Civil & Commercial

Business & Commercial Litigation

A small number of matters, taken because we are prepared to try them.

We are not a volume practice, and we are candid with prospective clients about which disputes are worth litigating. Most commercial cases should settle; the ones that should not are the ones we take.

Our commercial docket includes breach of contract, warranty and UCC disputes, business torts, fraud and fraudulent transfer, promissory-note and guaranty enforcement, tortious interference, and commercial arbitration — in Texas state and federal courts and before domestic and international arbitral tribunals.

Injunctions and expedited proceedings


Temporary restraining orders, temporary and permanent injunctions, receiverships, turnover proceedings, and post-judgment enforcement. These are won on preparation and on drafting an order the court can actually sign, not on volume.

Fraud and personal jurisdiction


Common-law and statutory fraud, fraudulent inducement, and fraudulent-transfer claims, along with the jurisdictional fights that come with out-of-state and foreign defendants. We have prosecuted and defended special appearances through the Supreme Court of Texas, the Supreme Court of Nevada, and the Supreme Court of the United States.

Representative results


Counterclaims dismissed; approximately $362,000 summary judgment for the plaintiff

Suit for breach of a promissory note against the purchaser of a business and its owner-guarantor arising from a prior sale of the business.

Supplement Technologies, LLC v. Campanella Holdings, LLC, No. 2023-28858, 127th District Court, Harris County, Texas (June 27, 2024).

Favorable arbitration award before the Singapore International Arbitration Centre

Breach of contract and breach of warranty claims against an international pharmaceutical company and its Texas representatives.

Texas Minerals & Chemicals LLC v. India Glycols Limited, No. ARB093/23/BRP (July 19, 2024).

Favorable settlement of UCC, warranty, and fraud claims against a manufacturer

Claims arising from delivery of nonconforming product.

Beauty Elite Group, Inc. v. Above Aerosol Labs, No. 2025-80806, 55th District Court, Harris County, Texas (July 16, 2026).

Bench-trial judgment enforcing a setback restriction against a developer

Overcame challenges to standing, restriction interpretation and applicability, and defenses of waiver and abandonment.

Havel Family Investments, L.L.C. v. Sims, No. 19-CV-1751, 56th District Court, Galveston County, Texas (Aug. 12, 2020).

Unanimous jury verdict in a suit to quiet title, as solo lead counsel

Tried to verdict in Harris County.

Pena v. Benavidez, No. 1113772, Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 2 (Jan. 22, 2020).

Each matter depends on its own facts and law. Prior results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any other matter.