M. CHAD BERRY
PARTNER
Practice Areas: Commercial and Business Litigation; Construction Litigation; Employment Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Mediation
Licensed In: Texas
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Chad is a partner with the Firm. His primary area of practice is in civil and commercial litigation with first and second chair trial experience. Mr. Berry graduated from Abilene Christian University with a B.A. in Political Science in 1993. He received his law degree from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan in 1997. He is licensed to practice law in the State of Texas and is admitted to practice in the Northern and Eastern Federal District Courts of Texas and the Federal Court of Claims.
PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:
Chad has extensive experience in the management and administration of all phases of commercial litigation. His primary duties include trying cases, taking depositions, managing discovery, conducting legal research, preparing motions and briefs, making oral arguments before the court, recovering and detaining property, investigation, collecting and reviewing evidence, meeting with clients, interviewing witnesses, preparing witness testimony, negotiating settlements and participating in mediation. Chad is responsible for files from inception to trial, including but not limited to reviewing documentation, analyzing claims, planning case strategy and drafting pleadings. Chad is certified as a mediator and family law mediator and has an active mediation practice. He is also involved with Common Ground, a mediation ministry at his church.
EDUCATION:
1994 - 1997 THOMAS M. COOLEY LAW SCHOOL
Lansing, Michigan
- Juris Doctorate
1989 - 1993 ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
Abilene, Texas
- Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
BAR ADMISSIONS/MEMBERSHIPS:
- Admitted to the State Bar of Texas
- Admitted to practice before the United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas
- Admitted to practice before the United States District Court, Northern District of Texas
- Admitted to practice before the United States Court of Federal Claims
- Mediator Certification
- Family Law Mediator Certification
- Admitted to practice before the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas
- Admitted to practice before the United States District Court, District of Colorado
- Admitted to practice before the United States District Court, Western District of Texas
SPEECHES/PUBLICATIONS:
- Collecting Commercial Debts Effectively in Texas: From Small Claims to Post Judgment Remedies, National Business Institute (2004)
- Complete Guide to Consumer Debt Collection in Texas, National Business Institute (2005)
- Pre-Judgment Remedies/Writ of Sequestration, NE Tarrant County Bar Assoc. (2005)
- Successfully Collecting Debts and Judgments, National Business Institute (2006)
- Collection Law from Start to Finish, National Business Institute (2006)
- Collecting Debts: Tips and Strategies to Legally Get What You’re Owed, National Business Institute (2007)
- Collection Law from Start to Finish, National Business Institute (2007)
REPORTED DECISIONS:
- Campus Mgt., Inc. v. Kimball, 991 S.W.2d 948 (Ft. Worth Ct. of App.)
- Paragon General Contractors, Inc. v. Larco Construction, Inc., 227 S.W.3d 876 (Tex. App. -- Dallas 2007, no pet.)
