Results matter.
Results our lawyers have obtained for clients
Real cases. Real numbers. Real outcomes for Texas landowners.
6.48×
average obtained vs. pipeline company offers to Texas landowners since 2018
5.4x
average net amount clients took home after fees vs. initial offer
Where the initial offer ends.
Where we take it.
TAKINGS CASES: BY THE NUMBERS
INITIAL WRITTEN OFFER
settlement: more than 3x the initial offer
pipeline taking · ranch owner
INITIAL WRITTEN OFFER
settlement: more than 27x the initial offer
pipeline taking · ranch owner
INITIAL WRITTEN OFFER
settlement: more than 4,333x the initial offer
TxDOT taking · manufacturing facility
ORIGINAL WRITTEN OFFER
settlement: $174,285 net to client
TxDOT taking · commercial tenant
PIPELINES DEFEATED ENTIRELY
Sometimes the best result
is stopping the project entirely.
In a narrow but important set of cases, the right strategy is not maximizing compensation; it’s challenging the taking itself.
Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Represented landowners in helping shut down this multi-billion-dollar pipeline project on the East Coast.
Defeated entirely
Pacific Connector Pipeline
Represented landowners in helping shut down another multi-billion-dollar pipeline project in Oregon.
Defeated entirely
MVP Southgate
Obtained dismissal of a FERC-permit pipeline taking and reimbursement of legal and expert fees for landowner clients.
Dismissed + fees recovered
Condemnation & property disputes
In the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, obtained the reversal of the trial court's dismissal of landowners' claims that the City of Austin illegally annexed their land, allowing the landowners' claims against the City to go forward
Obtained summary judgment for landowners, with the court invalidating the City of Taylor's alleged development agreement that would have prevented land development
Successfully represented more than 50 sets of landowners in the Taylor, Texas area to challenge a municipality's abuse of regulatory power, culminating in the passage of a new state law providing relief
In a condemnation case brought by Port Freeport, successfully appealed to establish the landowners' right to continue their court challenge to the port's taking of their property
Obtained $450,000 for a landowner against a TxDOT contractor who took dirt from the landowner's property without permission for a highway-construction project
In an important groundwater-rights case, authored the landowners' successful trial briefing and the merits brief on appeal, which prompted the State to settle for $5.5 million (just $300,000 less than the jury verdict) just days before oral argument
Obtained an $850,000 settlement for a ranch owner when an electric utility breached an easement agreement
Obtained the reversal and rendering of a judgment for clients in a federal appeal, vindicating their property interests in a right-of-way
Represented landowners as lead appellate counsel, defending a judgment of over $2 million for the landowners in a pipeline taking, leading to a confidential settlement following briefing and oral argument
Successfully defended a jury verdict on appeal for a buyer asserting a negligent-misrepresentation claim related to a ranch sale
Successfully represented a plaintiff in a multi-million-dollar real-estate contract dispute to enforce the specific performance of the deal
Routinely advise and represent one of Texas's largest residential land developers in negotiations with and litigation against local-government entities
Helped draft and support the ETJ removal statute (SB 2038) in 2023
Drafted and helped obtain passage of SB 1844 in 2025, expanding disannexation rights for landowners who don't receive full municipal services
Won a full defense victory in arbitration for a seller of a multifamily property in Northern California, obtaining an award of over $300k in defense costs
Won a defense victory in arbitration in a dispute between neighbors, using the settlement-offer rule to reduce the plaintiffs’recovery to $0.
Sneha Media & Entertainment, LLC et al. v. Associated Broadcasting Co. — Obtained dismissal of all claims against Indian media company in a contract and copyright dispute (currently on appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit)
Peregrine Pipeline Co. v. Eagle Ford Land Partners, L.P. — Represented landowners as lead counsel, defending judgment of over $2 million for the landowners in a pipeline taking, leading to a confidential settlement following briefing and oral argument
Burks v. XL Specialty Insurance Co. — Obtained reversal of trial court's ruling, allowing former corporate officer and director proceed with breach-of-contract claim for improper denial of D&O coverage, leading to confidential settlement
Firefly Systems, Inc. v. Virgin Galactic et al. — As co-counsel, represented Virgin Galactic in removing the case from state court to federal court and then obtaining a complete dismissal of the lawsuit, compelling the plaintiff back to arbitration to face trade-secrets claims against it
[details confidential by agreement] (2012) — In a pipeline taking, obtained a settlement of over $1.9 million for a landowner on an initial written offer of under $70,000
Hindes v. La Salle County, Texas — After obtaining dismissal of claims against a governmental defendant in the trial court, successfully defended the dismissal on appeal
[details confidential by agreement] (2012) — In a pipeline taking, obtained a settlement of over $2.2 million for a landowner on an initial written offer of under $690,000
Jiménez v. Texas — Filed an amicus brief on behalf of the president-elect of Mexico, the governor of the State of Mexico, and the State of Mexico itself, supporting the cert petition of an undocumented Mexican woman who was deprived funds to hire a competent expert witness in a criminal case that turned on expert medical opinion
Singh v. Newman — With co-counsel, successfully tried a securities-fraud case to a jury, which issued a complete defense verdict
United States ex rel. Gonzalez v. Fresenius Medical Care of North America — Represented a nephrologist and his medical clinic against a disgruntled employee's claims of Medicare fraud, with the jury and judge awarding a take-nothing verdict and judgment for our clients and the Fifth Circuit affirming the judgment on appeal
[details confidential by agreement] (2008) — Authored a detailed complaint against a Fortune Global 10 company, alleging trade-secret misappropriation and other claims, prompting the defendant to agree to a high-eight-figure settlement
S&D Trading Academy, LLC v. AAFIS Inc. — Coauthored the successful motion for summary judgment, convincing the district court to apply the Texas Securities Act to bar the plaintiffs' claims
Microsoft Corp. v. AT&T Corp. — Wrote the Software and Information Industry Association's amicus brief, which the U.S. Solicitor General cited to support Microsoft's successful petition for certiorari
Sereboff v. Mid Atlantic Medical Services, Inc. — Coauthored the winning merits brief and sat second chair for this statutory-construction case at the U.S. Supreme Court, which held 9-0 for his client
Rationis Enterprises Inc. of Panama v. Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. — Briefed and argued an admiralty appeal to the Second Circuit, which reversed a liability determination and rendered a take-nothing judgment on claims exceeding $100 million
Rowe Entertainment, Inc. v. William Morris Agency, Inc. — Coauthored the winning brief in an appeal where the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of civil-rights and antitrust claims against major booking agencies
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