Wilshire & Scott P.C. and its members have provided litigation services and trial work since 1986 in a wide variety of corporate, commercial and business law areas. Significant and recent litigation handled by the firm and its members includes the following:

• On October 1, 2013, United States District Judge Lee Rosenthal, granted the motion for summary judgment of Michael G. Manners and companies he owns. The motion, led by Gene Wilshire of Wilshire & Scott and Bill Ferebee of O'Donnell, Ferebee, Medley & Frazer, PC relieved Mr. Manners of in excess of $30,000,000 worth of claims alleged against him by Rodney Tow, Trustee of the Bankruptcy Estate of Royce Homes, L.P. A copy of the Court's opinion follows.
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• On December 17, 2008, United States Bankruptcy Judge Jeff Bohm, wrote an opinion praising attorney, Eugene B. Wilshire, for his "concise, coherent, and compelling response" in defending the pleading allegations of Robert G. Miller of O'Donnell, Ferebee, Medley & Frazer, PC in the Show Cause Hearing for the following case: William C. Bossart, Debtors in the Kenneth R. Havis vs. AIG SunAmerica Life Assurance Company. He proceeds in stating "Mr. Wilshire's persuasive oral arguments at the Show Cause Hearing matched the high quality of his written work product. Good lawyering does make a difference". A copy of the Court's opinion follows.
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• obtaining a directed verdict for a declaratory judgment and defeating multimillion dollar counterclaims on behalf of a NYSE integrated energy company accused of royalty and working interest underpayment over a six-year period
• securing an $11,500,000 judgment after a jury verdict based on fraud on behalf of a closely held gas marketing firm against a NYSE drilling and production company that had dishonored gas processing agreements
• obtaining a $1,000,000+ jury verdict and judgment for contract breach and deceit on behalf of a Houston-based marketing firm against a national multilevel marketing company
• obtaining a $95,000,000 judgment in federal court on behalf of a company for breach of a loan agreement, and including the successful prosecution of a civil contempt order against the defendant's principal director
• the defense of private mortgage insurance companies in class action litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts
• the defense and successful settlement of claims by and against a NYSE environmental engineering consulting firm involving a superfund site and private litigants
• the defense and successful dismissal of a NYSE engineering company in an environmental class action case involving underground storage tanks. In this case the firm was also hired by the environmental consulting firms to act as liaison counsel with the oil company defendants
• the successful defense of a NYSE company sued by a former executive alleging wrongful discharge
• the successful defense of former officers and directors of failed lending institutions in several suits involving multimillion dollar claims brought by the FDIC and RTC
• prosecuting to a successful settlement the claims of the nation's largest trench safety equipment distributor against a competitor for false advertising and unfair competition
• the dismissal of a suit by the FDIC seeking $25,000,000 in damages from outside professionals who had provided services to a failed financial institution. The dismissal was upheld despite the FDIC's appeal to the Fifth Circuit and the United States Supreme Court
• the successful negotiation of a commercial settlement for superfund responsibility involving both the EPA and private litigants
• the successful settlement of a mass personal injury claim involving in excess of 300 claimants
• the successful prosecution of fraud and warranty claims on behalf of one the country's largest rice dryers and exporters against an engineering firm that unsuccessfully attempted to design a co-generation facility using rice hulls as a primary fuel
• the defense of a major oilfield tubular company in a negligence/products liability case seeking $10,000,000 and obtaining a jury verdict completely exonerating the client
• defending a NYSE energy company against claims that it breached a jet fuel supply contract and obtaining complete exoneration after trial to a jury
• the successful defense of a major mortgage company in a putative consumer class action
• a favorable jury verdict for a nationwide maintenance company defeating the claim of a prior employee for age discrimination
  
• the successful prosecution and settlement of a suit involving more than a half million dollars' worth of construction bond claims on a public works project
• securing a declaratory judgment upholding the validity of a private license agreement in a dispute with patent holders

       The diversity of the firm's client base and practice entails the prosecution and defense of cases in numerous jurisdictions. All members and associates of the firm are licensed to practice in federal court and Texas state court, and all members of the firm are licensed to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States of America. In addition, the firm has attorneys licensed to practice before four federal circuit courts of appeals: the Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Circuits, the United States Tax Court and the United States Court of Claims.

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