Commercial Litigation
The cornerstone of Mr. Cooksey's practice has been handling business disputes. Mr. Cooksey has analyzed and litigated disputes concerning a wide range of different kinds of contracts, from small business deals to contracts involving millions of dollars. He also has significant experience and success asserting business torts, such as fraud, tortious interference with contract, and breach of fiduciary duty.
Will Contests
Mr. Cooksey has deep respect for the sanctity of the choices of the deceased. He has successfully asserted will contests through claims like undue influence, when persons have taken advantage of the deceased to overcome their choice. He has also successfully defended will contests to preserve the sound decisions of the deceased. Moreover, Mr. Cooksey has significant experience suing and defending executors and trustees.
Oil and Gas
Mr. Cooksey has abundant experience in a variety of energy related disputes. He has litigated cases in the Texas Panhandle where he grew up and in Houston and surrounding areas. He has handled cases involving lease termination, partnership disputes, implied covenants, joint operating agreements, farmout agreements, vendor disputes, and royalty disputes.
Trade Secrets
Mr. Cooksey has a deep knowledge of trade secret law. He has spent a few years of his practice working disputes involving multiple millions of dollars concerning a variety of complex technologies in the oil and gas and agriculture industries. He has also represented clients concerning general business secrets that give his clients advantages. In such endeavors, Mr. Cooksey has immersed himself in his clients' business technologies in order to fully present the value.
Partnership Disputes
Unfortunately, partners or business associates in close companies and partnerships do not always act fairly or ethically. Mr. Cooksey has been in the middle of numerous disputes between former friends and even family members. He knows the law and strategies for asserting the rights of partners and gaining the necessary leverage in negotiations and lawsuits.
Product Defects
Mr. Cooksey has extensive experience helping plaintiffs with high-stakes products liability claims, particularly in vehicle defects, but also in consumer products, machinery and equipment generally. He can evaluate the claims and work closely with various experts needed to explain the engineering principles and establish claims for design defects, manufacturing defects, inadequate warnings, and negligence.
Construction
Construction litigation requires significant attention to detail. It also requires an understanding of the real world reality of financial difficulties many contractors and subcontractors face. Mr. Cooksey has significant experience in construction and related litigation. He has helped homeowners and builders make required demands and assert rights for compensation.
Consumer Disputes
Mr. Cooksey has handled numerous consumer cases and demands under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. He knows how to utilize the statory framework to give his clients, whether plaintiffs or defendants, the strategic edge. He has helped clients in matters involving services, real estate, and products such as vehicles.
Real Estate
Mr. Cooksey has extensive experience in real property litigation. He is adept at analyzing and pursuing disputes concerning title, boundaries, easements, adverse possession, partition, and contracts.
Professional Malpractice
Mr. Cooksey has been involved in huge cases concerning officer and director liability, accountant malpractice, and attorney breach of fiduciary duty.
Defamation
Mr. Cooksey is very aware of the importance of his clients' business and personal reputations. He has handled libel, slander, and business desparagement claims. The law concerning defamation involves Constitutional principles and Mr. Cooksey knows how to navigate through the confounding law of private and public speech issues.