The Corporate & Commercial Litigation Groups at Shannon Gracey

Members of our Corporate & Commercial Litigation Groups have vast experience assisting clients with legal and practical advice on  business entity selection and formation, corporate finance, corporate law compliance, equity based incentives, executive compensation, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, restructurings, Security and Exchange Commission reporting, Sarbanes-Oxley, charter and bylaw issues and capitalization. 

It’s just a matter of time before a crisis threatens the integrity or reputation of a company, its executives or its products and services.  Shannon Gracey’s trial lawyers have substantial experience handling, trying, and arbitrating cases involving claims against a vast array of business entities and involving all types of business relationships including those associated with public and private companies, directors, officers and employees.  This experience includes general business litigation, corporate authority issues, breach of fiduciary duty claims and various shareholder and shareholder derivative actions.

A Comprehensive Approach

Our Corporate & Commercial Litigation Groups brings together an interdisciplinary group of professionals who provide ongoing general legal counseling and litigation representation at a high level across Texas and internationally.  Our industry-specific knowledge combined with the extensive resources of the firm have created a reliable, proactive and focused resource for our clients.

• Banking & Financial Institutions – Our attorneys assist clients with financial institutions and underwriters regarding start-up capital, leveraged buyouts and corporate reorganizations, provide counsel on alternative vehicles of securing operating capital and help lenders and creditors maximize the value of their assets with bankrupt debtors.
  
  
• Bankruptcy - Our services include negotiating out-of-court work-outs, preparing and filing for Chapter 11 relief and counseling clients to help minimize or eliminate successor liability when acquiring troubled companies.
  
  
• Energy – Our experience includes mergers and acquisitions, formation, project financing, syndications and transactional documentation.
  
  
• Environmental Law - We provide counsel during all phases of property transactions and filings, as well as help structure effective responses to enforcement actions.
  
  
• Health Care – We assist with practice formation, compliance programs, ancillary service projects, financing, management contracts, employment contracting and various other transactions involving the health care industry.
  
  
• Intellectual Property - Our attorneys counsel clients regarding trademark and other proprietary information matters as well as defend against alleged infringement of patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets. 
  
  
• International – We provide advice on a wide range of issues relevant to businesses with international operations, whether foreign companies with activities in the United States or domestic companies conducting business abroad.
  
  
• Labor &  Employment - Our attorneys advise employers concerning  a wide variety of employment-related matters, such as executive compensation, employee benefits, policy manuals, grievances, workplace safety, discrimination, compensation, discipline, or severance issues.  Our attorneys also litigate employment-related cases on behalf of employers before federal and state courts and administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, National Labor Relations Board, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and Texas Workforce Commission.
  
  
• Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities - We handle the full spectrum of corporate and securities work including mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and restructurings, due diligence, corporate governance, corporate controversy, and document review and drafting.
  
  
• Real Estate – We assist in all aspects of the acquisition, financing, development, construction, and leasing and disposition of land including single and multi-unit residential developments and offices throughout Texas and the region.
  
  
• Tax - We are recognized for our ability to understand the business economics of a transaction and to recommend tax-efficient methods of implementation.

Corporate Attorneys

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Cheryl L. Coon

Partner

Fort Worth Office

Cheryl L. Coon

Partner

ccoon@
shannongracey.com

817.882.7620

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Charles N. Curry

Senior Partner

Fort Worth Office

Charles N. Curry

Senior Partner

ccurry@
shannongracey.com

817.877.8109

142

William P. Durbin

Partner

Dallas Office

William P. Durbin

Partner

wdurbin@
shannongracey.com

214.245.3064

95

Paul F. Gianni

Partner

Fort Worth Office

Paul F. Gianni

Partner

pgianni@
shannongracey.com

817.882.7640

94

Loren Q. Hanson

Senior Partner

Fort Worth Office

Loren Q. Hanson

Senior Partner

lhanson@
shannongracey.com

817.877.8105

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Paul J. Johnson

Partner

Arlington Office

Paul J. Johnson

Partner

pjohnson@
shannongracey.com

817.299.2842

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Theodore (Ted) M. Jones

Counsel

Dallas Office

Theodore (Ted) M. Jones

Counsel

tjones@
shannongracey.com

214.245.3076

139

Robert D. Jowers

Partner

Houston Office

Robert D. Jowers

Partner

rjowers@
shannongracey.com

713.255.4711

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Barbara A Kennedy

Partner

Dallas Office

Barbara A Kennedy

Partner

bkennedy@
shannongracey.com

214.245.3070

87

Richard A. Lowe

Partner

Fort Worth Office

Richard A. Lowe

Partner

rlowe@
shannongracey.com

817.882.7653

86

Phillip W. McCrury

Partner

Fort Worth Office

Phillip W. McCrury

Partner

pmccrury@
shannongracey.com

817.877.8142

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Sam Rosen

Senior Partner

Fort Worth Office

Sam Rosen

Senior Partner

srosen@
shannongracey.com

817.877.8108

126

Aimee L. Stone

Associate

Fort Worth Office

Aimee L. Stone

Associate

astone@
shannongracey.com

817.877.8175

145

Kristopher Tate

Associate

Dallas Office

Kristopher Tate

Associate

ktate@
shannongracey.com

214.245.3071

132

Jenni Tauzel

Associate

Dallas Office

Jenni Tauzel

Associate

jtauzel@
shannongracey.com

214.245.3069