Contractor Disputes

We handle everything from suing contractors who have done a bad job, to suing homeowners who have not paid contractors, including placing mechanics liens on properties to secure payment. We also also offer preliminary consults for people to advise them on the realities of the litigation process and whether it’s worth suing someone over a problem.

Fraud Cases/DTPA

We handle everything from selling bad products or services, to land fraud. Particularly with the Hispanic community there is rampant abuse with what are called contracts for deed, where ones essentially rents to own land, but doesn’t  get any recorded title until after all payments are made. The sellers doing these arrangements rarely do the contracts right, and frequently are selling land they do not own, do not have a right to subdivide, are sneaking around behind the lender, or in other ways selling interests which they cannot or may not be able to provide title on, even if full payment is made. We have handled many of these cases. We also handle many vehicle fraud cases against dealers large and small.

Collections

We handle all aspects of collections from doing demand letters for sums owed on loans or other kinds of debts, to filing lawsuits,  or collecting on judgments clients  already have. Typically we pursue commercial debts, which are generally more collectible. However, unlike most trial lawyers, we have done extensive collections work and are able to pursue the assets of debtors post-judgment. We have done this successfully all the way through state and federal trials, to pursuing people into bankruptcy, and beyond.

Business Entity Formation

Many successful people are doing business without the benefit of any kind of formal corporation/entity to protect them. But this leaves them exposed to personal liability for their business operations when they have legal claims, often far beyond the kind of liability risked by persons who are not operating businesses.

People who have formed business entities previously often still need operating agreements, investor agreements, or other related contracts.

Service & Other Contracts

Similarly, many business people are routinely doing jobs on the basis of no contract, text messages, or home made written agreements that may not adequately protect them if problems arise. We can develop general forms for people that they can use again and again from one job to the next.

We can also prepare agreements between people in business jointly, investor agreements, loan contracts and promissory notes, confidentiality agreements for employees, and a variety of other business contracts

Insurance Disputes

Unfortunately, insurance companies often don’t want to pay for covered claims, even though you have been paying your premiums for the coverage. Suing insurance companies themselves can be very effective because you have a lot of statutory tools to help you in Texas, and have a right to claim for your attorney’s fees in pursuing justice. We have successfully pursued many carriers of various kinds who aren’t paying what they’ve been paid to cover.

Business Transactional Work 

If you’re going to be doing business on a substantial scale, especially when you are providing complex, risky, or other products or services which require reasonable expectations and conduct by your customers, you need to think about protecting your business with some standard language including preparing terms and conditions of service for businesses, reviewing commercial leases, and more. While you see this often in internet based, rental, or other well established businesses, startup or smaller businesses can benefit from these too. Further, to the extent that having some standard language on the website or your service contract deters people from trying to bring even some claims, it’s well worth it, even if some of the provisions might be hard to enforce, unlikely to become problems, et cetera. It pays to think ahead.

Motor Vehicle Collision & Other Defenses Without Insurance

If you have a valid insurance claim, the insurance company would likely provide you a defense lawyer for free if you get sued. But people often run into problems when they get sued and haven’t bought insurance, or their insurer tells them they have no coverage. Often it is because a claim involves an excluded driver on an auto policy, someone was using the vehicle for an excluded purpose like business at the time, or the client  had let premium payments lapse. Often, the best strategy is convincing the claimant that it’s not worth pursuing uninsured claims further.

Often, we can file an answer, do some basic negotiations with the other side, and get something dropped either entirely or for minimal consideration.

When this is not possible we are happy to defend clients on claims not covered by insurance throughout the litigation process, including to trial.