Houston Litigation Attorneys

Finding lawyers who are skilled in business law and also experienced commercial litigation practitioners can often be difficult. Look no further. At Snider & Byrd, all of our lawyers are experienced Houston Commercial Litigation Lawyers. We additionally have over eighty five years of combined legal experience in advising clients on general business and legal matters.

 

Our commercial litigation practice involves representation of clients in a variety of types of disputes. We use aggressive and smart techniques to reach the best business and legal results possible for our clients.

 

Examples of our experience in commercial litigation matters includes:

• Representation of a minority shareholder in a multimillion dollar closely held corporation after the minority shareholder was squeezed out by the majority shareholder. The majority shareholder initiated the lawsuit and demanded substantial amounts of money from the minority shareholder. In less than six months, we resolved the matter favorably on behalf of our client under confidential terms and the result was a dismissal of all claims by the majority shareholder against the minority shareholder and the transfer of significant assets including cash and real estate holdings to the minority shareholder.
• Representation of over four hundred clients in three states (Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi) against our clients’ national mortgage company for its practices in handling their mortgage accounts.
• Representation of numerous doctors and doctors groups in disputes over employment agreements, group management and covenants not to compete.
• Representation of a small specialty software/hardware company in trade secret litigation against its much larger distributor. This matter resulted in a confidential settlement in less than six months.
• Representation of oil and gas leaseholders against a large oil and gas production company for drainage. This matter resulted in a confidential settlement.
• Representation of a T.V. Personality in an employment dispute with a local television station. This matter was successfully tried to verdict.
• Representation of a large publicly traded company in a UCC dispute with a purchaser of its products.
• Representation of a distributor of oil related products in a dispute with the much larger manufacturer of the products after the manufacturer took steps to force our client out of his business. This matter was successfully resolved on behalf of our client in less than three months.
• Representation of numerous real estate investors and investor groups in disputes with municipalities, competing investors, and other governmental agencies.

 

At Snider & Byrd, we understand that in today's world a commercial litigation practice is not an area of law where one size fits all. For each potential commercial litigation dispute we carefully review all of the facts available and help our clients tailor a plan for moving forward. We work to economically and efficiently reach the best solution or resolution for our client as quickly as possible. This often requires thinking outside of the proverbial box and employing all avenues of relief including creative injunctive relief.

 

Types of Commercial Litigation Cases We Handle:

• Buy Sell Agreements & Disputes
• Contract Disputes and Litigation
• Franchisor / Franchisee Disputes and Litigation
• Deceptive Trade Practices Litigation
• Trade Secret Litigation
• Uniform Commercial Code Disputes and Litigation
• Covenant Not to Compete Litigation
• Partnership / Shareholder Disputes and Litigation
• Class Actions
• Complex Multi-State, Multi-Party Litigation

 

More Than 85 Years Combined Litigation Experience

Contact Us at 713-864-3000 (Houston) or 409-924-9595 (Beaumont / Port Arthur) and let our Houston Business Litigation Attorneys assist you with all of your commercial litigation needs.