Ted A. Huffman

Representative Experience

• Co-chaired a five-day administrative securities trial, in which the state's own hearing officer and a state trial court found — in a nearly unprecedented case — that the allegations of the state securities division were unsupported by the evidence. *
• Represented a real estate developer in a U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals matter resulting in a Fifth Circuit opinion vacating an SEC receivership and imposing important restrictions to protect parties in future securities enforcement actions brought by the SEC. *
• Represented a large Texas bank in a multi-million dollar fraud and breach of contract case against a third-party finance company, resulting in a more than $8 million recovery. *
• Represented a regional bank in a post-merger fraud litigation against prior bank executive to secure a seven-figure recovery valued at two times actual economic damages. *
• Represented an oil and gas company and its officers in defense of a state securities law matter, which resulted in the clients obtaining a six-figure recovery on counterclaims against the plaintiff. *
• Represented public companies in varying types of securities fraud and/or derivative shareholder litigation matters.
• Secured pre-answer case dismissals with zero liability findings in multiple FINRA investor actions. *
• Secured injunctive relief on behalf of a $4 billion bank against a checking account software company to protect $600 million in customer checking account deposits held at the bank. *
• Represented clients across multiple industries in trademark enforcement matters and obtained significant monetary recovery and injunctive relief protection against marketplace competitors.
• Represented a variety of companies in the consumer financial services industry in defense of class action privacy, TCPA, debt collection, or other mass consumer claims and obtained pre-class certification resolutions or case dismissals.
• Advised on transactional and corporate governance matters related to contractual terms and positional preparation for the new Texas Business Courts, opening on September 1, 2024.
• Enforced numerous non-competition and non-solicitation covenants, non-interference agreements, protective confidentiality clauses, and other restrictive covenants against client competitors and former company principals, including by obtaining temporary restraining orders and other injunctive relief to protect clients’ confidential information, trade secrets, and other business interests.
• Obtained judgments and other favorable rulings in case dispositive proceedings, including in cases of patent infringement, trade secrets theft, mergers and acquisitions litigation, common law fraud, securities fraud, business and contract disputes, receivership proceedings, labor and employment matters, real property litigation, and construction law. *
• Prepared orders and initial memorandum opinions as a judicial law clerk in hundreds of civil and criminal matters, to be reviewed and revised by federal district court chief judge. *
• Assisted appellate panel for United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in connection with oral argument preparation and initial opinion drafting for review and revision by panel judges. *
• Obtained protective order relief under Chapter 7A of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure in protection of client company.