Commercial Lawyers in ZIP 78704 | 6 available

Firm: Watts Guerra LLP

811 Barton Springs Rd., Suite 725 , Austin , Texas 78704

Practice Areas: Commercial

Christopher Goodpastor is a Partner in the Austin office of Watts Guerra LLP. Christopher litigates a variety of business disputes in state and federal court with an emphasis on commercial and intellectual property matters. He has also represented clients in appeals before the United States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Ninth Circuits and the Texas Courts of Appeals.. Christopher has represented clients in various industries including computer software and hardware, internet and web services, securities and financial services, oil and gas production, telecommunications, health care, and insurance.. Before joining the firm in 2007, Christopher served as Chief Counsel for a publicly traded telecommunications company, overseeing the company's legal matters with a focus on antitrust litigation, securities litigation, and regulatory matters.. Before his tenure as in-house counsel, Christopher served as an associate in the commercial litigation sections of Fulbright & Jaworksi LLP in Houston, Texas and Morrison & Foerster LLP in San Francisco, California.. Christopher received his JD with honors from The University of Texas School of Law in 1994, and his BS from the Chemical Engineering Honors Program at The University of Texas at Austin in 1990. He is admitted to practice in Texas, California, the United States Courts of Appeal for the Fifth and Ninth Circuits, the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas, and the United States District Courts for the Central and Northern Districts of California.

Firm: Law Office Of Doug Young PLLC

3005 S Lamar Blvd Ste 109 D Pmb 80 , Austin , Texas 78704

Practice Areas: Commercial

Firm: Baker Botts LLP

401 S 1st St Unit 1300 , Austin , Texas 78704

Practice Areas: Commercial

Firm: Watts Guerra LLP

811 Barton Springs Rd Ste 725 , Austin , Texas 78704

Practice Areas: Commercial

2609 Oakhaven Dr , Austin , Texas 78704

Practice Areas: Commercial

Firm: Streusand, Landon & Ozburn, LLP

811 Barton Springs Road , Austin , Texas 78704

Practice Areas: Commercial

Rich Villa represents creditors in a variety of bankruptcy litigation matters, including claims, objections, motions to lift stay to recover secured assets, objections to confirmation of both Chapter 11 and Chapter 13 plans of reorganization, avoidance litigation, such as preference actions and fraudulent transfer actions, assumption of executory contracts and unexpired leases, valuation proceedings, and various other adversary proceedings.. Rich also represents clients in other litigation matters, inlcuding business litigation, employment litigation, probate litigation, and commercial real estate leasing litigation in both state and federal courts and arbitration proceedings.  He has represented clients and assisted with the representation of clients in jury trials, bench trials, arbitration proceedings, and mediations for various claims including contract claims, warranty claims, negligence claims, fraud claims, DTPA claims, misappropriation of funds claims, will disputes, claims of breach of fiduciary duty, insurance claims and other claims.. Rich previously practiced law at one of the largest law firms in the United States.  He graduated from Boston College with honors and from Baylor University School of Law with honors and first in his commencement class.  In law school, Rich served as an Articles Editor and a Notes & Comments Editor of the Baylor Law Review.  He has both co-authored and presented legal articles for Continuing Legal Education classes offered by the State Bar of Texas and has taught classes at the People's Law School hosted by the Austin Bar Association.. In 2013, Rich was featured in the Texas Lawyer for its special edition of Legal Leaders on the Rise, in which it recognizes 25 attorneys under the age of 40 who are making their mark in the Texas legal community.