Do you handle business disputes and commercial litigation?

The disputes that end up here

Commercial cases arrive wearing suits but bleed like injury cases: the supplier who took the deposit and delivered excuses, the partner quietly running a competing book, the majority member freezing out the minority who built the business, the fiduciary who treated other people's money as a rounding error, the competitor who tortiously pried away a signed customer, the buyer who discovered the seller's numbers were fiction. Each is a recognized Texas claim, breach of contract, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, tortious interference, partnership and company oppression theories, and each turns on the same question as every case this firm tries: what can be proven, to a jury, with documents and testimony.

How business cases differ, and where they rhyme

The differences are real. The evidence is paper and data, contracts, emails, ledgers, wire records, and the damages are built by forensic accountants proving lost profits with reasonable certainty, a standard Texas courts enforce against wishful models. Remedies reach beyond money, injunctions to stop the bleeding, receiverships, buyout orders. And one Texas feature changes negotiations from day one: attorney's fees are recoverable on successful contract claims by statute and under most well-drafted agreements, so the defendant's exposure grows with every month of stonewalling. The rhyme is strategic: corporate defendants and their insurers price disputes on the other side's willingness and ability to try the case, the identical currency that governs injury practice, and a business dispute prepared for trial from the first letter settles on different terms than one drafted as a bluff.

Fee structures for businesses that watch costs

Commercial work does not have to mean an open hourly meter. Depending on the claim's strength and the recovery sought, engagements can be structured hourly, flat-fee by phase, hybrid, or, for strong plaintiff-side money claims, on contingency or success-fee terms that align the lawyer's incentives with the outcome, the same alignment injury clients have always had. The right structure is a first-meeting conversation, in plain numbers, before any engagement is signed.

An honest scope note

This is a trial practice, not a general counsel's office: the fit is disputes headed toward, or already in, litigation, where preparation and pressure decide outcomes. Trial preparation is the same discipline whether the injury is to a spine or a balance sheet, and Silver Key Law brings the identical courtroom-first approach to both. If your business dispute needs evaluating, the consultation is free and the assessment is candid, including when the honest advice is a demand letter and a settlement rather than a lawsuit.

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