Commercial Litigation

The experienced commercial litigators at Crain, Caton & James help their clients achieve favorable business solutions to their litigation problems. They understand that clients want to conduct business, not litigation. That means, however, that clients, and their lawyers, must be ready and able to try and win cases in any courtroom or arbitration setting, while focusing on the ultimate goal—a resolution that achieves the client’s best interests. The Firm’s commercial trial lawyers give clients the litigation leverage to accomplish their business and financial goals.

Crain, Caton & James maintains an active litigation practice in courts and arbitration tribunals in Houston and throughout Texas. The Firm’s trial practice includes the following areas:

• Construction
• Corporate Securities
• Employment and Labor
• Energy
• Environmental
• Fiduciary
• Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith
• Personal Injury
• Product Liability
• Real Estate
• Toxic Tort

Examples of work recently handled by the Firm’s trial lawyers include:

• Obtaining a Texas Supreme Court decision affirming coverage as an additional insured and awarding damages to the Firm’s client
• Obtaining a defense verdict, affirmed on appeal, in favor of an exploration company sued by a landowner for millions in damages
• Representing employees in obtaining and confirming a seven-figure arbitration award for damages upon separation from the company
• Obtaining a verdict and award of over $3.5 million on behalf of a trustee in a breach of fiduciary duty and tax fraud case
• Obtaining a record award of Rule 11 sanctions in federal court against the opposing party and their counsel along with dismissal of the entire case against all Defendants arising out of an oil and gas dispute in Morocco
• Obtaining a defense verdict for a mortgage company in a fraud case
• Handling numerous commercial disputes in arbitration settings

The Firm efficiently staffs all cases—large and small—from an array of seasoned trial and appellate specialists and litigation paralegals who use a state of the art litigation support system.