Todd's representative experience includes:

  • Defending the appeal of a take-nothing summary
    judgment for a municipality in a death case governed by
    Chapter 95 of the Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code.

  • Obtaining affirmance of a money judgment for a metal
    building contractor and, by cross-appeal, increasing the
    amount of interest awarded to the contractor.

  • Representing an investment management company in a
    proceeding to vacate an arbitration award in federal
    district court and the Fifth Circuit.

  • By mandamus to the court of appeals and the Texas
    Supreme Court, seeking to compel arbitration on behalf
    of securities brokers sued for breach of fiduciary duties.

  • After oral argument in the Fifth Circuit, obtaining
    affirmance of a take-nothing summary judgment for a
    mortgage lender in a dispute involving the payoff of a
    home loan by a third party.

  • Upholding the exclusion of expert testimony on the
    standard of care in defending a hospital against a claim
    of negligence in the adoption of policies and procedures
    governing emergency-room treatment of stroke patients.

  • Serving as lead counsel in several arbitration and
    litigation matters for the administrator of a $1 billion class
    action involving allegedly defective plumbing systems.

For a copy of Todd's resume, click here.
Experience
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