Builder defense
Summary judgment
Homeowners' evidence stricken, every claim dismissed with prejudice, judgment on our client's counterclaim, and a receiver appointed. Read the order
2026
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Construction and real estate disputes, for builders and owners.
Construction-defect claims against homebuilders and contractors, payment disputes, fights over who owns the land, leases, and condemnation. We have defended builders through summary judgment and recovered land and money for owners.
What we handle
- Defending homebuilders and contractors against defect claims
- Construction contract and payment disputes
- Title, ownership and boundary disputes
- Commercial and restaurant leases
- Condemnation and eminent domain
- Real property disputes inside a probate
How we approach it
Defect claims are expert cases, and expert cases have deadlines. In Murphy v. Liberty Hill Construction the homeowners’ declarations were stricken as unauthenticated hearsay and their late-designated expert was excluded under Rule 193.6. The court then granted no-evidence summary judgment on every claim, entered judgment on our client’s counterclaim, and appointed a receiver when the plaintiffs began moving assets.
Related results
Defense
Take nothing
On a $1.1 million construction-defect claim against our client.
2007
Settlement
$600K
Condemnation proceedings, Buda, Texas.
2026
Recovered
$1.45M
In a dispute over ownership of a Hill Country ranch.
2014
Recovered
$1.5M
In a real-property ownership and probate dispute.
2008
Defense
Directed verdict
Take-nothing directed verdict for our client in a real estate dispute.
2014
Past results depend on the facts of each case and do not predict a similar outcome. Confidential matters are described without their terms.
Questions people ask
A homeowner has sued my company over defects. Is it worth fighting?
Often, yes. Defect claims need competent evidence and timely expert designations, and the plaintiff has to have them. Builders also frequently have contract counterclaims and fee claims of their own.
The government wants part of my land. Do I have to accept its offer?
No. In a Texas condemnation the owner is entitled to adequate compensation, and the first offer is not the last word. Our most recent condemnation matter settled for $600,000.