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Husch Blackwell LLP

Litigation: General Commercial

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Husch Blackwell LLP

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Litigation: General Commercial - Texas: Austin & Surrounds

Band 3

Band 3


What the Team is Known For
Husch Blackwell LLP has a notable commercial litigation practice offering experienced handling of fraud, breach of contract and bankruptcy-related claims. The firm is sought after by clients in the engineering, healthcare and financial services sectors, among others.

Work Highlights

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  • Husch Blackwell successfully defended Texas Instruments in a breach of contract dispute against one of its vendors.

Strengths

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  • Husch Blackwell has very experienced litigators who routinely develop creative solutions to complex litigation issues. Its attorneys are very professional and exceptionally talented.

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  • Husch Blackwell's attorneys are always smart, responsive, adaptable and light on their feet in responding to everything that happens during litigation.

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  • Husch Blackwell offers very clear analysis and its legal advice is succinct and analytical. It provides excellent client service and does an excellent job at understanding the various parts of our company with no problems.

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  • Husch Blackwell provides excellent advocacy, counseling and industry knowledge. Working with the firm is a true partnership. I have every confidence in the firm and its smart, pragmatic counseling along with the outstanding advocacy it provides. The team also goes above and beyond with service levels and responsiveness.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 5Richard Illmer
    Band 5Richard Illmer

    Richard Illmer

    Richard Illmer is recommended for his representation of clients on a range of commercial litigation matters, offering trial expertise and experience handling cases such as breach of contract and fraud claims.

    • Richard is a strong and experienced attorney.

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    • Richard is a polished trial lawyer who does a good job in the courtroom.

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    • Richard is a very fine lawyer. He relates very well to juries and focuses the evidence through witnesses very effectively.

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    • Richard is a great trial lawyer and litigator who is highly effective. He's good with clients and super-smart.

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  • Up and ComingJacob Kring
    Up and ComingJacob Kring

    Jacob Kring

    Jacob Kring is well regarded for acting on behalf of clients in state and federal courts. He provides valuable insight on commercial litigation touching on matters such as shareholder disputes, noncompete agreements and other issues.

    • Jacob knows how to get things done and is also good in court.

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    • Jacob is effective and succinct, with good analytical and reasoning skills.

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    • Jacob is one of the best young lawyers I've seen in Texas. He is really smart, competitive, aggressive and thorough. It's hard to get things past him and I would hire him to represent me in a heartbeat.

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Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds

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