Theodore J. Riney is a litigation specialist providing innovative, strategic solutions for business owners and general counsel for over three decades. Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, he represents individuals, partnerships, corporations and other business entities in disputes involving contracts, real estate development and lease matters, construction, financial institutions, fiduciary relations, partner/ shareholder relations, community associations, sales, warranty and deceptive trade practices, mortgage servicing, manufacturing, trade secrets, employer/employee relations, and other business matters, both routine and complex.

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Selected Client Representations

• Defense of a patent-infringement claim against a major fashion importer. An aggressive and targeted investigation and discovery plan resulted in the sole take-nothing judgment for the client-among twelve defendants;

• Defense of an apartment developer/operator in a governmental fair housing lawsuit, resulting in a unilateral dismissal of the case without compensation;

• Prosecution of a minority shareholder oppression claim on behalf of a 20 percent owner resulting in a seven-figure payment for the owner’s share of the company;

• Representation of an attorney in a legal malpractice/fiduciary duty claim against a group of eight lawyer/defendants, resulting in the sole favorable summary judgment ruling among the lawyer defendants;

• Obtained permanent injunction and jury-awarded civil damages for a public school teacher in a highly-publicized case in which the teacher was assaulted in the classroom; and

• Designed and administered an innovative business model and structured legal program for a financial institution to provide cost certainty and consistency of claims resolution for its general counsel.

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Admitted to Practice

• State Bar of Texas;

• All Texas federal district and bankruptcy courts

• U.S. Court of Appeal for the Fifth and Federal Circuits;

• U.S. Court of International Trade;

• Courts of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation

• U.S. Supreme Court.

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Professional Affiliations

• American Bar Association

• State Bar of Texas

• Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation

• Dallas Bar Foundation

• Fellow, Dallas Bar Association

• Muscogee (Creek) Nation Bar Association

 

Education

• J.D. with distinction, University of Oklahoma, 1985; member Alpha Lambda Delta and Phi Delta Phi

• B.B.A. University of Oklahoma, 1982

 

Recent Honors

• Best Lawyers in America

• Named a “Texas Super Lawyer” eighteen times, appearing in Texas Monthly Magazine/Law and Politics Magazine

 

Board Certified

• Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization

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Presentations & Publications

• An Overview of Current Mortgage Servicing Rules, Recent Revisions and Expanding Responsibility, presented at the 2016 University of Texas Mortgage Lending Institute. ©

• Representing Lenders in Commercial Foreclosures: Understanding the Unique Challenges of Commercial Foreclosures and the Best Strategies for Countering Borrower Defenses, Lee D. Mackson, Shutts & Bowen LLP, Theodore J. Riney, Riney Packard, PLLC, Worthington (Skip) Talcott Jr., Shulman Rogers - Aspatore, ©West Publishing 2010

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