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Doug Brothers, Partner

Doug Brothers
Direct line: 512-495-1400
dbrothers@
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NATURE OF PRACTICE

  • Commercial, Intellectual Property, Fiduciary Duty, and Securities Litigation
  • Real Estate, Insurance, and Probate Litigation
  • Personal Injury, Tort, Constitutional, Civil Rights, and Employment Litigation
  • Trials and Appeals in State and Federal Courts
  • Arbitrations and Class Action Litigation

RECENT REPRESENTATIVE CASES

  • K&O Limited Partnership v. CTTI, et al. Jury verdict and judgment of $1.1 million in commercial construction case. Also obtained substantial additional settlements.

  • Armstrong et al v. Main Street Homes. Significant arbitration award for a group of over 30 homeowners.

  • In re Steiner. Represented successful will proponent of the T.C. “Buck” Steiner estate.

  • Mullen v. Principal. Jury verdict of over $10 million for defamation claim.

  • Confidential settlement of aviation wrongful death case on behalf of pilot’s estate against aircraft operator and manufacturer.

  • Confidential settlement of several psychiatrist misconduct cases.

  • Several multi party arbitrations for national homebuilder.

  • Mitchell v. Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. Injunction against agency action denying application for low income housing credits.

REPRESENTATIVE LITIGATION CASES

  • Fiduciary and Business Litigation. Troup v. Rigaku -- Substantial settlement for company founder against venture capital firm that took control of company. Scipioni v. Empire Funding – confidential settlement for company president against company founder for breach of duty.

  • Intellectual Property Litigation. Defense of architectural copyright case against homebuilder. Defense of trade dress case against chain of home furnishing stores. Defense of alleged theft of trade secrets case against beauty products manufacturer.

  • Personal Injury and Tort Litigation. Woodward v. Union Pacific -- 3.5 million dollar recovery against Union Pacific in grade crossing case. Numerous other personal injury and wrongful death verdicts and settlements.

  • Civil Rights, Constitutional, and Public Sector Litigation. Operating Contractors v. State of Texas. $23 million judgment for contractors involved in terminated state air pollution control program, settled on appeal. Savely v. Houston. Jury verdict, later reversed on appeal, declaring that annexation of Clear Lake City by Houston was invalid.

  • Real Estate Litigation. Favorable resolution for a title company of major exposure resulting from adverse title claims to a large gated community. Defense of several multi-million Deceptive Trade Practices Act claims.

  • Class Action Litigation. Obtained class certification of class of employees alleging age discrimination. Represented class of doctors alleging underpayments by HMO.

  • Insurance and Coverage Litigation. Ryland Group, Inc. v. Travellers Indemnity -- Obtained declaratory judgment that costs of defense were covered in copyright infringement case. Brady National Bank v. Gulf Insurance Co. -- Obtained declaratory judgment that Banker’s Bond covered losses associated with Ponzi scheme.

  • Employment Litigation. Tried or settled in excess of 20 cases for employees who reported or refused to engage in illegal conduct in the workplace and were fired as a result, including a $13.5 million verdict for a state whistleblower, a $1.1 million recovery for a police officer who arrested a superior officer for driving while intoxicated, and substantial sums for employees reporting, among other things, accounting irregularities, kickbacks, environmental misdeeds, and violations of NCAA Division I football rules.

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • A.B. magna cum laude Amherst College, 1978.
  • J. D. with honors University of Texas School of Law, 1981.
  • Associate in the Dallas office of Leonard, Hurt, 1981-1983. Partner in the Austin office of Leonard, Hurt, 1984.
  • Founding partner of Brothers, & Thomas, LLP, formerly Brothers, Reavis & McGinnis, 1984-2004.
  • Founding partner of George & Brothers, LLP, 2004

PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT

  • Selected by Austin Business Journal September 2003 as one of Austin’s ten “Best of the Bar” in Civil Litigation.
  • Selected as a "Texas Super Lawyer," a recognition afforded fewer than 5% of the bar, as seen in Texas Monthly Magazine.
  • Member, American Trial Lawyers Association.
  • Member, Trial Lawyers Association.
  • Member, Texas Bar Foundation.
  • Founding Member, Travis County Bar Foundation.

ADMISSIONS

  • Texas
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
  • United States District Court for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas.
  • Board Certified Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1988-present.

PUBLICATIONS AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

  • Suing the State and Its Employees, 16th Annual Page Keeton Products Liability Law Conference, University of Texas (1992)
  • Exemplary Damages after Moriel, 18th Annual Page Keeton Products Liability Law Conference, University of Texas (1994)
  • The Defense of Comparative Bad Faith, Symposium on the Law of Bad Faith in Contract and Insurance, 72 Texas Law Review 1565 (1994)
  • Factors in Deciding Which Contingency Fee Cases to Take, Employment Law Seminar, University of Houston (1995, 1996)
  • An Overview of the Texas Whistleblower Act, State Bar of Texas (1997)
  • Liability Insurance in Employment Litigation, Travis County Bar Association, (1998)
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