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Education and Honors
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J.D. (with honors), The University of Texas School of Law, 1972 Order of the Coif
Phi Delta Phi
B.A. (with honors), American Studies, The University of Texas, 1968
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Admissions and Affiliations
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State Bar of Texas
United States Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fifth, Eleventh, and Federal Circuits
United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas, the Southern District of Florida, and the Southern District of New York
United States Supreme Court
American Bar Association
Houston Bar Association
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Practice Areas
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Concentration Antitrust, contracts, fiduciary duty, fraudulent transfer, intellectual property, securities
Summary Irv Terrell's national trial practice centers on business litigation of all kinds in Texas, Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, New Mexico, Louisiana, New York, and Pennsylvania: takeover suits, contract disputes, intellectual property claims, and business torts, including such matters as tortious interference, antitrust, fiduciary duty, fraudulent transfer, and securities fraud. He has also represented clients in election contests. In recent years, he tried five large complex cases to a result in succession. Mr. Terrell also defeated the SEC in New York City in 2007 and won a multi-billion trial judgment in 2009 for fraudulent transfer and breach of fiduciary duty.
In 2000, Mr. Terrell was trial counsel for President Bush and Vice President Cheney in the contested presidential election in Florida. In January 2001, he was selected by The National Law Journal as co-lawyer of the year for his trial work in Gore v. Bush. Mr. Terrell also served as lead trial counsel for Republican interests in the first Texas congressional and legislative redistricting litigation in Texas state and federal courts in 2001.
Other Representative Engagements
- Plaintiff ASARCO LLC – fraudulent transfer claim against Americas Mining Corporation which resulted in a $5 billion plaintiff’s verdict (net of legal fees and litigation expenses)
- Defendant former CEO of Citigroup's Worldwide Asset Management Group – SEC claimed that executive aided and abetted Citigroup's alleged violation of federal law; obtained summary judgment dismissing all claims
- Plaintiff Pennzoil Company – tortious interference claim against Texaco which resulted in a $10 billion (net of legal fees and litigation expenses) jury verdict and judgment, and a $3 billion cash settlement
- Defendant American Airlines – billion-dollar predatory pricing antitrust suit brought by Continental Airlines and Northwest Airlines which resulted in a jury verdict for the defense
- Plaintiff DSC Communications – billion-dollar antitrust suit against AT&T and Lucent Technologies that resulted in a confidential business arrangement valued by the Wall Street Journal in excess of $1 billion
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