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Dallas Attorneys Bill Underwood and Chuck Blount Honored by Texas Bar Foundation

Bill Underwood and Chuck Blount with Underwood Perkins, P.C. have been elected to membership in the Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation. Fellows of the Foundation are selected for their outstanding professional achievements and their demonstrated commitment to the improvement of the justice system throughout the state of Texas. Election is a mark of distinction and recognition of Underwood and Blount's contributions to the legal profession. Selection as a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation is... Read More

Firm Successfully Defends Renaissance Hotel in Brain Injury Case

Texas attorney Tim Perkins, recently obtained a take nothing judgment on behalf of the Dallas Renaissance Hotel in a traumatic brain injury case. The plaintiffs demanded $8,000,000 before trial and sought nearly $6 million in actual damages from a Dallas County jury, plus additional damages for pain and suffering, disfigurement and punitive damages. On April 20, 2008, Plaintiff Donna Baer, a veterinarian, was attending a seminar at the Marriott Renaissance Dallas. A cord cover had been tempor... Read More

Firm Recognized for Part in Largest Contract Verdict in Texas

The American Law Journal has released its list of the top Texas trial verdicts for 2011. Firm principal Tim Perkins was part of a 10 lawyer team which obtained a verdict of nearly $38,000,000, the largest contract jury verdict in Texas last year. Bluff Power Partners v. William Esping, Jr., ES Energy, et al, was tried for four weeks in May 2011. The case involved claims for breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract in a partnership concerning the harvesting and processing of methane gas fr... Read More

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