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 partners)Bracewell LLP has garnered praise for its understanding of the ‘unique conditions and business’ of the design and construction industry. The firm serves the needs of key industries such as energy, manufacturing, education, and local government. Phillip Sampson and the ‘knowledgeable’ Richard Whiteley co-chair the Houston-based construction practice. Both practice heads litigate and arbitrate construction issues concerning defects, delays, and change orders. Aaron Roffwarg chairs the firm’s real estate department and brings his project finance experience to numerous oil and gas, pipeline and terminal projects.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners 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 litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Government > Government relations
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- 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
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate