About

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Jackson Walker is a “go to” trial firm for bet-the-company and high-profile cases in Texas and across the United States. With about 30% of the firm’s 500+ attorneys focused practicing litigation, Jackson Walker has one of the largest trial groups in the Southwest and has litigated cases in nearly every state in the nation.

Representative Matters

  • Representing the joint defense groups in the Winter Storm Uri multi-district litigation (MDL), which involves over 200 lawsuits with over 30,000 plaintiffs, two putative class actions against more than 500 defendants, and subrogation claims from over 1,000 insurance companies
  • Representation of companies in a high-stakes litigation involving over 500 homeowners in Harris County, Texas. The plaintiffs alleged property damage, diminution in value, and other damages resulting from flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey.
  • Represented Helena Agri-Enterprises before the Texas Supreme Court in a lawsuit alleging that an aerial application of herbicide damaged cotton fields in Texas.
  • Secured Texas Supreme Court ruling in favor of high-speed rail project.

Chambers Review

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Litigation: General Commercial - Texas: San Antonio & Surrounds

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What the Team is Known For

Jackson Walker LLP is a renowned Texas firm with experience at every stage of local, national and international litigation. It has notable capabilities in a broad range of litigation, including professional liability and contractual disputes. The firm also handles fraud and breach of fiduciary cases, acting for both claimants and defendants. It also represents clients from a variety of sectors, ranging from energy to agriculture and insurance. With six offices across the state, the firm provides wide-ranging coverage in Texas.

Work Highlights

  • Jackson Walker continued to defend Herring Networks against defamation claims involving post-Election Day 2020 coverage, brought by Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic USA, the voting tech companies that were alleged to have rigged ballots in President Biden’s favor via their voting machines.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Charles Babcock
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Charles Babcock
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Charles Babcock is a respected litigator with a wealth of trial experience. He offers particular strength in First Amendment litigation.

Chip is a classy attorney who knows the law and human nature inside and out. He is an advocate you want on your side.

Julia Mann
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Julia Mann
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Julia Mann is managing partner of Jackson Walker's San Antonio office and possesses wide-ranging commercial disputes expertise.

Julia is top-notch. She and her team in San Antonio take great care of our needs. Julia's input has been invaluable.

Julia does a wonderful job. She has an ability to really understand what we really need.

Julia is an exceptional lawyer and a problem solver. She is highly engaged and respected in the community.

Amanda N Crouch
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Amanda N Crouch
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Amanda Crouch has experience assisting a broad range of clients in both trials and appeals.

Amanda is great to work with and does a solid job of presenting multiple options to resolving claims.

Amanda is a true partner in providing indispensable support to us.

Breck Harrison
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Breck Harrison
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Clients seek out Breck Harrison's adept counsel on a range of matters. He is highlighted for his particular expertise in complex fiduciary and contractual disputes.

Breck is a very smart and skilled litigator.

Breck is an excellent and sophisticated litigation lawyer.

Breck is a very sharp-witted litigator and an exceptional thinker and advocate in the courtroom. He is very personable and very respectful.

Jeffrey Harvey
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Jeffrey Harvey
Head of Litigation: General Commercial
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Jeffrey Harvey has a broad litigation practice which includes commercial disputes as well as catastrophic injury and product liability claims.

Jeffrey is an exceptional lawyer.

Joseph Fischer
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Joseph Fischer
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Joseph Fischer centers his practice on complex commercial and personal injury litigation for a broad range of notable energy sector clients.

Joseph is a very experienced trial lawyer and gives strong advice. He knows exactly what the client's needs are, what they prioritize, and how to separate what's important from what's not. He knows when to take a hard line and when to compromise to achieve the best result for the client. I don't think he could do anything better.

Joshua A Romero
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Joshua A Romero
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Joshua Romero is noted for his handling of trials and appeals in state and federal courts.

Joshua is intelligent and sophisticated. He has excellent people skills and his responsiveness is a key strength.

Joshua is a very intelligent and well-prepared lawyer. He is offensive and aggressive in defending a case and creative in his arguments.

Matt Dow
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Matt Dow
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Matt Dow is an experienced trial lawyer who is regularly sought out to handle complex commercial disputes.

Matt is an exceptional attorney.

Matt has a breadth of knowledge and knows everybody who can handle particular technical issues if we need them.

Matt brings exceptional insight and connections to the Texas Bar and judges.

Robert Soza
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Robert Soza
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Robert Soza has experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants at trial and on appeal in a wide range of disputes.

He is great to work with.

Robert is wicked smart and understands our business. He relates to people and is a really good man, and that helps a lot.

Robert is very sophisticated in his field.

Robert has deep legal and practical knowledge and skills.

Stephen Calhoun
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Stephen Calhoun
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Stephen Calhoun has a growing reputation for his adept handling of complex commercial disputes.

We are always impressed with his knowledge of case law and his writing abilities, among many other strengths. He is a strong litigator.

Stephen is an excellent attorney.

Ross Forbes
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Ross Forbes
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Ross Forbes is the chair of Jackson Walker's litigation practice. He represents clients in an array of sectors in jury and non-jury trials, and commercial arbitrations under a wide variety of rules.

Ross is savvy, practical, professional and effective.

I would recommend Ross highly and hold him in high esteem. He learns the area quickly and resolves cases successfully. Ross is pragmatic, responsive, experienced and thorough, and provides very good communications and responsiveness.

Brian Oates
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Brian Oates is recognized for his adept representation of clients in complex commercial litigation, with particular experience handling contractual disputes.

Brian is a very skilled litigator. I am always impressed with his knowledge and practicality.

Ranked Lawyers at
Jackson Walker LLP

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Texas

Litigation: Trial Lawyers

Charles Babcock
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Charles Babcock
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Texas: Austin & Surrounds

Litigation: General Commercial

Breck Harrison
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Breck Harrison
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Joshua A Romero
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Joshua A Romero
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Matt Dow
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Matt Dow
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Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds

Litigation: General Commercial

Ross Forbes
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Ross Forbes
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Brian Oates
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Brian Oates
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Up and Coming

Texas: Houston & Surrounds

Litigation: General Commercial

Charles Babcock
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Charles Babcock
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Joseph Fischer
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Joseph Fischer
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Texas: San Antonio & Surrounds

Litigation: General Commercial

Julia Mann
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Julia Mann
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Amanda N Crouch
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Amanda N Crouch
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Jeffrey Harvey
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Jeffrey Harvey
Head of Litigation: General Commercial
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Robert Soza
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Robert Soza
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Stephen Calhoun
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Stephen Calhoun
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Members

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Brad Anderson

Breck Harrison

Brett Kutnick

Christopher Bankler

Danica Milios

Erica Benites Giese

Hugh Tanner

Jeff Gilmore

Jennifer Freel

Joel Glover

Jonathan Neerman

Justin V. Lee

Laura M. Kidd Cordova

Luke Gilman

Marc Fuller

Marilyn Brown

Mark Josephs

Matthew Swantner

Michael Murtha

Noah Galton

Richard Howell

Robert Latham

Ross Forbes

Head of Department

Sarah Patel Pacheco

Scott Wheatley

William Jenkins

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