Commercial Litigation
Commercial trials are complex by nature, but we are equipped to handle any challenge and can serve the needs of our clients seeking representation for business disputes.
Sinclair V. O’Neil
A family business can be extremely rewarding and extremely challenging. Our client devoted years of her life working side-by-side with her father in his car dealership. Unbeknownst to her, years before, her dad put a succession plan in place with his attorney that gradually provided larger and, ultimately, complete ownership to our client. Once he decided to retire, he revealed the plan to his son from a prior relationship who then challenged the succession plan in court, contesting our client's ownership of the business her father built and intended for her to have.
Schlictermeyer V. Aboud
No one enters into a partnership with someone they believe might defraud them and then try to cut them out of the very business they created. Sadly, this happened to our client who formed a specialty practice with his medical colleague. To his frustration, when a national healthcare organization approached his partner, that same partner bolted to start a competing practice in violation of their agreement, taking our client's employees, records, and business relationships with him.
Ruhrpumpen V. Flowserve
Our client, a family-owned business, was approached by a competitor asking if they wanted to buy some of the competitor's assets. The competitor claimed that the United States Justice Department had ordered it to sell off certain assets so that it could merge with a third company. When the Department of Justice and a federal judge issued antitrust orders directing how the sale must be conducted, our client's rights under those orders were systematically ignored by a party with vastly greater resources.
D&H Impact V. Pizza Inn
When three friends decided to pool their life savings and open a restaurant franchise, they never thought they would be misled and hoodwinked into financial disaster, teetering on the edge of professional and personal bankruptcy. After investing hundreds of thousands of dollars, our clients decided to open their restaurant in the location recommended by their franchisor, based on the cost and market data provided by the franchisor, which proved to be materially false.
Roland Gamez V. City Of Dallas
For a man who spent his entire life serving his local community through public service, rising through the ranks to the Assistant Chief of the Dallas Fire Rescue Department, nothing could be worse than sitting in front of the television with his two girls listening to a news story describe him as an abusive governmental official. Chief Gamez knew the allegation stemmed from his denial of unjustified pay-raise requests. The Ayres Law Office deposed each witness one-by-one, exposing fabricated charges and a flawed investigation. On the eve of trial, the case concluded with a $1.5 million settlement and a public retirement party for Chief Gamez at City Hall.
Lloyd Ward V. John Clark Long IV
Terminating a partnership can be one of the most difficult and stressful things a person can go through in their professional career. When our client and his law partner decided that it was time to go their separate ways, things did not proceed amicably. Having been opposing counsel to the Ayres Law Office, a Dallas lawyer turned to us to defend the contentious case against his ex-partner. After dissecting the opposing damage model line-by-line and narrowing the focus of the lawsuit throughout discovery, we defended the case at trial and received a jury verdict and judgment of no-liability for our client, far exceeding his expectations.
