Alex is a seasoned litigator with proven courtroom experience defending design professionals, contractors, and other businesses in disputes related to contracts, design and construction defects, delay and disruption, professional negligence, personal injury, and large-loss/catastrophic cases including fatalities and serious injuries. He currently focuses his practice on the Construction industry. He has also recently represented clients in the golf, entertainment, and restaurant industries assisting them with litigation, handling and responding to investigations by various government agencies for civil, criminal, and regulatory issues including the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC), the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Texas Railroad Commission, and OSHA.
Known for his expertise on the Texas Rules of Evidence, he served for seven years on the Texas State Bar’s Committee on the Administration of the Rules of Evidence, which is tasked with considering all proposed changes and revisions to the Rules. He also served two terms on the Board of Directors for the Texas Young Lawyers’ Association and has chaired both of it’s advocacy competitions, the National Trial Competition and the State Moot Court tournament.
Before moving back to Dallas, Alex taught upcoming law students advocacy skills as an adjunct faculty member and lecturer. In this role, he coached moot court and mock trial teams for the school’s inter-scholastic teams and guest lectured for various classes.
Representative Cases:
Palomo v. Topgolf et al, Dallas County, Texas
Defended Topgolf from suit brought by patron who fell off second story suffering serious injuries to his spine and had success striking Plaintiff’s experts in several fields prior to trial, leading to
favorable resolution.
Dream Team Media Group, Inc v. Gas Monkey Live, Dallas County, Texas
Obtained full defense verdict and won counter claim in breach of contract suit brought by concert promoter against local venue over a Rev Run (of Run DMC) concert.
Knight v. Hall, Dallas County, Texas
Obtained complete defense verdict in car wreck case where Plaintiff had spine surgery and asked the jury for more than one million dollars.
Estate of Kim v. Texas Mail Service, Inc., Dallas County, Texas
Defended trucking company in hybrid dram shop and transportation accident where intoxicated underage patron had single car accident which disabled his vehicle in the middle of the roadway where it was then struck by a tractor trailer. Successfully struck Plaintiff’s human factors expert, leading to favorable resolution on the eve of trial.
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As a Chief of the Appellate Division at the McLennan County Criminal District Attorney’s Office, Alex also argued more than a dozen cases in Texas Appellate Courts. The research, writing, and oral argument skills from handling more than 200 cases on appeal continue to serve his civil clients well.
Representative Criminal Cases
Easley v. State, NO. PD-1509-12, 2014 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 272 (Tex. Crim. App. March 12, 2014) – Briefed and argued before the Court of Criminal Appeals; resulted in a 9-0 decision for the State from the Court of Criminal Appeals, reversing a 90-year-old precedent related to the harm standard for reviewing voir dire errors.
State v. Barragan, NO. 10-12-00100-CR (Tex. App.–Waco July 25, 2013) – State’s Appeal. Briefed and argued before the Tenth Court of Appeals; resulted in a reversal of a trial court’s order granting a new trial. The Tenth Court of Appeals followed the State’s recommendation and adopted more modern new trial practice principles from civil law.
In re A.M., 385 S.W.3d 74 (Tex. App.–Waco 2012) – Briefed and argued to the Tenth Court of Appeals; reversed standing precedent that factual sufficiency of the evidence claims did not have to be preserved by a Motion for New Trial in parental-rights termination cases.
Coble v. Texas, No. 10-1271 – Brief in Opposition to a Cert. Writ SCOTUS; Resulted in the denial of certiorari in a death penalty case where the State’s expert psychologist had been found not to be qualified as an expert, but the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals had found his testimony to be harmless error.