5949 Sherry Lane, Suite 1616  Dallas, Texas  75225-8009  Direct Dial:  214-461-1208  Facsimile:  214-461-1210  Email:  jcrewse@rineypackard.com James Crewse visit superlawyers.com		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 national and regional banks and lending and investment companies, manufacturers and material suppliers, construction, transportation and e-commerce companies, small business owners, investors, partners and partnerships, condominium associations and agricultural growing companies. James also serves as local counsel to various law firms and their clients in federal court cases pending in the Northern District of Texas and Texas state court cases, and has also litigated, as both lead and local counsel, pre and post-judgment claims for injunctive relief and has pursued various other remedies and discovery to enforce and satisfy judgments through 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 plaintiff's Equal Pay and gender discrimination claims against corporate client and obtained a take-nothing jury verdict on the plaintiff’s remaining retaliation claim, which sought actual and exemplary damages;
• Obtained a take-nothing trial verdict for a Fortune 500 client in an adversary proceeding in federal court;
• Obtained a favorable federal court trial 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;
• Successfully obtained Temporary Restraining Orders and Temporary Injunctions for large and small corporate clients concerning the misappropriation and use of trade secrets, unfair business practices, and enforcement of covenants not to compete and non-solicitation agreements;
• Obtained a favorable settlement for a retail department store client in a lease dispute with commercial landlord after obtaining a Temporary Restraining Order and Temporary Injunction enjoining the landlord from pursuing a lock out;  
• Obtained a favorable federal court judgment against several foreign defendants in a breach of contract action and garnished the entire amount of the judgment and overcame the judgment debtors’ motion to dissolve;
• Obtained a favorable state court trial verdict for corporate client on breach of contract claim;
• Represented manufacturers and material suppliers in numerous breach of contract and unpaid account cases;
• Represented commercial landlords and property management companies in numerous breach of lease cases;
• Represented a financial institution involving the interpretation and legal significance of certain language in customer account agreements;
• Represented national 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;
• 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” appearing in Texas Monthly Magazine/Law Politics Magazine (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) 
• Elected to membership in the Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation (2012)
• AV^® Preeminent rating, Martindale-Hubbell
• 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;
• American Jurisprudence Award, seven classes
• Who's Who Among American Law Students, 22nd and 23rd Editions;
• 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; and U.S. Supreme Court.

Professional Affiliations

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

Offices / Appointments

• Judiciary Committee, Dallas Bar Association (2012, 2013)
• Speakers Committee, Dallas Bar Association (2012, 2013)
• Publications Committee, Dallas Bar Association (2012)