Successfully represented a trust in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which affirmed the district court's ruling that the trust qualified as a spendthrift trust under Texas law and was not subject to garnishment.
Obtained court of appeal decision affirming judgment of more than $2 million in favor of a major energy company.
Obtained dismissal with prejudice of a federal court action seeking to vacate an employment arbitrator's orders, preserving a favorable arbitration result for a multi-state employer.
Secured a major appellate win on behalf of a client in the Fourteenth Court of Appeals, which affirmed a trial court order confirming an arbitration award and held that the mandatory venue clause in Section 171.096(c) of the Texas Arbitration Act applies equally to confirmation proceedings involving arbitrations otherwise governed by the Federal Arbitration Act.
Secured a significant appellate win on behalf of a major energy company in insurance coverage litigation arising from a faulty cement job performed by an oilfield service company on our client’s Texas well.
GableGotwals team, led by Chris Thrutchley, secured more than $1.5 million in compensation owed to a senior executive of a publicly traded company.
GableGotwals represents Jet Commercial Construction, LLC and its owners, Steve Rich and Jake Sharp, in a negligent-misrepresentation and breach-of-contract dispute arising from the construction of a fountain at Ceasars Place in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Firm’s litigation team moved to dismiss the individual claims due to lack of personal jurisdiction. The trial court denied the motion and issued subsequent adverse rulings against the individual owners on discovery issues. The litigation team filed a petition for a writ of prohibition with the Nevada Supreme Court, which the Court ultimately granted and directed the trial court to dismiss Rich and Sharp.
On December 9, 2024, the Oklahoma Supreme Court, by unanimous vote of all justices participating, confirmed GableGotwals’ summary judgment victory obtained for its client David Qualls in a multi-million dollar lawsuit brought against him by the Peoria Tribe of Indians. A company owned in part by Mr. Qualls managed the Tribe’s casino. When external forces caused a decline in casino cash flow, an external CPA and lawyer, according to the Tribe, devised and implemented a casino accounting change that resulted in five million in additional cash flow to the Tribe and increased the company’s management fee by a substantially lesser amount. The Tribe sued Mr. Qualls in an Oklahoma State District Court in Shawnee, alleging that through the accounting change, Mr. Qualls embezzled, committed fraud, breached fiduciary duties, was liable for four other related claims, and owed the Tribe a $2 million fine previously imposed by the Tribe’s gaming commission. After all the discovery was completed and two oral arguments held, the District Court found that the fine was unconstitutional and that all of the Tribe’s claims failed as a matter of law. Summary judgment was awarded to Mr. Qualls. The Tribe appealed. The Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals rejected all of the Tribe’s arguments and unanimously affirmed the summary judgment against the Tribe. The Tribe then filed a petition for certiorari seeking discretionary review by the Oklahoma Supreme Court. The Supreme Court denied the petition, thereby making the judgment in favor of the Firm’s client final.