BUSINESS/COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

Mr. Khoshbin is a business/commercial litigator and trial attorney who zealously has represented numerous companies, partnerships, entrepreneurs, insurance carriers and individuals across the country - on both sides of the docket.  

RECOGNIZED AS "SUPER LAWYER" IN BUSINESS LITIGATION

Mr. Khoshbin has been recognized as a Texas "Super Lawyer" in business litigation by Texas Monthly Magazine in 2007 and 2008.

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REPRESENTATION

Mr. Khoshbin has represented clients involving matters ranging from:

• Breaches of complex contractual relationships, to
• Violations of trust and fiduciary duties, to
• Partnership, franchising, investment and corporate governance disputes, to
• Executive employment and non-competition/non-solicitation matters, to
• First Amendment, defamation, slander and tortious interference lawsuits, to
• Industrial product liability and construction cases, to
• Multi-party insurance coverage/bad faith proceedings, to
• "Corporate raiding," trade secret, trademark and copyright battles, to
• Catastrophic manufacturing facility losses, to
• Prosecution of a multi-million dollar trademark and business disparagement lawsuit, to
• Defense of national class action filed in Massachusetts federal court, to
• A heated corporate/executive employment litigation resulting in precedential Texas law.

Mr. Khoshbin's aggressive representation of clients has led to millions of dollars of recoveries, successful defenses and appeals before various Courts of Appeals - - as well as the Texas Supreme Court - - vindicating his clients’ rights. It also has led to published opinions in State and Federal courts - some of which have been discussed or cited in such publications as the American Law Reports; the Texas Practice Guide: Business & Commercial Litigation; the Texas Practice Guide: Employment Practice; the Entertainment Law Reporter; Defamation: A Lawyer's Guide; Employment Discrimination Law and Litigation; ALI-ABA Course of Study on Advanced Employment Law and Litigation; Texas Practice Guide: Civil Appeals; Texas Jurisprudence 3d: Insurance Contracts & Coverage; Attorney-Client Privilege: State Law Texas.

Disclaimer: Past achievements are no guarantee of future results. Results depend on the facts of each case.

Mr. Khoshbin has authored articles and presentations relating to litigation, and conducts seminars for clients in-house and at industry conferences concerning issues pertinent to litigation, coverage, intellectual property, subrogation, and lawsuit/claims management. This includes Mr. Khoshbin’s selection and participation as the lead defense trial attorney in the ABA’s “Historical Trial - - Terror in San Francisco: The 1916 Preparedness Day Bombing Trial,” at the 2007 American Bar Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco, and as the lead defense trial attorney in the ABA’s “Historical Trial - - Murder at Madison Square Garden:  The Trial of Harry Thaw for the Killing of Stanford White,” at the 2008 American Bar Association Annual Meeting in New York.

EDUCATION & LEGAL BACKGROUND:

Graduating with Cum Laude distinction and Highest Honors, Mr. Khoshbin earned his Bachelor of Arts degree with a Core Concentration in Speech & Communications and Majors in Law & Society and Philosophy, from Macalester College in 1987. Mr. Khoshbin was on the Dean's Honor Roll and also received Highest Honors for his Thesis, Perjury and the Lawyer's Conflict of Duty. Upon graduation, Mr. Khoshbin was distinguished as the Macalester Hill Scholar, and won the Thomas E. Hill Award for outstanding work in Philosophy. He also was awarded the National Achievement Academy Collegiate Award.

Mr. Khoshbin received his Juris Doctor from DePaul University in 1990. While at DePaul on a Dean's Academic Scholarship, Mr. Khoshbin was a member of the DePaul University Law Review and won the American Jurisprudence Award for Legal Writing/Advocacy. Mr. Khoshbin also joined the Office of the Illinois Attorney General, where he completed the Access to Excellence Program and practiced as a Rule 711 attorney.

Subsequently, Mr. Khoshbin moved to Dallas, Texas, where he has been representing clients in numerous types of business, commercial and civil disputes, in various State and Federal courts and arbitrations across the country.

Mr. Khoshbin dedicates himself to working with the firm’s clients to find creative methods to resolve legal disputes both inside and outside the courtroom - - recognizing the sensitive nature of many business disputes and proceeding consistently with the clients’ interests/philosophy.

REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS:

Mr. Khoshbin has represented such corporate clients as Allied Marketing Group, Inc., Best Western International, Inc., Caremark, Inc., CB Richard Ellis, Champion Enterprises, Inc., Crown Sterling Suites, Anderson Capital, LLC, Factory Mutual, A.L.E. Mobile Housing, Ltd, St. Paul/Travelers, Doubletree Corporation, Outback Steakhouse, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., General Star Management, Marketing Investors Corporation, BGI Group, LC, American Medical International, Inc., Raintree Healthcare Corporation, Sunbelt Therapy Management Services, Inc., IBP, Inc., ZipRealty, Bed, Bath & Beyond, Inc., G2 Secure Staff, LLC, Lumbermen's Underwriting Alliance, Crum & Forster, AIG and American Reinsurance/Munich Re. He has also represented various high profile individuals, executives, entrepreneurs, brokers, venture capitalists, shareholders, partners, and investors.

Mr. Khoshbin has represented clients in various and diverse industries, including retail, brokerage, real estate investment, sales and property management, financial consulting, manufacturing, hospitality/restaurants/hotels, outsourcing, technology, insurance, sweepstakes, entertainment, and health care.

BAR ADMISSIONS & AFFILIATIONS:

Mr. Khoshbin is licensed to practice law in both Texas and Illinois. He also is authorized to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States District Courts for the Northern District of Texas, Northern District of Illinois, Northern District of New York, Southern District of Texas, Eastern District of Texas, and Western District of Texas.

Mr. Khoshbin is a member of the American Bar Association, American Association for Justice, Federal Circuit Bar Association, Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit, Texas Bar Association, Illinois Bar Association, Dallas Bar Association, and Chicago Bar Association. As a DBA member, at various times, Mr. Khoshbin has been on the Legal Ethics Committee, Morris Harrell Professionalism Committee, and Judiciary Committee, and been a member of the DBA Business Litigation, Intellectual Property Law, Appellate Law, and Tort & Insurance Sections.