Litigation Practice

How many ways can you resolve conflict?  Litigation is one choice in the hand of a skilled lawyer.

What is litigation?  It is a lawsuit, one of several problem solving mechanisms.  Lawsuits arise as a result of an unsolved problem or conflict, whether that problem is the result of a dispute, breach of contract, or other improper or illegal conduct.

Kyle Sears has the following experience:

  • Represented clients in the trials of more than 35 cases in state and federal courts.
  • Tried 25 jury cases of which 19 were “first chair”.
  • Represented clients in the appeal of more than 20 cases before the Courts of Appeal of the State of Texas and before the Fifth and Eighth Circuit Courts of Appeal.
  • Represented clients in more than 10 arbitration proceedings.
  • Represented clients in hundreds of legal disputes, lawsuits and arbitration proceedings which were resolved through settlement as a result of successful preparation and negotiation or mediation.

 

Kyle has handled disputes involving:

 

  • Real estate (purchase and sale agreements, deed restrictions, restrictive covenants, leases, easements, trespassing, liens, property damage, notes, deeds of trust, guaranties, fraud)
  • Construction (contracts and agreements, contractors, sub-contractors, suppliers, defects, liens)
  • Business entities (corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint ventures) and business owners (shareholders, stockholders, partners, members, joint ventures)
  • Oil and gas (leases, joint operating agreements, joint interest billing)
  • Trusts, wills and estates, securities, insurance, negligence, negligent misrepresentation, deceptive trade practices, employment (contracts and agreements, trade secrets, confidential information, non-competition agreements, unfair competition)
  • Fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, tortious interference with contract and contractual relationships, various types of contracts and agreements and other civil legal matters.

 

The right lawyer will tell you the truth about litigation, its risks, costs and alternatives.  Kyle Sears will provide wise counsel, based upon the facts, documents, applicable law and your goals in relation to your conflict.