Special Counsel
CurrentRepresentative Engagements:Obtained complete victory in the Texas Supreme Court for heavy-equipment dealers in a high-stakes tax dispute against dozens of Texas counties addressing a tax statute's validity (EXLP Leasing LLC v. Galveston Cent. Appraisal Dist., No. 15-0683 (Tex. 2018))Obtained reversal of adverse summary judgment for oil company in a $63m indemnity action, then affirmance by Texas Supreme Court . (Noble Energy, Inc. v. ConocoPhillips, No. 15-0502 (Tex. 2017))Obtained dismissal of a securities fraud case against offshore energy services company (Izadjoo v. Helix Energy Solutions, 237 F.Supp.3d 492 (S.D. Tex. 2017))Obtained dismissal of a derivative suit for alleged breach of fiduciary duty (Markovich v. Willbros Group, Inc., No. 2014-65392, 215th Dist. Court)Obtained dismissal of 80% of claims in securities fraud suit against O&G infrastructure company (In re Willbros Group, Inc. Sec. Litig., No. 4:14-cv-03084)Represented Halliburton in two separate trips to the U.S. Supreme Court in a securities class action addressing class certification requirements in fraud-on-the-market suits (EPJ Fund, Inc. v. Halliburton, 563 U.S. 804 (2011); (Halliburton v. EPJ Fund, Inc., 134 S. Ct. 2398 (2014))Obtained reversal of adverse summary judgment for a telehealth service provider in a suit against a state regulatory agency (Teladoc, Inc. v. Tex. Med. Bd., 453 S.W.3d 606 (Tex. 2014))Obtained 9-0 victory for petitioner in a state preemption case in the Texas Supreme Court. (So. Crushed Concrete v. Houston, 398 S.W.3d 676 (Tex. 2013)).Obtained summary judgment for a closely-held O&G partnership, in a $1.5 billion fraud, breach of contract, and breach of fiduciary duty suit.Obtained victory for petitioner in the Texas Supreme Court in asbestos case construing a new statute (Union Carbide Corp. v. Synatzske, 438 S.W.3d 39 (Tex. 2014))Obtained injunctive relief and payment of $14 million for entrepreneur in a fraud suit against an O&G co-investor.
