Sim Israeloff is a senior shareholder with over 27 years of trial experience and is head of the Firm's Commercial Litigation Practice Group. Sim's practice is devoted to commercial and complex business litigation in state and federal courts. Sim represents U.S. and foreign businesses and individuals in litigation involving business transactions, real estate, partnerships, franchises, antitrust, securities, intellectual property, injunctions, and probate matters. Sim is a frequent writer and speaker on business litigation and trial tactics and serves as the Firm's legal counsel.
Sim Israeloff is a senior shareholder with over 27 years of trial experience and is head of the Firm's Commercial Litigation Practice Group. Sim's practice is devoted to commercial and complex business litigation in state and federal courts. Sim represents U.S. and foreign businesses and individuals in litigation involving business transactions, real estate, partnerships, franchises, antitrust, securities, intellectual property, injunctions, and probate matters. Sim is a frequent writer and speaker on business litigation and trial tactics and serves as the Firm's legal counsel.
Contract Disputes
- Partnerships, franchises, co-tenancies
- Business sales, acquisitions, buyouts, dissolutions, successor liability
- Finance, loans, security interests, foreclosures
- Defective performance, warranties, commissions, UCC issues
Business Torts
- Securities, stock fraud, misrepresentation, concealment
- Tortious interference, unfair competition, civil conspiracy
- Alter ego, fiduciary duty, fraudulent transfers
- Preemptive rights, oppression of minority shareholders
- Lender liability, usury
Real Estate Litigation
- Sales, leases, financing, title insurance, property damage, mold
- Investor disputes, mismanagement, self-dealing
- Easements, surveys, boundary disputes
- Condemnation, eminent domain
Intellectual Property Litigation
- Patents, trademarks, copyrights, Lanham Act
- Misappropriation, trade secrets
- Injunctions, accountings, disgorgement, lost profits
Employment Litigation
- FLSA wage and hour, overtime claims
- Discrimination
Class Action Litigation
Mr. Israeloff is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Sim is listed in the 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Commercial Litigation, Construction Litigation and Patent Litigation. In 2010 he was named to the Lawdragon 3000 Leading Lawyers in America. He was named a "Texas Super Lawyer" by the publishers of Texas Monthly and Law & Politics Magazine each year from 2003 to 2010. He is also listed in Marquis Who's Who in American Law.
when Sim is not practicing law he serves as the Mayor of Fairview, Texas.
Education:
- J.D., with honors, The University of Texas at Austin School of Law, 1983. Associate Editor, Texas Law Review
- B.B.A., Accounting, with highest honors, The University of Texas, 1980
Admissions:
- State Bar of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
Memberships & Affiliations:
- Member, State Bar of Texas, Litigation Section
- Member, American Bar Association, Section of Litigation
- Member, Dallas Bar Association
- Sustaining Life Fellow, Dallas Bar Foundation
- Former Barrister in the Patrick E. Higginbotham American Inn of Court
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