R. Brandon Bundren is a trial attorney with a diverse, national practice focused on commercial, intellectual property and employment litigation. Mr. Bundren practices in state and federal courts across the country, but has particular depth of experience appearing before all state, federal and bankruptcy courts within the State of Texas. Mr. Bundren is also admitted to practice in the State of Tennessee, and regularly handles arbitrations, including before FINRA and the American Arbitration Association.

Mr. Bundren is a 2005 cum laude graduate of Baylor Law School, where he served as articles editor and executive editor for the Baylor Law Review. Mr. Bundren is a 2002 graduate of Vanderbilt University.

Representative Matters

Trial Experience

• Received a favorable decision following a two-day bench trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division. The Court awarded attorney's fees as damages to client New Strong Group Limited upon the Court’s determination that the opposing parties acted in bad faith, without any colorable claim, and intentionally interfered with a contract made the subject of an interpleader action.
• Obtained a complete defense verdict following a two-day bench trial in Travis County, Texas, for Texas-based technology companies Round2 Inc. and Round2 Technologies, Inc. This conversion action arose from the companies’ purchase of stolen graphics cards that were represented as abandoned and damaged freight.
• Obtained a complete defense verdict following a one-day bench trial in Tarrant County, Texas, for a private sector college in an action brought by a former student for wrongful expulsion.
• Represented a major broker-dealer in a consumer securities dispute before the American Arbitration Association.

Intellectual Property Litigation

• Obtained summary judgment and a permanent injunction in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, in favor of a video-marketing firm for infringement of its intellectual property. Cynthia Hunt Prods., Ltd. v. Evolution of Fitness Houston Inc., No. H-07-0170, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 77630 (S.D. Tex. Oct. 18, 2007); Cynthia Hunt Prods., Ltd. v. Evolution of Fitness Houston Inc., No. H-07-0170, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 60098 (S.D. Tex. Aug. 16, 2007).
• Represented a self-storage company in a trademark, copyright and trade-dress action brought in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, against a competitor and its architect.
• Obtained favorable resolutions for multiple pharmaceutical companies in false marking actions brought in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
• Secured a favorable settlement representing a software company against a licensor relating to breach of a computer software license agreement brought in Travis County, Texas.
• Currently representing multiple clients in patent infringement actions pending in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

Oil and Gas Litigation

• Obtained a final judgment in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, on behalf of a Safwan Petroleum, a Kuwait-based petroleum company, dismissing an action brought against it by an oil-and-gas supplier for lack of personal jurisdiction and insufficient service of process.
• Obtained summary judgment for a client in an interpleader action pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, involving a dispute over $3.4 million in proceeds escrowed from the sale of a lift-boat vessel. Tried the remaining claims to the Court in a two-day bench trial in 2011 (currently awaiting a decision).
• Obtained on behalf of ACTEL Middle East for Computer Equipment a confidential settlement following mediation of its breach of contract claims against Kellogg, Brown and Root International, Inc.
• Achieved client's objectives representing Amazon Energy, a Nigerian oil & gas company, in a breach of contract matter against Velosi America LLC, a subsidiary of the Velosi Group, in Harris County, Texas

Securities and Corporate Governance Litigation

• Obtained dismissal of client Meecorp Capital Markets, LLC in a suit pending in Dallas County, Texas, due to lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.
• Obtained an order dismissing clients from a suit pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. Excel Marketing Solutions, Inc. v. Direct Financial Solutions, LLC, CA No. 3:11-CV-0109-D, 2011 WL 1833022, (N.D. Tex. May 13, 2011) (Fitzwater, C.J.).
• Obtained a $3.15 million judgment in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division, confirming two arbitration awards entered by a Hong Kong arbitral tribunal in favor of a Chinese manufacturer. China Nat'l Bldg. Material Inv. Co., Ltd. V. BNK Int'l LLC, No. 09-CA-488-SS, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 113194 (W.D. Tex. Dec. 4, 2009) (Sparks, J.).
• Obtained a favorable decision from a Harris County, Texas, trial court granting partial summary judgment for a technology services company, its president and chief operating officer in an action involving claims for breach of contract and damages for an accounting and partnership distribution.

Product Liability Litigation

• Achieved a favorable result representing C&D Technologies, a NYSE-listed battery manufacturer, in a breach-of-contract action brought in Harris County, Texas regarding product installed at a NASA plant.
• Satisfied client's objectives representing Tiffany & Co. in a deceptive trade practices suit brought by a consumer in Harris County, Texas.
• Obtained a confidential settlement for medical supply manufacturer in a products liability action brought by the State of Texas in El Paso County, Texas.
• Reached a confidential settlement representing a hard wood flooring manufacturer in a products liability action brought by a consumer in Montgomery County, Texas.
• Represented a medical device company in a defamation, slander and tortious interference action in Tarrant County, Texas.
• Accomplished client's objectives in representing a global logistics company in a dispute brought by a technology company with respect to allegedly damaged computer equipment in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division.
• Currently representing medical supply manufacturer in products liability actions pending in Texas and Tennessee.

Employment Litigation

• Obtained a voluntary dismissal of an age discrimination claim on behalf of Mat Rental LLC brought in Harris County, Texas.
• Obtained successful resolution for a major broker-dealer in an employment matter before FINRA.
• Achieved favorable settlement for a technology staffing company in trade secret and employment dispute in Harris County, Texas.
• Currently representing large oil-and-gas company in multiple matters relating to trade secrets and employment disputes.

Real Estate Litigation

• Successfully represented a private landowner in a dispute before a municipality relating to an easement with respect to utilities.
• Represented NRG Energy, a NYSE-listed energy company, in an action brought in Fort Bend County, Texas by a landowner who claimed to have an easement over property owned by NRG.

Areas of Practice

• Commercial Litigation
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Employment Litigation
• Consumer Lending Litigation

Admissions

• Texas
• Tennessee
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
• U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
• U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Education

• Baylor Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2005
  - Senior Articles Editor, Executive Editor, Articles Editor, Baylor Law Review
• Vanderbilt University, B.A., 2002

Other Experience

• Thompson & Knight, LLP
  Associate (September 2005 – April 2008)

Professional Activities

• American Bar Association
• Texas Bar Association
• Texas Young Lawyers Association
• Houston Bar Association
• Houston Young Lawyers Association
• Tennessee Bar Association
• Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit

Honors / Awards

• Texas Rising Star, 2012 and 2013

Board Memberships

• TEXLA KCC, Inc. (The Krewe of Cajuns and Cowboys)
  - Director and Secretary

Publications

• "To Give or Not to Give: Enforceability of Covenants Not to Compete in Texas," 57 Baylor L. Rev. 273, 2005