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JAMES CREWSE   James Crewse is a litigation attorney specializing in high-stakes business disputes. He has litigated numerous complex business and employment disputes, including contract and partnership disputes, enforcement and defense of covenants not to compete and non-solicitation agreements, and claims alleging employment discrimination, business torts, misappropriation of trade secrets, unpaid accounts. Mr. Crewse has represented a wide variety of clients, including financial institutions and investment banks, manufacturers and suppliers, transportation and e-commerce companies, general and sub-contractors, partners and partnerships, investment companies and investors, and growing companies.

James Crewse also serves as local counsel to law firms in federal court cases pending in the Northern District of Texas and Texas state court cases, and has also pursued, as both lead and local counsel, pre and post-judgment relief through discovery and writs, especially including writs of garnishment.

Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Crewse was a judicial clerk, serving as a briefing attorney for Justice John Sharp Anderson of the Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston, Texas. While completing his law degree, Mr. Crewse separately served as a judicial intern at the Fourteenth Court of Appeals for Justice Richard Edelman and former Texas Supreme Court Justice Scott Brister.

Selected Client Representations

	Successfully obtained a pre-trial dismissal of Equal Pay Act and gender discrimination claims against corporate client and obtained a take-nothing jury verdict on the plaintiff’s retaliation claim, which sought actual and exemplary damages;
	Obtained a take-nothing verdict for a Fortune 500 client in an adversary proceeding in federal court;
	Obtained a favorable federal court verdict on behalf of investors against a corporation and its executive for violations of among others, the Securities Exchange Act, Rule 10b-5, and the Texas Securities Act;
	Obtained a favorable federal court judgment against several foreign defendants in a breach of contract action and garnished the entire amount of the favorable judgment and overcame the judgment debtors’ motion to dissolve;
	Obtained a favorable state court verdict for corporate client on breach of contract claim;
	Representation of manufacturers and distributors in numerous breach of contract and unpaid account cases;
	Representation of a financial institution involving the interpretation of the legal significance of certain language in the account agreement;
	Representation of financial institutions in actions alleging unfair business practices and violations of federal and state statutes relating to consumer credit accounts;
	Obtained a favorable settlement on behalf of a real estate developer involving a boundary dispute and damages resulting from an alleged trespass;
	Assisted in obtaining a state court judgment on behalf of a commercial landlord for breach of lease, foreclosing on the judgment debtor’s property, and coordinating a sheriff’s sale of the foreclosed property; and
	Participated in the City of Plano Loaner Attorney Program (tried approximately 70 cases on behalf of the City of Plano, Texas - 2006).

Recent Honors

	Named a “Texas Rising Star” in 2010, appearing in Texas Monthly Magazine/Law and Politics Magazine.
	Cambridge Who’s Who Among Executives and Professionals, Honors Edition (2008).

Judicial Clerkship

Briefing Attorney to the Honorable John Sharp Anderson, Fourteenth Court of Appeals, Houston, Texas (2004-2005).

Education

	J.D. South Texas College of Law, 2004, summa cum laude; South Texas Law Review; Langdel Scholar, Torts and Contracts, Order of the Lytae; Who's Who Among American Law Students, 22nd and 23rd Editions; American Jurisprudence Award in seven classes
	B.A. Texas Tech University, 2001; Member, National Dean's List; and Member, Phi Gamma Delta

Admitted to Practice

State Bar of Texas; U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. Supreme Court.

Professional Affiliations

	State Bar of Texas, Litigation Section
	Dallas Bar Association
	Dallas Association of Young Lawyers