Business Litigation
Your claim has a price. So does your grudge.
Most business lawsuits come down to money and a broken expectation, a contract one side didn't honor, a partner who took something, a competitor who crossed a line. Hank has litigated business disputes for 29 years across automotive, aviation, energy, entertainment, healthcare, real estate, software, and other industries, and he sizes up early what a claim is worth so you spend on the fights that pay and settle the ones that don't.
Hank prosecutes and defends the claims businesses face, breach of contract, fraud and misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty among partners and officers, tortious interference with a contract or a relationship, and theft of trade secrets or customers by a departing employee. When the dispute is among owners, he handles the deadlock, the buyout, and the breakup, and when a deal sours he pursues or defends the indemnity and the damages the contract assigns.
Strategy turns on more than the law. Hank weighs the strength of the claim, the cost of pursuing it, the other side's ability to pay, and how a fight affects relationships and reputation before committing you to a course. When a noncompete is broken or a trade secret walks out the door, he moves for a temporary restraining order; when the better outcome is a number, he negotiates from a position built on a record the other side doesn't want aired at trial.
Hank has stood on both sides of these cases, for the company bringing the claim and the one defending against it, through trial and settlement alike. Every engagement works toward the same result, a resolution that protects the dollars at stake without spending more than the dispute is worth.
Services Include
- Contract disputes
- Business torts
- Ownership and partnership disputes
- Noncompete and confidentiality disputes
- Commercial collections
- Real estate disputes
- Injunctions
- Settlement and trial strategy
Business Litigation Insights
Breach of Contract in Texas From Notice Through Damages
Texas breach cases often turn on notice, materiality, accrual, and proof of damages. The contract and the records created during performance usually control the result.
Read articleBusiness Fraud and Misrepresentation in Texas
A failed business deal can support a contract claim, a fraud claim, or both. The classification turns on the source of the duty, the statements or omissions at issue, the evidence of intent, and the loss the conduct caused.
Read articleBreach of Fiduciary Duty in Texas Business Disputes
A breach of fiduciary duty claim begins with the relationship. Texas law imposes duties in defined roles, while ownership status or confidence between business associates may prove insufficient.
Read articleTortious Interference in Texas Business Disputes
Texas law protects contract rights while leaving room for lawful competition. Tortious interference claims turn on the right involved, the defendant's intent, causation, and the type of business relationship.
Read articleTemporary Restraining Orders and Injunctions in Texas Business Disputes
Texas courts can restrain conduct before trial when evidence shows a probable right to recover and a probable, imminent, and irreparable injury.
Read articleTexas Partnership and Ownership Disputes
An ownership dispute can interrupt voting, distributions, access to records, customer relationships, and ordinary business operations. The legal response depends on the entity type, the governing documents, the source of the claimed injury, and the relief the law authorizes.
Read articleThe Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act for Businesses and Consumers
Texas businesses can encounter the Deceptive Trade Practices Consumer Protection Act on either side of a dispute. A qualifying consumer may recover economic damages, mandatory attorney's fees after prevailing, and additional damages for knowing or intentional conduct.
Read articleCalculating Damages in Texas Business Disputes
Proving liability doesn't establish the amount of a Texas business judgment. Recovery also requires a legally available measure of damages, evidence connecting the loss to the defendant's conduct, and a calculation grounded in facts rather than assumption.
Read articleArbitration or Litigation for Texas Business Disputes
A forum clause in a business contract governs more than the address of the hearing. It can determine who resolves the dispute, how the parties obtain evidence, whether related claims can proceed together, how much of the record becomes public, and how a losing party can challenge the result.
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