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)Lauded as a construction litigation ‘powerhouse’, the Houston-based team at Bracewell LLP works with major national clients, often government and public bodies, providing representation in litigation and arbitration cases before the state and federal courts. The practice also regularly handles contract drafting and negotiation. Phillip Sampson maintains a track record in construction cases involving alleged defects, delays, change order issues and component part failures. Sampson jointly leads the practice alongside Richard Whiteley, who has experience in construction and product liability disputes, in addition to negotiating construction contracts. Aaron Roffwarg is another key contact in the group.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading lawyers United States > Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Construction (including construction litigation) United States > Real estate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Project finance
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
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Government > Government relations
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity 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