Hicks Thomas LLP

About

Provided by Hicks Thomas LLP

USA

Firm Details:

Web: http://www.hicks-thomas.com

Tel: (713) 547-9100

Fax: (713) 547-9150

Managing Partner: John Thomas

Number of partners: 22

Number of lawyers: 20

Firm Overview:

Hicks Thomas LLP is a litigation boutique with extensive expertise across a wide range of industries. We represent both plaintiffs and defendants in business and tort litigation. Our experience includes energy, environmental and toxic torts, antitrust and anti-competitive practices, employment and labor disputes, as well as product liability cases. Since our founding in 1997, we have consistently delivered successful results in complex cases, building a reputation for excellence, efficiency, and outstanding client service.

Main Areas of Practice:

Appellate:

At Hicks Thomas LLP, our appellate attorneys are a critical part of our practice. In the chaos of trial, they stay focused on identifying and preserving key issues and evidence that can make-or-break a case on appeal. They are skilled at strategically selecting the strongest points to challenge when appealing a verdict, and they know how to present the record below in a compelling fashion to defend a successful verdict at trial. Our appellate attorneys are experts at distilling complex technical topics or thorny legal doctrines into concise and compelling briefs that resonate with the state and federal judiciary.

Not all appeals happen at the end of the case. In addition to final judgments, our appellate attorneys have experience handling interlocutory appeals, which often involve urgent and high-stakes issues, such as preliminary injunctions, class certification, or privilege and immunity issues.

Our appellate team also provides crucial support at the trial level. Summary judgment and other dispositive motions can resolve a case without the need for trial. Our team drafts and argues motions that leverage the strongest legal arguments to either win a case outright or limit the issues going to trial. They collaborate with trial counsel to draft precise and persuasive jury instructions, or to make the proper objections when necessary. Our appellate team is a key part of our trial team and ensure that we make the necessary objections, motions, and arguments to preserve key issues for review on appeal and protect our clients’ interests.

Practice Attorneys: Stephen Barrick, Eric Grant, Mariana Jantz, Katherine Kunz, Liz Larson, Chris Richart, Cameron P. Pope

Business Litigation:

Hicks Thomas help companies navigate a complex legal system in business litigation matters including corporate crises, mergers, acquisitions, and joint sales, partnerships and shareholder disputes, trademark enforcements, and many others. The firm carefully considers the challenges to business within the legal system and understands the corporate environment and the economic impacts of litigation. The firm assesses how these elements influence specific companies and specialized fields of work, and how they affect an industry. That knowledge then forms the basis of the firm’s strategy moving forward.

Practice Attorneys: John Thomas, Stephen Barrick, Courtney Ervin, Robin Harrison, Stewart Hoffer, Stephen Loftin, Allen Rustay, Paul Mitchell

Construction Litigation:

Hicks Thomas pursues legal solutions that protect its clients’ interests and investments, whether through negotiation, litigation, or arbitration. The firm’s construction practice serves clients involved in all phases of private and public construction projects, including owners, design professionals, general contractors, subcontractors, developers, suppliers and vendors, as well as construction consulting and management firms.

Practice Attorneys: Stephen Barrick, D. Ryan Cordell, Jr., John Deis, Kaylee Gum, Mariana Jantz, Katherin Kunz, Gregg Laswell, Stephen Loftin, Paul Mitchell, Kevin Mrsny, Stacie Osborn, Allen Rustay, John B. Thomas, Jessica Wahl, Colin Watterson

Energy Litigation:

Hicks Thomas has extensive experience in state and federal courts and before domestic and international arbitration tribunals representing clients in the energy and oil and gas sectors in all types of contested disputes, including commercial torts, property damage claims, pipeline, drilling, and oil rig litigation, contract agreement litigation, product defects, and force majeure claims in a variety of forums. Hicks Thomas has represented product suppliers, drilling contractors, vessel owners, service companies, operators and pipeline companies.

Practice Attorneys: Stephen Barrick, D. Ryan Cordell, Jr., John Deis, Courtney Ervin, Miranda Granchi, Eric Grant, Jay Gross, Kaylee Gum, Katherine Kunz, Liz Larson, Gregg Laswell, Stephen Loftin, Jeffrey Migit, Paul Mitchell, Kevin Mrsny, Stacie Osborn, Brian Pidcock, Allen Rustay, John B. Thomas, Jessica Wahl, Colin Watterson

Environmental and Natural Resource Litigation:

Hicks Thomas serves client litigation needs in environmental mattersacross the natural resources, chemical, and industrial sectors. The firm provides guidance on federal laws from CERCLA and RCRA to state common-law doctrines of nuisance and trespass. The firm has served in trial and appellate matters as national litigation counsel for distributors and manufacturers of both chemical and industrial products, together with oil and gas producers. The firm has defended more than 4,500 claims of personal injury and property damage in California, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, and Texas. Among its clients in this area are individuals, businesses, municipalities, and public and private water purveyors.

Healthcare Litigation:

Our attorneys handle the full spectrum of managed care and ERISA litigation, from defending against individual claims to representing clients in collective actions seeking millions of dollars in damages. We bring a deep bench that understands the unique challenges faced by managed care entities and who provide strategic, tailored counsel to protect our clients’ business interests and enhance their bottom line. We have extensive experience navigating complex issues such as ERISA preemption, benefit claim disputes, reimbursement claims, and allegations of unfair business practices. Our team has also represented clients in litigation involving provider network disputes, credentialing issues, and claims of defamation, among others. We understand that the stakes in these cases are high, and our lawyers are dedicated to delivering effective, results-driven solutions at every stage of litigation.

Practice Attorneys: Allison Fisher, Joshua Fojtik, Kelsey Hope, Jessica Little, Clarissa Medrano, Jeffrey Migit, Kevin Mrsny, Brian Pidcock, John Shely, Destiny Stokes, M. Katherine Strahan, Laura Trenaman, Bridget Vick

Insurance Coverage Litigation:

Hicks Thomas LLP’s insurance group handles a wide range of coverage disputes, representing insurers and reinsurers, including some of largest in the country, in arbitration and litigation. Our coverage lawyers provide objective advice and litigate cutting-edge issues on all types of coverages, including commercial liabilities, professional liabilities, environmental and toxic tort coverage, property insurance, health policies, and comprehensive general liabilities.

Insurance cases often become complex and technical, and after successfully representing insurers and reinsurers in high-stakes, complex litigation, we can assure you that we will work collaboratively to consult, negotiate, and tailor a strategy that best fits our clients’ specific needs. Our main goal is to establish efficient resolution mechanisms for cost-effective resolution, whether through mediation, arbitration, or dispositive motions in court. Nationally recognized for its litigation prowess, Hicks Thomas LLP’s insurance group will use its expertise, knowledge, and skill to ensure our clients obtain the most favorable outcome.

Practice Attorneys: Stephen Barrick, Raymond Chang, D. Ryan Cordell, Jr., Courtney Ervin, Jay Gross, Kaylee Gum, Liz Larson, Gregg Laswell, Stephen Loftin, Stacie Osborn

Intellectual Property and Trade Secret Litigation:

Our firm has represented clients across a range of industries in high stakes intellectual property disputes in in state and federal courts, including patent and copyright claims, trade dress and Lanham Act claims, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, the common law of trade secrets, the Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act (TUTSA), the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (DFTA), and the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

Outside of the litigation context, we also help our clients protect their intellectual property and trade secrets with appropriate employment policies and agreements, and advise on best practices to protect your intellectual property and maintain your goodwill and reputation.

Practice Attorneys: Stephen Barrick, D. Ryan Cordell, Jr., John Deis, Miranda Granchi, Eric Grant, Robin Harrison, Stewart Hoffer, Stephen Loftin, Brian Pidcock, Chris Richart, Allen Rustay, John B. Thomas, Jessica Wahl, Colin Watterson

Labor & Employment Litigation:

Hicks Thomas litigates in federal and state courts across the country and prosecutes and defends administrative proceedings before federal and state agencies alike. The firm’s employment attorneys have experience with trade secrets, termination issues, disability accommodations, employment agreements, and more. The firm understands that labor and employment matters have the potential to hobble a business, sometimes irreparably. Its labor and employment practice seeks to resolve matters quickly and efficiently so that operations, as well as those they serve and support, are affected as little as possible.

Practice Attorneys: Stephen Barrick, Miranda Granchi, Stewart Hoffer, Mariana Jantz, Chris Richart, Jessica Wahl

Plaintiff's Litigation:

We have successfully represented clients in matters involving personal injuries, wrongful death, fraud, securities violations, and breaches of fiduciary duty, as well as disputes over intellectual property, trade secrets, and restrictive covenants. Whether the goal is to recover significant financial damages or secure injunctive relief to protect your business interests, we understand what it takes to win in complex, high-stakes cases.

Practice Attorneys: Stephen Barrick, Raymond Chang, D. Ryan Cordell, Jr., Allison Fisher, Eric Grant, Jay Gross, Stewart Hoffer, Katherine Kunz, Stephen Loftin, Brian Pidcock, Allen Rustay, John Shely, John B. Thomas, Colin Watterson

Real Estate Litigation:

The trial lawyers at Hicks Thomas are experienced in all aspects of real estate litigation and have the deep knowledge and expertise that is required to handle each client’s legal needs. The firm represents clients from pre-litigation evaluation and strategy through appeal on developer disputes, business torts, contractual disputes, title disputes, liens and foreclosures. The firm represent developers, sellers, purchasers, property managers, and tenants of commercial real estate at the local and national level in all aspects of the commercial real estate industry.

Practice Attorneys: Stephen Barrick, Allison Fisher, Jay Gross, Gregg Laswell, John B. Thomas, Colin Watterson

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