Joe’s experience focuses on commercial litigation and trials in both state and federal trial and appellate courts.
He represents clients in various complex matters, including securities fraud, derivative actions, fraud actions, contract disputes, patent infringement, intellectual property disputes, construction cases, and defective design and product cases.
Joe has significant first-chair experience in both jury and bench trials and binding arbitration. He has tried over 30 jury trials, numerous bench trials and arbitrations. He also has handled appellate briefings and arguments, including some before the Texas Courts of Appeals, the Texas Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Representative Experience
Joe has served as lead counsel in a variety of recent litigation. He has represented clients as:
Officers of a public company sued for securities fraud
A NASDAQ listed energy company in various matters
The CEO of a NYSE company in a derivative action
The manufacturers and sellers of computer programing devices for vehicles in patent infringement litigation
Hedge fund sued for lender liability
Lenders placing property in receivership
Television stations
Toyota forklift dealer on various matters
Lime company enforcing a take or pay contract
His cases include:
Whitcraft v. Brown, 570 F. 3d 268 (5th Cir. 2009)
Capital Finance & Commerce v. Sinopec Overseas Oil & Gas, Ltd., 260 SW 3d 67 (Tex. App. Houston [1st Dist.] 2008)
Adrain v. Superchips, Inc., No. 2006-1376 (Fed. Cir. 2007)
Orion Refining Corp. v. UOP, 259 SW 3d 749 (Tex. Civ. App. Houston [1st Dist.] 2007)
Paramount Pictures Corp. v. Johnson Broadcasting Inc., 432 F. Supp. 2d 707 (S.D.Tex 2006)
Bynum v. Prudential Residential Services, 129 SW 3d 781 (Tex. Civ. App. Houston [1st Dist.] 2004)
Mahand v. Delaney, 60 SW 3d 371 (Tex. App. Houston [1st Dist.] 2001)
D.E. Frey & Co., Inc. v. Wherry, 27 F.Supp.2d 950 (S.D.Tex.1998)
In re XYZ Options, Inc., 154 F. 3d 1262 (5th Cir. 1998)
Reed v. Fina Oil & Chemical Co., 995 F.Supp. 705 (E.D.Tex. 1998)
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