Michael A. Heidler

(5th Cir.) – Led and argued appeal obtaining affirmance of a $14 million fraud judgment for an energy company against its former employee who engaged in a kickback scheme with contractors

(5th Cir.) – Led and argued appeal obtaining affirmance of summary judgment dismissing claims for $14 billion in damages under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the Copyright Act

(5th Cir.) – Led and argued appeal winning vacatur of a preliminary injunction issued under the Endangered Species Act and National Environmental Policy Act that prevented operation of Lydia Ann Channel Moorings LLC’s barge facility

(5th Cir.) — Obtained affirmance of district court’s dismissal of garnishment brought under Supplemental Admiralty Rule B

(5th Cir.) – Secured partial reversal of Anti-Kickback Act judgment against government contractor

(5th Cir.) – On behalf of a construction company, obtained dismissal of cross-appeal for lack of jurisdiction in a case alleging breach of a guaranty

(5th Cir.) – Represented an optical disk drive manufacturer in an antitrust case

(5th Cir.) – Represented a cattle ranch in a tax appeal involving the allocation of income between corporate agent and principals

(Tex. App. − Austin) – Led and argued appeal obtaining favorable ruling for an electric transmission and distribution utility in an appeal addressing whether the courts have jurisdiction over client’s claim to enjoin a city’s threatened condemnation of client’s streetlight system

(La. App. – 4th Cir.); (La. Dist. – Orleans Parish) — Secured affirmance of a $93 million judgment following a jury verdict for Huntsman Corporation in its contract dispute with gas supplier, Praxair, Inc.

(Tex. App. – Austin) – Led and argued administrative appeal resulting in a complete victory for telecommunications clients with the court holding that, by failing to fund the Texas Universal Service Fund, the Public Utility Commission acted outside its statutory authority, violated state rulemaking procedures, and took private property without providing just compensation

(Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.]) — Obtained reversal on behalf of oil and gas company in breach of contract dispute against pipeline owner relating to shipment of natural gas liquids on intra-state pipeline

(Tex. App. − Houston [1st. Dist.]) – Led and argued appeal obtaining affirmance of summary judgment for client in case alleging breach of restrictive covenant

(Tex. App. − Austin) — Obtained reversal of sanctions order entered against client in suit affecting the parent-child relationship

(Tex. App. − Amarillo) — Obtained affirmance of summary judgment in a breach-of-contract case

(Tex. App. − Houston [14th Dist.]) — Obtained reversal and rendition of judgment in a dispute alleging breach of a construction contract

(Tex. App. − Austin) — Obtained affirmance of summary judgment for a defense contractor in an employment dispute

(La.) — Obtained reversal and rendition of judgment for a U.S. exploration and production company in the Louisiana Supreme Court in a $70 million oil and gas dispute dealing with whether a joint operating agreement (JOA), written on the AAPL model form, covers future-acquired leases in the absence, from the JOA, of an area of mutual interest provision

(S.D. Tex.) – In jury trial, drafted and argued JMOL motions, drafted and argued jury charge, and handled evidentiary error-preservation issues

(Tex. Dist. − Hidalgo Cnty.) – In jury trial, drafted jury charge and charge objections in connection with successful defense of a magazine publisher against $16 million claims for fraud, breach-of-contract, and antitrust violations

(Tex. Dist. − McLennan Cnty.) — Drafted jury charge in a breach-of-contract suit against an energy company

(Tex. Dist. − Harris Cnty.) — Drafted pretrial motions in a wrongful death case against an oil and gas company

(W.D. Okla.) — Drafted pretrial motions in a mass-tort case against a mining company

(Tex. Dist. − Harris Cnty.) — Drafted pleadings and obtained TRO in breach of contract and fraud suit

(S.D. Tex.) – Obtained dismissal of claims that client’s business created a public nuisance under Texas common law

(W.D. Tex.) — Drafted summary judgment motions for workers’ compensation suit against mining company

(E.D. La.) — Drafted summary judgment briefing in a case alleging a tort claim against a pipeline company

(E.D. Tex.) — Successfully opposed motion to strike technical experts in a patent-infringement lawsuit

(E.D. Tex.) — Successfully opposing motion to compel production of documents in a patent-infringement lawsuit

(N.D. Tex.) — Drafted summary judgment papers in a trademark infringement lawsuit against a communications provider