Briefed an appeal seeking to overturn the trial court’s refusal to dismiss a health care liability claim against a hospital. The intermediate court of appeals reversed the trial court’s decision and ordered the claims dismissed.

Briefed an appeal seeking to uphold the trial court’s decision to grant summary judgment in a premises liability case against an oil company. The intermediate court of appeals upheld the summary judgment.

Briefed an appeal in both the intermediate court of appeals and the Texas Supreme Court defending a summary judgment on behalf of a seller of oil and gas properties against an indemnification claim. The judgment, including an award for attorneys’ fees, was upheld by the Texas Supreme Court.

Assisted briefing an appeal and related petition for writ of mandamus in which a Catholic Diocese was sued by a former deacon for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The Texas Supreme Court ordered a dismissal of the claims under the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine.

Briefed an appeal defending the trial court’s decision to dismiss a case under the Texas Anti-SLAPP law brought by an employee of a medical examiner’s office. The intermediate court of appeals upheld the trial court’s decision in favor of the medical examiner’s office.

Briefed an appeal seeking to overturn a trial court’s refusal to dismiss a case under the Texas Anti-SLAPP law brought against a medical examiner’s office. The intermediate court of appeals partially reversed the trial court’s decision and dismissed some of the plaintiff’s claims.

Obtained dismissals with an award of attorney’s fees under the Texas Anti-SLAPP law (the Texas Citizens Participation Act) in suits filed against a hospital by a physician, in a counterclaim filed by a physician against a physicians’ group, and a counterclaim against an attorney.

Obtained summary judgment for a church-owned financial services organization that manages retirement funds for missionaries and pastors in a multi-million-dollar case involving tortious interference with contract, fraud, conspiracy, and lender liability claims arising out of a failed sale of working interests in oil and gas leases located in the Permian Basin.