th.
• Drafted successful portion of response to motions to dismiss and helped recover over $2 million for client in patent infringement lawsuit
• Appointed class counsel in consumer class action resolved through settlement

• Handled discovery, motions, hearings, deposition preparation, and trial preparation in multi-million dollar aircraft purchase dispute, business theft case, environmental remediation case, and other contract-based.
• Successfully settled international breach of contract suit regarding stock purchase agreement
• Successfully settled a breach of contract/legal malpractice suit on behalf of a municipal client

Mcallen, Texas Area

• Independently managed the Court’s docket of federal and state habeas corpus cases, social security disability appeals, § 1983 claims, and civil pretrial matters referred from the District Court
• Prepared Reports and Recommendations for Magistrate Judge’s and District Court Judges’ approval and signature

Taught immigrant workers their rights regarding wages and employment and filed lawsuits on their behalf to recover unpaid wages.

J.D.

Activities and Societies: Executive Editor, Texas International Law Journal

B.A., Humanities

Activities and Societies: Magna Cum Laude, Edwin S. Hinckley Scholar