Our office enjoys handling a wide variety of legal matters including:
- Commercial / Business litigation (including breach of contract).
- Mediation services.
- Complex multi-party litigation.
- Business and Real Estate Disputes.
- Construction litigation.
- Landlord / Tenant disputes.
- Business torts including fraud and misrepresentation.
- Personal Injury Litigation.
- Appellate brief writing and appellate argument.
- Alternative Dispute Resolution.
- Medical Malpractice (prosecution and defense).
- Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act claims.
- Negligence.
- Breach of fiduciary duty.
- Administrative Law (including representing health care professionals before boards and the State Office of Administrative Hearings “SOAH”).
- Criminal law defense (federal court).
- Ad valorem (property) tax disputes.
- Insurance / Disability disputes and litigation.
- Real estate title examination and related issues.
- Real estate contracts and leases.
- Foreclosures.
- Will preparation.
- Creditor's rights.
Significant Case Decisions
The following is a partial listing of reported court decisions (trial and appellate, state and federal) for which attorney Ernest C. Garcia was counsel:
- W.O.H. Enterprises, L.L.C. v. Shiner Moseley and Associates, Inc., 2009 U.S. Dist. Lexis 57008 (S.D. Tex. 2009).
- In re ASARCO, L.L.C., 2009 Bankr. Lexis 4169 (S.D. Tex. 2009).
- Javernick v. U.S. Xpress, Inc., 2007 U.S. Dist. Lexis 57083 (W.D. Tex. 2007).
- Tapia v. Union Pacific Railroad, 2007 U.S. Dist. Lexis 1987 (S.D. Tex. 2007).
- Alcala v. Cardinal Health, Inc., 2007 U.S. Dist. Lexis 1582 (S.D. Tex. 2007).
- Fontenot Enterprises, Inc. v. Kronick, 2006 Tex. App. Lexis 8580 (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.] 2006, no pet.).
- Cameron Appraisal District v. Rourk, 194 S.W.3d 501 (Tex. 2006) (per curiam) which reversed Rourk v. Cameron Appraisal District, 131 S.W.3d 285 (Tex. App. - Corpus Christi 2004).
- Walsh v. Alief Independent School District, 2004 Tex. App. Lexis 9409 (Tex. App. - Houston [14th Dist.] 2004, no pet.).
- Travis Central Appraisal District et al. v. Signature Flight Support Corp. et al., 2004 Tex. App. Lexis 5783 (Tex. App. - Austin 2004, no pet.)
- City of Houston v. Alief, I.S.D. 117 S.W.3d 913 (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.] 2003, no pet.)
- Kaminetzky v. Houston, I.S.D., 2003 Tex. App. Lexis 7345 (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.]2003, no pet. h.)
- Hall v. Aldine, I.S.D. and Harris County, 95 S.W.3d 485 (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.] 2002, pet. denied).
- Conseco Finance Servicing Corp., v. Klein, I.S.D., Harris County, et al., 78 S.W.3d 666 (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.] 2002, no pet.).
- Nipper-Bertram Trust v. Aldine, I.S.D. Harris County, et al., 76 S.W.3d 788 (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.] 2002, pet. denied).
- Gore v. Glickman, 137 F.3d 863 (5th Cir. 1998).
- Pfau v. Reed, 125 F.3d 927 (5th Cir. 1997), cert. granted, judgm’t vacated, 525 U.S. 801, 119 S.Ct. 32 (1998), on remand, 167 F.3d 228 (5th Cir. 1999).
- Barrera-Montenegro v. U.S. and D.E.A., 74 F.3d 657 (5th Cir. 1996).
- Garcia v. U.S., 22 F.3d 609 (5th Cir. 1994).
- U.S. v. NBC Bank-Rockdale, 7 F.3d 63 (5th Cir. 1993).
- Cooper v. U.S., 897 F.Supp. 325 (W.D. Tex. 1995), aff’d, 85 F.3d 624 (5th Cir. 1996).
- McElroy v. U.S., 861 F.Supp. 585 (W.D. Tex. 1994).
- Northwest Healthcare, L.P., v. Sullivan, 793 F. Supp. 724 (W.D. Tex. 1992).