J. Beverly is a board-certified civil appellate lawyer who has supported clients with contracts, partnerships, patents, probates, and more. His extensive trial practice has included commercial disputes, construction and real estate matters, insurance claims, and representing defrauded investors. He has represented plaintiffs and defendants in environmental, telecommunications, construction, real estate, deed restriction, whistleblower, partnership dispute, and collection case matters. J.W.’s experience includes successfully representing oil and gas producers in complex environmental contamination cases, contractors and owners in construction disputes, homeowners in construction defect cases, and individual investors with investment claims against stockbrokers and brokerage firms.
Mr. Beverly has tried over 45 cases in state and federal court and appeared in 35 Texas counties. He has handled over 100 appellate matters in the Texas Courts of Appeals for the First, Second, Third, Fifth, Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh and Fourteenth Districts, the Texas Supreme Court and the United States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Federal Circuits.
Appellate and trial practice. Cases include: defending against mineral property lien claims, defending against fraudulent transfer claims, appealing from judgment for conversion, appealing trial court’s failure to follow summary judgment procedure, appealing attorney’s fee award, defending shareholder derivative dispute over control of Texas corporation, partition of real property appeal, ad valorem tax appeals, foreclosure deficiency defense, homeowner’s insurance coverage appeal, commercial insurance coverage dispute, wrongful termination defense, representation of corporate officer in breach of fiduciary duty case, defense of oil and gas operator in contract disputes, representation of general contractor in major breach of construction contract dispute, commercial lease disputes, representation of church in dispute over control of board of trustees, mechanic’s lien claims, mineral property lien claims and general construction disputes.
Transactional practice. Company formation, corporate governance, shareholder agreements, non-profit corporation formation and compliance, multi-family property purchases and sales, creation of homeowner’s associations and restrictive covenants, purchase and sale of companies, real estate leasing.
Founding Partner. Trial and appellate practice including contract, partnership, construction, environmental contamination, administrative law, whistleblower, employment, real estate, securities, investor, commercial note, patent, partition, first amendment, election, church, foreclosure, personal injury, probate and collection cases. Transaction practice including commercial leasing, entity formation, real estate, contracts and general business issues.
Attorney. Trial and appellate practice including contract, environmental contamination, administrative law, whistleblower, real estate, commercial note and collection cases. Filed amicus curiae briefs on behalf of oil and gas industry associations in environmental contamination cases.
Associate Attorney. Trial and appellate practice in telecommunications, environmental contamination, construction, real estate, contract, partnership and takings cases. Demonstrated success in a broad variety of cases.
Trial Practice – First and second chair experience in ten trials in federal and state court. Extensive responsibility for all phases of trial practice in complex cases including investigation, discovery management, expert witness preparation, summary judgments, evidentiary challenges, jury charges, post-trial motions, negotiation and mediation.
Appellate Practice – Primary responsibility for briefing numerous federal and state appeals in a wide range of cases. Filed amicus curiae briefs on behalf of Texas cities in telecommunications appeals. Petition for review practice in the Texas Supreme Court.
Private practice experience includes forty jury and bench trials and more than one hundred appeals in state and federal court. Represented clients in appeals before the First, Second, Third, Fifth, Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh and Fourteenth Texas Courts of Appeals, the Texas Supreme Court and the Fifth and Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals.
Briefing Attorney for Judge Charles F. Campbell. Conducted extensive research on complex issues of criminal and constitutional law. Drafted 20 opinions for the Court including death penalty, search and seizure, and white-collar criminal cases. A list of published opinions is available on request.
Texas Commerce Bank – Austin, N.A. – October 1980 to July 1987
Operations Officer. Experienced in all phases of bank operations including audit, teller control, cash management
