At Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox, LLP, clients rely on us to represent them in the way that we would wish to be represented: Aggressively, creatively and relentlessly. There are some law firms that win consistently at trial or on appeal. At Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox, LLP we believe that our track record is not an accident, but rather a product of unique talent, inspiration and hard work. We believe that there comes a time in every company's life when inevitably there is life threatening event. Many times that event results in a lawsuit when the company must defend its conduct in trial against a difficult claim or seeks recovery for major damage to it inflicted by another company. When we established Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox, LLP, we were determined to build one of the elite trial boutique firms in the United States to represent the interests of companies and individuals who needed to engage the best.
We believe we have achieved our goal.
We innovate. We succeed. We are satisfied with nothing less than the very best.
Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox, LLP is a nationally recognized trial law firm focusing on complex, "high stakes" litigation when the results truly matter. We founded LTP&C on the belief that effective trial work requires a different kind of lawyer. Since our inception, we have set the highest standard for legal talent. Our requirements are demanding. The attorneys at Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox, LLP come from demonstrated excellence in academics, service in judicial clerkships and experience at some of the most respected law firms in the Country.
At Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox, this pedigree becomes the foundation for success through our unique philosophy of doing business and the professional environment we require. We work directly with our clients without overstaffing cases or creating inefficiency. We plan our cases meticulously and rehearse them time and time again to achieve the best performance.
Every member of our team works together to ensure that the clients' goals are met. Every member of our team is prepared to stand in court and succeed. Our associates accumulate trial experience that rivals that of partners at most large law firms. Our partners have achieved trial success that most lawyers never realize. These collective talents and characteristics create a synergy of achievement. To put it simply, we have assembled a collection of the best and brightest trial lawyers with the skills and innate desire to win. And at Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox, LLP, winning is expected.
We create. We lead. We achieve.
One of the key reasons clients choose Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox, LLP is our experience and creativity for winning cases. Many of our clients have contacted us based upon referrals from their retained firms who understand that their trial expertise does not match that of Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox, LLP.
Since our inception, we have been involved in litigation matters for numerous Fortune 500 corporations, major financial institutions, and prominent individuals. We have tried business disputes of all types, including breach of contract, intellectual property and trade secret, class action, financial services, securities, breach of fiduciary duty, employment, as well as professional malpractice cases. We also have extensive experience practicing before courts in the Eastern District of Texas. In recent years, the Eastern District of Texas has become a national hotbed for high stakes patent litigation. The District enjoys a number of outstanding judges who have shown an interest in patent infringement matters, and who have adopted for the Eastern District their own version of the "rocket docket" for patent infringement cases. We have tried several high-profile cases in the Eastern District of Texas, and have extensive experience handling intellectual property and patent infringement matters. Our depth of experience in the region, and in these types of cases, makes us ideally situated to handle patent infringement litigation.
We have earned a reputation for our ability to take on the tough or unpopular case. Here are just a few of our many accolades:
- Recognized in 1999 by the National Law Journal as having won the Defense Verdict of the Year.
- Recognized Again in 2003 by National Law Journal as having won the Defense Verdict of the Year.
- Top Ten Business Trial Lawyers In Dallas, Dallas Business Journal, April 2003.
- Obtained one of the largest settlements in Dallas County history in 2000.
- Recognized in August 2002, by the National Law Journal, as having tried the Defense win of the Month.
- Won for those our business clients over 300 million dollars in judgments and settlements that were collected
We compete. We deliver. We get results.
The true measure of success in trial work is based on a single standard - achieving favorable results for our clients. Only after the clients' goals are met can we truly say that we have won. Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox, LLP is proud of the results that we have obtained for our clients, including recovering more than $300 million in verdicts, judgments and settlements over the past five years. In addition, we have had great success in defending national clients such as Visa U.S.A., Inc., Visa International, Southwest Airlines, and Computer Sciences Corporation.
Other successful cases include:
- Defending Texas Data Control in a three-week jury trial against qui tam claims brought by the U.S. Department of justice, earning our Firm the National Law Journal's "Defense Verdict of 1998." We not only successfully defended against the claim, but the jury awarded our client almost $15 million on a counterclaim.
- On behalf of a major telecommunications company, obtaining what we believe to be the nation's largest settlement in a theft of trade secrets case approximately three months into the jury trial of the case.
- Defending First USA Bank in a series of major, national news-making class action lawsuits, winning the cases at various stages in courts in Texas, Delaware, Oregon and Washington.
- Acquiring a $27 million settlement for Eljer Industries in its breach of contract claim against Household International arising out of the corporate spin off of Eljer.
- Defending Bank One against the FDIC in a series of claims valued at more than $100 million.
- Prevailing in two cases for First USA Bank, who hired us to handle two "bet the company" cases in Texas and Pennsylvania against nationally known plaintiff's lawyers.
- Defending Visa USA and Visa International in a case where the Plaintiffs sought over $670,000,000 for Internet defamation. The jury awarded them nothing.
We are ready.
At Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox LLP, our capabilities and expertise exceed most others. Our philosophy as a leading commercial litigation firm is based on experience, creativity and an uncompromising will to win. Our team of professionals is ready to put our talent to work for you.
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