Practice Areas & Experience

Tillotson Patton’s practice is singularly focused on high-stakes civil litigation. We have decades of experience representing clients ranging from publicly traded companies to family-owned businesses and individuals in a wide variety of disputes.

Our docket is fairly evenly split between representing plaintiffs and defendants, giving us the distinct advantage of understanding how the other side thinks.

Our experience includes:

• All Types of Business & Corporate Disputes

• Alter Ego / Veil Piercing Claims

• Antitrust

• Appellate Litigation

• Arbitration

• Banking, Lending & Guaranty Disputes

• Breach of Contract Cases

• Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims

• Business Torts & Tortious Interference

• Class Actions & Mass Torts

• Construction Disputes

• Corporate Governance Issues

• Defamation / Business Disparagement

• Disputes Involving Governmental Entities & Municipalities

• Energy & Utilities Litigation

• Executive Compensation & Employment Agreement Disputes

• Financial Services Disputes

• Fraud Claims

• Fraudulent Transfer Disputes

• Indemnification & Advancement Issues

• Legal Malpractice / Law Firm Litigation (often as the “lawyer’s lawyer”)

• Non-Compete / Restrictive Covenant Disputes

• Oil & Gas Disputes

• Partnership & Minority Shareholder Disputes

• Personal Injury (both prosecuting & defending)

• Ponzi Scheme / Receivership & Asset Recovery

• Products Liability (both prosecuting & defending)

• Real Estate Disputes

• Regulatory Actions (SEC, FTC)

• RICO / Civil Racketeering Litigation

• Securities Fraud

• Trade Secret Litigation

• Trademark Disputes

• Unfair Competition Disputes

Our experience runs deepest in Texas, but we have tried cases and handled arbitrations from coast to coast — wherever our clients need us.