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Brian N. Hail | Partner
bhail@ghjhlaw.com
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214.855.6804 direct
214.855.6808 fax
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Suite 2500
Dallas, TX 75202 |
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Brian Hail is an established and highly successful trial lawyer. He has extensive courtroom experience and has litigated and tried numerous cases, ranging from complex commercial litigation to employment litigation. Often hired by fellow attorneys to handle their personal legal matters, Brian has been recognized as a go to attorney on tough cases needing an experienced and aggressive litigator. Brian is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
He has been recognized every year by his peers in Texas Monthly and Law & Politics magazines as a "Super Lawyer". Brian was twice named previously by D Magazine as one of the "Best Lawyers Under 40".
- Recovered net settlement proceeds in various plaintiffs litigation in excess of $50 million
- Trial counsel in numerous commercial litigation cases resulting in plaintiff and defense judgments, including litigation involving defrauded limited partner, litigation involving landlord/tenant dispute, litigation involving breach of commission agreement, litigation involving officer and director, litigation involving consumer fraud, litigation involving age and sex discrimination, and litigation involving breach of large commission agreement
Commercial Litigation
- State Bar Disciplinary Hearings
- Fiduciary litigation regarding officers and directors
- Litigation involving partners and shareholders
Employment Litigation
- Title VII, ADEA
- Sexual harrassment/intentional infliction of emotional distress/age/sex/race discrimination
- Negotiating executive buyout and severence packages
- Theft of trade secrets/trade secret litigation - confidential information/non-compete agreements
- Investigation of employees by corporation and former employees prior to termination and subsequent to termination for potential trade secret theft
- Internal investigation of employee misconduct and termination
Energy Litigation
- Condemnation/eminent domain
- Establishing right of entry for surveying
Intellectual Property
- Patent litigation and licensing litigation/programs
- Trademark and trade secret litigation
Securities and Shareholder Litigation
- Class action certification and defense
- 10b(5) fraud and fraudulent misrepresentation
- Officer/director representation
- Sarbanes-Oxley officers defense and officer liability
- Shareholder derivative suits (defense and plaintiff)
- Litigation and arbitration regarding broker litigation
Professional
- Hillcrest Church
- National Breast Cancer Foundation, Secretary/Treasurer, 1990-2003
- College of the State Bar of Texas, Former Member
- Dallas Bar Association, Member
- Dallas Bar Association Judiciary Committee – Vice Chairman, Bench Bar Book, 2002
- State Bar of Texas, Member
- Dallas Bar Foundation, Fellow
Honors
- Selected as a Texas Super Lawyer by Texas Monthly and Law & Politics magazines, 2003-2008
- Honored as one of the ‘Top Attorneys Under 40' by D Magazine, 2002, 2004
- Handling Litigation Through Trial and Appeal – From Plaintiff's and Defendant's Perspective
- Libel, Slander, and False Light in Texas, 2003 CLE/TDI Seminar Legal Issues of Disaster Response
- Mold, the New Catastrophic Claim Creature, and What Contract Sureties Should Know About It
- Handling Litigation Thru Trial and Appeal – the Plaintiff's and Defendant's Perspective, Fort Worth Chapter of the CPCU
- Preparing the Big Case for Trial and Appeal, Dallas Bar Association
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A Limited Liability Partnership
1445 Ross Avenue
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Dallas, Texas 75202-2711 |
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214.855.6800
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Southern Methodist University, Graduate Studies in Finance, 1997
The University of Texas at Austin Law School, J.D., 1990
Southern Methodist University, B.B.A., cum laude 1987
Georgetown University, Institute on Comparative Economic and Political Systems, 1986
Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
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State Bar of Texas 1990
U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th and 7th Circuits
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas
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