Emma Cano is an associate in the Business Litigation Practice Group of Haynes and Boone, LLP. Her practice focuses on assisting clients in general civil matters involving business and commercial litigation in a number of areas, including partnership disputes, breach of contract matters, construction disputes, bond claims, insurance coverage disputes and other litigation matters. Ms. Cano's experience also includes representing businesses in a wide range of general tort matters, including industrial fatalities, premises liability matters and the defense of employee personal injury claims against both "subscriber" and "non-subscriber" employers.
Selected Client Representations
- Representation of individual and corporate entities in complex partnership dispute involving allegations of breach of fiduciary duties, breach of contract, and misappropriation.
- Frequent representation of employers in defending against gross negligence litigation arising from industrial fatalities in a wide variety of industries.
- Continuous representation of national construction aggregate supplier in payment bond litigation, contract disputes and claims for payment.
- Continuous representation of large retail grocery company in customer initiated litigation throughout South Texas.
- Continuous representation of large restaurant company in customer initiated litigation throughout the State of Texas.
- Representation of franchisor company in successfully enforcing forum selection clause of franchise agreement.
Selected Honors
- Selected as the 2008 Outstanding Young Lawyer by the San Antonio Young Lawyers Association
- Selected as the 2008 Belva Lockwood Outstanding Young Lawyer by the Bexar County Women's Bar Foundation
- Named a Texas Super Lawyer "Rising Star" in Business Litigation by Texas Monthly (2007, 2008)
Selected Professional and Business Activities
- Texas Bar CLE, Course Director, 2008 - Essential Practice Skills for New Attorneys
- Bexar County Women's Bar Association - 2008-2009 Treasurer; 2007-2009 Board of Directors; 2006 Bench Brunch Auction Co-Chair; 2007 Bench Brunch Honorees Co-Chair; 2008 Bench Brunch Goes Primetime Co-Chair
- San Antonio Women's Chamber of Commerce - 2007-2008 Board of Directors, 2007 Director of Networking Nights Out, 2008 Director of Luncheons
- YWCA of San Antonio - 2008-2009 Vice President; 2005-2009 Board of Directors
- North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Leadership Lab Graduate, Class of 2005
- City of Houston Municipal Courts Prosecutor, Volunteer Prosecutor 2006-2007
- Fellow, San Antonio Bar Foundation
Selected Representative Experience