Mr Richard Whiteley > Bracewell LLP > Houston, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Richard Whiteley
Work Department
Litigation
Position
Richard Whiteley, co-chair of the firm’s construction litigation practice group, enjoys solving complex problems for his clients in an adversarial context, and believes an aggressive strategy of always preparing a case like it will ultimately go to trial is the best way to achieve the most favorable outcome. Richard has a wide range of experience in trial work and arbitration, with an emphasis on construction litigation, intellectual property litigation, products liability litigation, real estate litigation, and other types of commercial litigation. Richard has tried and arbitrated cases involving general contractual disputes, patent infringement, construction defects, manufacturing issues, trade secret misappropriation, trademark and copyright infringement, products liability, defamation, fraudulent transfers, real estate disputes, business disputes, deceptive trade practices, personal injury, and premises liability. In addition, Richard has experience with obtaining extraordinary and injunctive relief for clients, including temporary restraining orders, temporary injunctions and other writs.
Education
J.D., magna cum laude, University of Houston Law Center, 1999; B.S., cum laude, University of Houston, 1993
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
(Leading lawyers)Bracewell LLP represents a plethora of construction clients including architects, contractors, and engineers as well as real estate developers operating in the multi-family, office and retail sectors. The department is home to experienced practitioners who have appeared before federal trial and appellate courts, and overseen a breadth of construction matters across the US. Co-head of the department Phillip Sampson is frequently engaged in disputes pertaining to business torts and products liability, and has successfully arbitrated cases of change order issues, defects and delays. Richard Whiteley also co-leads the team and has assisted several clients with construction contract negotiation, and often handles construction and product liability disputes. All mentioned names are located in Houston.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading lawyers United States > Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Construction (including construction litigation) United States > Real estate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Government > Government relations
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense