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Ryan Higgins is a Partner/Shareholder in the Houston based law firm of Rusty Hardin & Associates LLP with a practice devoted exclusively to civil litigation and trials.. Across the United States he leads individuals and businesses in trials and litigation from a wide range of industries. This includes representing clients in the energy industry, investment banking, casinos, hedge funds, pharmaceutical, fashion, and technology.. Ryan handles cases on an hourly basis but he prefers to share the risk of winning with the client and as such seeks to find alternative fee arrangements when helpful to the client.  A contingency-fee basis is often better as his time and efforts pay off only when the client wins.  His  interests are aligned with the clients-"I want to achieve the best-possible outcome at the lowest possible cost."

Joshua W. Mermis is a founding partner of West Mermis, PLLC. He has broad experience in litigation, construction, energy and business matters. Joshua has extensive trial experience having conducted jury and bench trials, as well as arbitrations involving significant multi-million-dollar commercial projects throughout Texas. He represents operators, general contractors, subcontractors, developers, suppliers, product manufacturers, businesses and individuals in a variety of disputes. Joshua is licensed in Texas.Joshua is board certified in construction law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He has been selected as a Texas Super Lawyer by Thompson Reuters, which is an honor conferred upon only on 5% of the total lawyers in Texas. He has been recognized as a BestLawyer. He was also selected by his peers for inclusion in H Texas Magazine Top Lawyer and Houstonian Top Lawyer. Joshua is the past Chair of the Houston Bar Association Construction Law Section. West Mermis, PLLC has been rated a Best Law Firm by US News & World Report.

I was licensed to practice law in the State of Texas in 2010 and am admitted to practice in all United States District Courts in the State of Texas, as well as in the Fifth Circuit. I have experience in wage and hour litigation, collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act, cases involving employment contracts, employment discrimination cases, and ERISA litigation, as well as more broad-based commercial litigation and appellate experience.

I represent plaintiffs who have been hurt. I am board certified in Personal Injury Trial Law and handle catastrophic personal injury cases, but I also practice construction, securities, and complex commercial litigation, for companies and individuals.. I am a native Houstonian and attended St. Thomas High School where I currently serve on the board. I went to Harvard and graduated with high honors, magna cum laude, in 2004. At Harvard, I served as Historian of the Harvard Political Union, the College's debating society, and as Secretary of Harvard CHANCE, a group dedicated to mentoring and tutoring students from Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. While participating in the leadership of CHANCE, I also helped two recently-immigrated students prepare for their English as a Second Language exam. After graduating from college, I came back to Texas for law school, finishing with Honors from the University of Texas School of Law in 2007. During my time there, I served as Development Editor of The Review of Litigation and as Chair of the Career Services Committee of the Thurgood Marshall Legal Society. In my final year, I participated in the school’s first Supreme Court Clinic. We convinced the United States Supreme Court to review our client's case during a term in which the Court agreed to hear only 78 of the 8,517 cases filed.. After graduation, I returned to Houston to clerk for the Honorable Jerry E. Smith of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. During my time with Fifth Circuit, I worked on cases ranging from insurance law to administrative law to one of the most watched white-collar criminal cases of the 21st century. I then worked for two years at the Houston trial firm that pioneered contingent-fee commercial litigation, handling bet-the-company litigation.. I am active in the community as a member of the local and state bar associations and the local, state, and national trial lawyer associations. I currently serve as a member of the State Bar's Computer and Technology Section Council, the Houston Lawyer magazine's editorial board, and the Houston Bar Association's Law Week Committee.. When I am not working on behalf of my clients, I am active with travel, book collecting, and trying new and interesting restaurants.

An experienced trial lawyer and commercial litigator, Evan has tried cases to juries in both federal and state courts, representing businesses and high net-worth individuals in business litigation, energy litigation, construction litigation, financial services litigation, and real estate litigation.. In addition to his litigation practice, Evan regularly counsels major financial institutions in developing and improving their legal order processing policies and procedures.. Evan’s representative trial experience includes:. Evan is a Fellow in the Texas Bar Foundation, a charitable organization dedicated to educating the public about rights and obligations under the law and providing legal services to the poor. Evan was also named one of Houston’s Top Lawyers for Financial Services Litigation by H Texas Magazine in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016; recognized by Thomson Reuters as a Texas Rising Star® in Business Litigation in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017; and named a Top Lawyer in Litigation by Houstonia Magazine in 2015. Finally, in 2015, Evan was named a Life-Member in the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, a designation exclusive to trial lawyers who have won a verdict, arbitration award, or settlement in excess of $2 million.

Experienced L attorney serving clients in Houston and surrounding areas.

Experienced L attorney serving clients in Houston and surrounding areas.

Experienced L attorney serving clients in Houston and surrounding areas.