Ms. Casey is admitted to practice in the state of Texas and before the Southern and Northern Districts of Texas and the Fifth Circuit. She is also a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales.
Selected Client Representations
- Successful international arbitration of multi-million dollar claim on behalf of energy company.
- Federal court proceedings to successfully collect multi-million dollar foreign arbitral award for Texas based energy company.
- Obtain take-nothing judgment for seismic equipment manufacturer in admiralty action.
- Defense of corporation in multi-million dollar litigation arising from computer databases.
- Successful resolution of contract dispute arising from manufacture and installation of steam turbine.
- Representation of Fortune 100 company in regulatory investigations.
- Obtain dismissal of class action against Fortune 100 company arising from late fee charges.
- Obtain jury verdict for tenant in landlord/tenant dispute involving condition of premises.
- Successful resolution of real property dispute for commercial landlord arising from restrictive covenants and easements.
- Successful resolution of breach of warranty claims on behalf of service company.
- Defense of utility company in domestic arbitration arising from lignite contract.
- Pro bono representation of foreign citizen under Hague Convention in suit to enforce foreign child custody decree in Texas.
- Author and speaker for in-house CLE ethics program on attorney client and work product privileges to major corporations.
Recent Publications
"Electronic Evidence and the Large Document Case: Common Evidence Problems"
"International Arbitration," Oil & Gas Financial Journal, July 2006.
Selected Representative Experience
7979 Airport Garage, L.L.C. v. Dollar Rent A Car Systems, Inc., 245 S.W.3d 488 (Tex. App. - Houston [14th Dist.] 2007, pet. denied)
Assisted trial counsel with the jury charge, legal briefing, and issues relating to judgment formation in a commercial real estate dispute involving successful contract and warranty claims and the defense of fraud and estoppel counterclaims, and litigated at trial and on appeal issues relating to the segregation and recoverability of attorneys’ fees.
7979 Airport Garage, L.L.C. v. Dollar Rent A Car Systems, Inc., No. 2002-27571 (80th Dist. Ct., Harris County, Tex.)
Challenged a plaintiff’s net-worth reduction of a supersedeas bond, based on an ongoing business relationship.
BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. v. Peake, 178 S.W.3d 763 (Tex. 2005)
Won reversal of an order that certified a class of hundreds of thousands of Texas-based music club members who sought recovery of late fees paid on their compact disc purchases.