Practice Areas

Business and Commercial Litigation

Commercial Litigation ● Insurance Bad Faith ● Fraud and Theft

As a business owner, you understand the importance of addressing problems promptly and delegating work to those who can successfully accomplish the goal so you can stay focused on your business objectives.

When you have a legal problem, bring the business attorneys of Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Agosto & Friend onto your team. Our goal is to resolve your legal concern efficiently and effectively.

Contact our Houston business law office to schedule a consultation. We are committed to protecting the rights and interests of our clients in state and federal court as well as in binding arbitration and mediation. We handle these and other business law matters:

Business to Business Disputes

• Breach of contract: Including buy/sell agreements, partnership agreements, oil and gas contracts, employment agreements, service agreements, sales agreements, executive and key staff employment contracts and severance agreements, and construction contracts
• Tortious interference: Unfair competition or interference with the execution of a legal contract by a business competitor
• Insurance disputes: Unfair claim denials and disputes with insurance companies over failure to pay on car insurance policies, commercial liability policies, excess insurance policies, homeowners' policies, health insurance policies, life insurance policies, and other bad faith insurance claims
• Intellectual property disputes: Patent protection, patent infringement and theft of copyright, trademark or trade secrets

Internal Management or Employee Disputes

• Partnership disputes: Usurpation of business opportunities, business disparagement, breach of fiduciary duties, breach of partnership disputes, and shareholder disputes
• Breach of fiduciary duty: Claims against shareholders, partners, estate administrators, estate executors, guardians, trustees, partners and medical doctors
• Fraud: Claims of misrepresentation, collusion, fraud and conspiracy in misrepresentation of business contracts, including securities fraud
• Corporate theft: Embezzlement, employee or management theft, and theft of trade secrets, corporate property and corporate secrets
• Fair Labor Standards Act and violations of wage, hour and labor laws

Real Estate Litigation

We also handle disputes among property owners, buyers and renters in commercial real estate and residential real estate disputes.

Contact Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Agosto & Friend for more information on our services available to you and your company. An experienced Houston, Texas, lawyer will be dedicated to achieving successful results, whatever your case. Call us at 713-222-7211 or toll-free at 800-870-9584 for a free consultation.