Representative Experience

Published Appeals

• In re Poly Poly Trucking, Inc. and Poly-America, L.P., No. 05-25-01241-CV (Tex. App.—Dallas Feb. 2, 2026, orig. proceeding)

• Patrick Kelley and PMK Group, LLC v. Richard Homminga and Chippewa Construction Co., LLC, No. 25-9013 (Tex. 2025) (order)

• CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC v. Garrett Wilder, ___ SW3d ___ (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2025, pet. denied)

• Mable Lavell Redus v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., 698 SW3d 46 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2024, pet. denied)

• Henry S. Miller Com. Co. v. Newsom, Terry & Newsom, LLP, ___ S.W.3d ___, 2024 WL 5249801 (Tex. Dec. 31, 2024)

• Ross v. Flower, No. 03-19-00516-CV, 2021 WL 904864 (Tex. App.—Austin Mar. 10, 2021, no pet.)

• Van Dyke v. Navigator Group, No. 11-18-00050-CV, 2020 WL 7863330 (Tex. App.—Eastland Dec. 31, 2020, pet. granted)

• LaTouche v. Perry Homes, LLC, 606 S.W.3d 878 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] July 14, 2020, pet. denied)

• Devon Energy Corp. v. Iona Energy, L.P., 02-19-00343-CV, 2020 WL 98138 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Jan. 9, 2020, pet. denied)

• Garrick v. Autoliv ASP, Inc., No. 14-17-00818-CV, 2018 WL 3385159 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] July 12, 2018, pet. denied)

• Salazar v. Worley Parsons Group, Inc., No. 01-17-00507-CV, 2017 WL 6001237 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 5, 2017, no pet.) (per curiam)

• Anglo-Dutch Energy, LLC v. Crawford Hughes Operating Company, No. 14-16-00635-CV, 2017 WL 4440530 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Oct. 5, 2017, pet. denied)

• Vinmar Overseas Singapore PTE Ltd. v. PTT International Trading PTE Ltd., 538 S.W.3d 126 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2017, pet. denied)

• Shore v. Davis, 845 F.3d 627 (5th Cir. 2017)

• Texas Comm'n on Envtl. Quality v. Guadalupe County Groundwater Conservation District, No. 04-15-00433-CV, 2016 WL 1371775 (Tex. App.—San Antonio Apr. 6, 2016, no pet.)

Petitions for Review in the Texas Supreme Court

• Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas LLC v. 1776 Energy Partners, LLC, No. 22-0095 (pet. denied) (for Responded)

• Van Dyke v. Navigator Group, No. 21-0146 (pet. granted, June 17, 2022) (for Petitioner)

• LaTouche v. Perry Homes, LLC, No. 20-0916 (pet. denied March 19, 2021) (for Respondent)

• Iona Energy, L.P. v. Devon Energy Corporation, No. 20-0226 (pet. denied August 28, 2020) (for Petitioner)

• Anglo-Dutch Energy, LLC v. Crawford Hughes Operating Company, No. 18-0050 (pet. denied March 1, 2019) (for Respondent)

• AETC II Privatized Housing , LLC v. Tom Green County Appraisal District, No. 16-0700 (pet. denied March 1, 2019) (for Respondent)

• Cerny v. Marathon Oil Corp., et al., No. 16-0011 (pet. denied December 2, 2016) (for Respondent)

Amicus Curiae Briefs

• Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, No. 19-511, In the Supreme Court of the United States (Brief of ACA International, Inc.)

• Gadelhak v. AT&T Services, Inc., No. 19-1738, In the United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit (Brief of ACA International, Inc.)

Trial Matters

• Helped to secure the largest judgment in Colorado following a six-week bench trial on behalf of a large commercial contractor in a dispute with the owner of a hotel property.

• Obtained a take-nothing summary judgment, affirmed on appeal, on behalf of oil and gas lessors in a title dispute against parties claiming competing ownership of the mineral estate.

• Successfully moved to compel arbitration on behalf of New York-based real estate investment client in multiple parallel lawsuits across all four Texas federal District Courts.

• Obtained a partial summary judgment on behalf of a Texas bank, dismissing former customer’s claims alleging negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, and violations of the UCC—Funds Transfers provisions.

• Obtained a summary judgment, affirmed on appeal, on behalf of an offshore midstream company finding that the United States Department of Interior violated the Administrative Procedures Act and the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution.

• Successfully overturned a $3.5 million default judgment entered against a drilling fluids contractor through a motion for new trial.

• Obtained a take-nothing judgment on behalf of an operator sued for surface damages allegedly resulting from oil and gas operations.

• Successfully obtained a partial summary judgment on statute of limitations grounds for an oil and gas marketing company sued for alleged conversion resulting from an underlying title dispute, limiting potential damages by more than 90 percent.

• Successfully obtained a full dismissal for a Houston-based civil engineering firm in a business dispute after the plaintiffs failed to comply with Certificate of Merit requirements under Chapter 150 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code.

• Successfully obtained a full dismissal, with prejudice, for an engineering firm in a personal injury suit after the plaintiffs failed to comply with Certificate of Merit requirements under Chapter 150 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code.

• Successfully obtained a dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction through a special appearance on behalf of a Indian-national sales broker against a non-compete claim filed by the former employer, a Singaporean company, in Houston, which was affirmed on appeal.

• Represented two major U.S. retailers in a patent infringement lawsuit in federal court in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division.