Successes
Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill obtained a jury award granting our client title to property in an ownership dispute and a $947,000 offset verdict.
Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill obtained an order granting a Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on Voidness and Constitutionality of Lease.
Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill defeated a Plea to the Jurisdiction against governmental directors.
Response to Plea to the Jurisdiction
Response to Plea to the Jurisdiction
In a Delaware federal court contract dispute between members of an LLC advising a securities issuer, Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill, after prevailing at arbitration in Delaware, obtained a judgment in in excess of $10 million past damages, with multiple millions in future payments to clients, plus approximately $3.5 million in recovery of attorney’s fees (all secured by a $30 million appellate bond). Currently on appeal to Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill obtained a report and recommendation from a District of Delaware magistrate judge to uphold that multimillion-dollar award after having prevailed at arbitration in Delaware.
Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill obtained a multimillion-dollar arbitration award from a Delaware commercial arbitration panel in a contract dispute between members of an LLC advising a securities issuer.
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill’s victory at trial for Charlene Carter in Carter v TWA Local 556 and Southwest Airlines.
Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill obtained a judgment against Southwest Airlines and Local Union 556 and for client’s reinstatement with full seniority and benefits, back pay of $150,000, $60,180 in prejudgment interest, and $600,000 in compensatory and punitive damages.
Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill, in a contested emergency hearing, obtained an order protecting clients from multiple depositions.
Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill obtained a nationwide injunction against Southwest Airlines and Local Union 556 that “ENJOINS Defendants from discriminating against Southwest flight attendants for their religious practices and beliefs, including-but not limited to-those expressed on social media and those concerning abortion.”
After being retained by the National Right to Work Foundation to act as trial counsel shortly before trial, Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill obtained a jury verdict in excess of $4,000,000 for a Southwest Airlines flight attendant against Southwest Airlines and TWU Local 556 for wrongful termination in violation of her Railway Labor Act rights (right to engage in anti-union activities) and Title VII (exercise of her religious freedom). The case garnered national media attention.
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Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill defeated defendants’ efforts to avoid depositions of key persons and related effort to disqualify their firm.
Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill obtained mandamus relief in favor of their clients preventing overreaching discovery.
Colorado Court of Appeals unanimously affirmed lower court decision in favor of Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill’s client on land use allowing conversion of hotel to rehabilitation center. The court rejected the argument that the 2009 Planned Unit Development Amendment was inadequate and held there was sufficient evidence in the record to support the Board’s conclusion that an outpatient facility was a permitted use. The court also held the Rule 57 declaratory judgment claim was barred by the statute of limitations. The court also rejected the homeowners’ efforts to amend their claim because of quotes in local papers appearing after the Board made its determination stating that the rehabilitation center would be an inpatient facility holding such attempt was mooted because of the board’s previous determination that an inpatient facility was not permitted.
Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill obtained dismissal of all counterclaims against their clients in state court in Colorado.
Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill defeated summary judgment in claims for fraud, breach of contract, promissory estoppel and defamation on behalf of independent contractor/agent for national real estate firm.
Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill obtained dismissal of all counterclaims asserted by defendant.
Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill obtained a ruling allowing their client to sell property to a rehabilitation clinic which was opposed by various individuals and a homeowners’ association.
Where a plaintiff sought to prevent a Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill client from closing a major real estate transaction in Colorado, they attacked the sale under Colorado’s rule governing declaratory judgments. Pryor and Hill obtained a dismissal of the declaratory judgment claim in its entirety.
Plaintiffs purporting to represent a class sought a temporary injunction in federal court in Denver, Colorado to prevent a property owner from completing a $10 million sale of property. After a preliminary injunction hearing, Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill obtained an order denying the requested relief and a finding that the plaintiffs were unlikely to prevail on the merits. The plaintiffs appealed and sought emergency relief from the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. This relief was also denied.
In an appeal, Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill overturned a summary judgment that had been granted to the defendants in barratry action and created new law in the area of attorney barratry.
In a Texas federal lawsuit filed by a REIT against a broker-dealer who had marketed its shares to enforce a provision requiring indemnification and payment of attorney’s fees for claims based upon the broker-dealer’s actions, Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill defeated a motion to dismiss asserting a variety of theories, with the court quoting and agreeing with their arguments.
In a case filed by TIC investors against multiple defendants alleging fraud in connection with a real estate investment, after the case had been pending for over two-and-a-half years, and following an unsuccessful appeal of a pretrial matter, Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill took over the representation of one defendant. Two months after they appeared, Plaintiffs dismissed their client with prejudice. Pryor and Hill forced the dismissal by a multifaceted attack on Plaintiffs’ case, including the filing a motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction, third party discovery via letters rogatory, and pressing for other discovery in the case. No money was paid to obtain the dismissal with prejudice.
In a case in federal court in Missouri, Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill successfully defeated a motion to remand.
In a series of five plaintiffs’ cases originally filed in Louisiana state court seeking to nullify and rescind purchases of shares of a real estate investment trust, Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill obtained orders compelling arbitration of the claims and narrowing the causes of action to exclude derivative matters, which were dismissed with prejudice. Once the narrowed cases were filed in FINRA arbitration, Pryor and Hill obtained dismissals with prejudice of claims against its client in all of the cases with their client paying nothing to the plaintiffs or co-defendants.
Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill obtained a temporary restraining order allowing client to remove manager from the iconic Chase Park Plaza Hotel in St. Louis.
In a case of first impression under the Fair Housing Act, Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill, obtained summary judgment from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Orlando Division finding a subsequent purchaser of a multifamily apartment complex without knowledge of design violations at the time of purchase was not liable to a disabled tester for discrimination due to design and construction violations allegedly existing at the apartments.
In a case of first impression, Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill obtained an Eleventh Circuit opinion affirming summary judgment and holding third party purchasers of multi-family apartments are not liable for FHA discrimination where the discrimination alleged is the failure of the original owners and/or architects’ to design and construct the apartments in accordance with Fair Housing Act Design Manual. Harding v. Behringer Harvard District REIT I, LLC, 748 F.3d 1128 (11th Cir. 2014).
Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill obtained a jury verdict in favor of clients in excess of $300,000 against a home seller for failure to close on residential property.
Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill successfully defended on appeal a summary judgment obtained in state court in Kansas in favor of their clients in litigation in which the plaintiffs sought millions in damages.
The Kansas Supreme Court denied a petition for review, leaving in place appellate victory obtained by Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill.
Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill successfully defeated a plaintiff’s attempt in a FINRA arbitration to obtain investor information.
Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill successfully defeated an effort to deem admissions.
Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill, successfully defeated an effort to extend the scope of lawsuit alleging FHA violations.
In a wrongful termination case filed by an ex-employee, the summary judgment obtained by Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill on behalf of its Fortune 500 company client was affirmed by the Second District Court of Appeals.
In a breach of contract case for failure to perform a property condition assessment and prepare a sufficient property condition & assessment report, Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill obtained a settlement for their client in the amount of $2.3 million.
After being retained by a client against whom a default judgment had been entered, Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill were successful in having the default judgment vacated.
In a complex multi-state litigation involving the laws of four states and FINRA rules, and legal actions in a Texas state court and Boston federal court, in less than a 30-day period of time, Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill successfully defended a senior executive from claims filed by his former employer seeking a temporary restraining order.
Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill successfully represented a REIT and numerous tenants-in-common investors in litigation in which the REIT was initially sued for millions of dollars. On behalf of its clients, they counterclaimed and filed third party claims and obtained millions of dollars in cash settlements as well as property. All claims against the REIT were dismissed with prejudice and no payment of any kind was made by the REIT.
Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill successfully removed a class action petition to federal court pursuant to Class Action Fairness Act and, after Pryor and Hill filed a motion to dismiss, the plaintiff dismissed the case.
Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill obtained summary judgment on all claims in a lawsuit in which a former employee charged their client, a Fortune 500 company, with improperly garnishing his wages and then terminating him for filing a lawsuit against it.
Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill obtained mandamus relief for a client opposing appointment of a special master.
Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill obtained summary judgment in Kansas state court in favor of their clients in complex litigation in which the plaintiffs sought millions in damages.
In a plaintiffs’ class action case, Bobby Pryor represented a national class of Farmers Agents against Farmers Insurance Exchange, and certain other companies in Farmers Insurance Group of Companies, and was designated as class counsel to represent a class certified by the trial court. The trial court’s certification order was upheld on appeal to the court of appeals and by the Texas Supreme Court. After more than six years of litigation, the class action was successfully settled by Bobby Pryor and approved by the Court, for a total estimated settlement recovery of $16,420,920 (the estimated value of the vested retrospective relief of the settlement was $8,420,900 and the present value of the ascertainable prospective relief of the settlement was $8,000,000) plus up to $4,700,000 in attorneys’ fees and expenses. Such amounts did not include the value of additional life issued and paid credits to one of the subclasses that the Court found would further add to the total value of the settlement.
In a retaliation case brought in Texas by a highly compensated former employee seeking over $11 million in back and front pay alone against our client, a Fortune 500 Company, Bobby Pryor obtained summary judgment on all claims.
In a real estate dispute in Florida involving millions of dollars, Bobby Pryor successfully obtained summary disposition at the trial level. Summary Judgment ruling in favor of his client was upheld on appeal.
In a sexual harassment case in Texas before a jury, Bobby Pryor obtained a verdict in favor of the Plaintiff for in excess of the statutory cap, plus attorneys’ fees and a finding of gross negligence supporting punitive damages.
In a Sarbanes-Oxley case, Bobby Pryor and Matt Hill obtained a finding of “no merit” in favor of his client.
In a race discrimination case in which the former employee sought millions of dollars against our client, a Fortune 500 Company, Bobby Pryor obtained summary judgment on all claims.
Bobby Pryor successfully defended a Fortune 500 Company in an employment matter and obtained a $10,000 sanction against opposing counsel for asserting groundless causes of action.
Mr. Pryor spoke to the General Counsel Section of the Dallas Bar Association at the Belo Mansion in Dallas on the topic of “Alternative Dispute Resolution Pros and Cons.” The materials prepared for this presentation are attached.