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Areas of Practice
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Representative Experience
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Professional Background
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Professional/Civic Activities
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Court Admissions
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Bar Admissions
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Education
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Achievements
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Additional Information
Areas of Practice
Mr. Sapire represents businesses and individuals in a wide variety of complex civil litigation in both court and private arbitration, including breach of contract, breach of fiduciary obligations, shareholder derivative litigation, theft of trade secrets, unfair competition, usurpation of corporate opportunities, products liability, professional negligence, and regulatory matters. Mr. Sapire also has experience representing clients before state regulatory agencies in rulemakings and contested matters.
Areas of Emphasis
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Commercial litigation
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Construction law
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Environmental law
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Administrative law
Representative Experience
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Cases involving complex commercial issues including limitation of liability and indemnification; contractual defenses based on modification, waiver, merger, and integration; fraud and fraud-in-the-inducement; and the Economic Loss Rule.
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Won $7.25 million jury trial verdict on behalf of foreign partnership in breach-of-contract dispute
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Won summary judgment on behalf of Fortune 500 retailer in land-use and trespass dispute
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Defended national engineering firm against state and federal environmental enforcement actions related to Hurricane Katrina reconstruction projects
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Successfully settled hazardous-waste contamination claims against a national trucking company and an international electronics manufacturer on behalf of a major local municipal solid waste landfill operator in private litigation and parallel administrative proceedings against the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
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Defended privately-held general contractor against multi-million dollar environmental claims arising out of construction-project storm water discharges allegedly affecting protected local water resources
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Prosecuted claims on behalf of real-estate limited partnership investors for fraud, breach of contract, and breach of fiduciary duty against general partners
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Defended general partners against claims by foreign limited-partner investors in U.S. real-estate limited partnerships for fraud, breach of contract, and breach of fiduciary duty
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Defended and prosecuted design and construction defect claims on behalf of design professionals, owners, and contractors
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Defended independent directors of a publicly traded special-purpose acquisition company against shareholder-derivative claims
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Defended corporate officers in securities-fraud litigation against a publicly traded medical device manufacturer
Professional Background
After law school, he clerked as a briefing attorney to Chief Justice Thomas R. Phillips of the Supreme Court of Texas.
Professional/Civic Activities
- State Bar of Texas
- Litigation Section
- Antitrust & Business Litigation Section
- Construction Section
- Environmental & Natural Resources Section
- Administrative & Public Law Section
- Austin Bar Association
- Civil Litigation Section
- Member, Civil Litigation Section Council (2010-2013)
- Construction Section
- Environmental, Natural Resources & Water Section
- Administrative Section
- Barrister, Lloyd Lochridge Chapter, American Inns of Court (2010-present)
- Barrister, Robert W. Calvert Chapter, American Inns of Court (2006-2008)
- Vice-Chair, City of Austin Urban Transportation Commission (2006-2008)
- Secretary, Board of Directors, Planned Parenthood/Texas Capital Region
- Member, Board of Trustees, SafePlace Foundation (2005-2008)
- Member, Board of Directors, Austin Jewish Academy
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas
Bar Admissions
Education
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J.D.,
University of Texas at Austin School of Law
(1994)
(with honors, Associate Editor, The Review of Litigation)
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B.A.,
University of Texas
(1990)
(with high honors, Phi Beta Kappa)
Achievements
- Named a Texas Rising Star by Law & Politics Magazine and Texas Monthly in 2005, 2006, and 2007
- 2007 Finalist for Austin under 40 (Legal)
- Member of the 2007-2008 Leadership Austin Essential Class
Additional Information
Publications
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