J. Michael Weston

Married
Four children
Four grandchildren
Deacon, Catholic Diocese of Dallas, 2002

AREAS OF PRACTICE

• Trials involving disputes between businesses – Commercial litigation – in Texas and Federal Courts including, but not limited to, the following:
• Antitrust
• Appellate – Federal and State Civil Appeals
• Aviation Law (non-tort)
• Breach of Contract
• Breach of Fiduciary Duties
• Collections – Commercial
• Fraud, Business, Securities, Real Estate, Common Law
• Municipal Law
• Qui Tam (False Claims)
• Real Estate
• Water flow – diversion, excess flow, erosion and other issues

LITIGATION PERCENTAGE

• 95% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

BAR ADMISSIONS

• Supreme Court of Texas
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas

EDUCATION

• Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas
  • J.D. – 1975
• Rice University, Houston, Texas
  • B.A. – 1972

PUBLISHED WORKS

• “Vertical Distribution Restraints and the Texas Antitrust Law”, 37 Southwestern Law Journal 601, 1983
• “Extraordinary Remedies and Criminal Contempt”, The Advocate, State Bar Litigation Section Report, Vol. 7, No. 3, p. 22, 1988
• Co-Author, “A Trial Lawyer’s Guide To The Federal Antitrust Laws”, 45 Texas Bar Journal 1286, 1982

REPRESENTATIVE

• Whether the structure of a limited liability company can restrict a creditor’s right to claim debtor’s ownership interest in limited liability company.
• The legality of the operation of airlines frequent flyer programs.
• The scope of non-compete agreements.
• Fraud in the sale of a business.
• Removal of state court actions to bankruptcy court where one defendant declares bankruptcy.
• The meaning of a triple net real estate lease after the term of the lease.
• The requirements imposed on a lender in the foreclosure of real estate and other liens.
• Landslides adjacent to a city owned creek.
• Diversion of water.
• Real estate Fraud
• Municipal Boundaries

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP

• State Bar of Texas, Member, Litigation Section