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- Business and Securities Valuation
- Real Estate Litigation
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- Arbitration and ADR
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Related Areas
- Contract Litigation
- Securities Litigation
- Whistleblower/False Claims Act Litigation
- Antitrust Litigation
- Class Action Litigation
- Energy Litigation
- Fiduciary Duty Litigation
- Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation
- Corporate Governance
- Business and Securities Valuation
- Real Estate Litigation
- Appellate
- Arbitration and ADR
Press Releases
- McKool Smith Secures $55 Million Judgment in Texas Hotel Tax Case
- Securities Litigator Robert W. Scheef Joins McKool Smith’s New York Office
- McKool Smith Launches Whistleblower Litigation Practice with Joining of Rushforth and Rennert
- Hennigan Dorman Joins McKool Smith
- McKool Smith Named “Law Firm of the Year” by Lennox International
- McKool Smith Pro Bono Effort Brings Final Victory for Dallas Homeowners
- McKool Smith Earns Midsize Hot List Honor
- Class Certification Granted in Natural Gas Royalty Lawsuit Against BP
- Independent Oil & Gas Producers Sue Subsidiaries of Goldman Sachs and BP
- McKool Smith Announces $20 Million Verdict for Texas Cities in Class Action Against Online Hotel Booking Companies
- McKool Smith Moves New York Office to One Bryant Park
- McKool Smith Adds Two Associates to New York Office
- McKool Smith Helps City of Anaheim Win Landmark $21.3 Million Award
- $28.1 Million Verdict for Retired NFL Players
- Litigator Gayle Klein Joins McKool Smith in New York
- McKool Smith Adds Two Litigators in Dallas
- McKool Smith Adds Experienced Attorneys in Austin
- McKool Smith Expands New York Office
- McKool Smith Opening New York Office
- Court Approves $35 Million Settlement in Royalty Class Action
- Ericsson, Other Major Telecommunications Companies Prevail In Antitrust Lawsuit Over Wireless Technology Standards
- Manatt and McKool Smith Help Retired Professional Football Players Kick Off Class-Action Lawsuit
News & Events
- "McKool Hires Day Pitney Partners to Launch Whistle-blower Practice"
- McKool Smith Receives High Marks in Benchmark Litigation and Benchmark Plaintiff
- McKool Smith Recognized in 2011 National Law Journal "Midsize Hot List"
- Twelve McKool Smith Attorneys Recognized as 2011 Best Lawyers in America
- McKool Smith Recognized in the 2010 National Law Journal "Midsize Hot List"
- McKool Smith Secures Four Verdict Search "Top 100 Verdicts" in 2009
- McKool Smith Featured in Dallas Business Journal article "Big Verdicts for McKool Smith"
- McKool Smith's Hugh Ray Featured in Wall Street Journal Article
- McKool Smith Secures the Most "Top 100 Verdicts" for Second Straight Year
- Fortune 500 Companies Select McKool Smith as 2010 “Go-To Law Firm”
- "Sempra Wins $6.6 Billion Power Contract Dispute with State"
- Am Law Litigation Daily: "McKool Smith is on Quite a Roll"
- McKool Smith Recognized in the 2009 National Law Journal "Midsize Hot List"
- "Investment Companies Sue Banks over Fontainebleau Financing"
- McKool Smith Recognized Among Texas’ Best Young Lawyers
- McKool Smith Secures More 2008 "Top 100 Verdicts" than any U.S. Law Firm
- Mike McKool and Robert Manley named among D Magazine's 2008 "Best Lawyers" in Dallas
- Los Angeles Daily Journal Ranks McKool Smith Hennigan as a "Leading Southern California Litigation Firm"
- Lew LeClair Among North Texas' Top Business Defense Lawyers
- Chambers USA Ranks McKool Smith Among the Top IP and Commercial Firms in Texas
- Nine McKool Smith Attorneys Recognized as 2007 Best Lawyers in America
- Eleven McKool Smith Attorneys Selected as 2007 Super Lawyers
- Mike McKool Featured in D CEO Magazine
Publications
- "2010 Civil Case Law Update"
- "Reduce Your Legal Fees Now: 'Unconventional' Dispute Resolution"
- "Federal Rule 502(b) Inadvertent Disclosure"
- "Ten Tools of Persuasion"
- It's All in the Details
- "Help Me Help You"
- "Batson and Peremptory Strikes in Criminal and Civil Cases"
- "Municipal Hotel Occupancy Tax Litigation Against Online Travel Companies"
- "What Lawyers Should Know About Internet Predators"
- "Closing Arguments: A Primer to the Pitfalls, Pratfalls, and Provident Harbors of Jury Summations"
Commercial Litigation
McKool Smith specializes in complex commercial litigation. We litigate and, more importantly, try complex cases involving a broad range of disputes, including antitrust, appellate, arbitration, bankruptcy, business and stock valuation, class actions, contract, corporate governance, energy, fiduciary duty, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, securities, and whistleblower actions, among others.
We treat every case as one that will go to trial. From the very start, our lawyers employ a collaborative thesis-development process, through which we identify legal, factual, and commercial issues and develop a comprehensive strategy that resonates effectively from discovery through trial or other resolution.
Our commercial litigation practice extends to many industries, including banking, finance, securities, technology and the Internet, energy, public accounting, real estate development, aviation, heath care, pharmaceutical, and entertainment and media.

