Contract
Summary judgment
Both of the defendant's declarations stricken, then judgment on the contract claim with attorney's fees. Read the order
2025
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When a business contract breaks down.
A customer that will not pay, a supplier that did not deliver, a services agreement the other side has stopped honoring, a guaranty someone now says does not apply. We litigate business contract disputes for the side that is owed and for the side that is being sued, in Austin, Williamson County and across Texas.
What we handle
- Breach of contract between businesses — supply, services, distribution, licensing
- Unpaid invoices and suits on account
- Guaranties and personal liability for a company’s contract
- Disputes over what a contract means, and declaratory judgments
- Commercial lease defaults
- Contract claims joined with fraud or tortious interference
How we approach it
A contract case is usually decided by the documents: the agreement, the invoices, the emails and the sworn declarations each side files. We start there, and we hold the other side’s evidence to the rules of evidence before a dollar is spent on trial.
In Aramcor v. Tri Marsh Retail, in County Court at Law No. 5 of Williamson County, both of the defendant’s summary judgment declarations were stricken and judgment was granted on the contract claim with attorney’s fees. In Johnson Farst v. Carnes, summary judgment was granted in its entirety on two hunting leases.
A prevailing party on a written or oral contract claim in Texas can generally recover reasonable attorney’s fees, which changes the arithmetic of a case that is worth bringing but not worth bringing at your own expense.
Related results
Contract
Summary judgment
Granted in its entirety on two hunting leases; the defendant's exhibits stricken. On appeal. Read the order
2026
Defense
Take nothing
Judgment that the plaintiff recover nothing on a $4 million contract and tortious-interference claim.
2011
Defense
Dismissed
Our client, sued personally alongside his company, dismissed; the judgment ran against the company alone.
2025
Recovered
$3M
Across forty breach-of-contract cases, including enforcing a Texas judgment in Louisiana.
2015–16
Federal defense
$5.2M claim
Defense of a federal contract action over pharmaceutical product, resolved on confidential terms.
2024
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
The other business breached our contract. What are my options?
A demand letter, a suit for breach of contract with attorney’s fees, and, where the facts support it, summary judgment, which decides a contract case on the documents without a trial. Which comes first depends on what the contract says and what you can prove with it.
We have been sued for breach of contract. What happens now?
The answer is due by 10:00 a.m. on the Monday after twenty days from service. Some defenses must be raised in that first filing or they are lost, so the contract and the petition should be read before anything is filed.
Can I recover attorney’s fees in a Texas contract case?
Generally yes, if you prevail on a claim for breach of a written or oral contract. Fees were awarded in several of the judgments described on this site.
Do you handle contract cases in Austin and Williamson County?
Yes. The principal office is in Round Rock, between the Travis County and Williamson County courthouses, and we take contract cases in both and across Texas.