Limitation of Liability Clauses in Business Contracts: Limiting Potential Damages and Avoiding Pitfalls

Mr. Davis helps clients navigate the development and construction process, from negotiating complex design and construction agreements to resolving disputes through both informal and formal dispute resolution processes. He has experience representing clients in arbitration and other alternative dispute resolution forums – both domestic and abroad – and in federal and state courts. Mr. Davis represents clients across various industries, including construction, real estate, technology, hospitality, energy, healthcare, financial services, and insurance. His role in the firm's Construction and Design practice group is marked by his proficiency in drafting and negotiating project agreements and resolving disputes through a business oriented, goal-minded approach. Mr. Davis has contributed to high-stakes cases, ranging from federal civil rights actions to nine-figure construction disputes. He has earned recognition in the legal community as a member of a nationally ranked practice group and through his selection as a Rising Star in Business Litigation by Super Lawyers. Mr. Davis regularly writes for the Stoel Rives Ahead of Schedule blog and other publications, offering insights on current legal issues and trends.

Mr. Johnson is widely recognized as one of the go-to fiduciary litigators in Texas. His practice focuses on trust, estate, and closely-held business disputes. A frequent writer and speaker, David is known around the state as a thought leader in the fiduciary area. Mr. Johnson’s experience in trust and estate disputes includes will contests, elder abuse, mental competency, undue influence, trust modification/reformation/clarification, breach of fiduciary duty and related claims. Additionally, he has a transactional practice for trust departments in providing legal opinions on the construction of trust documents, documenting release and consent agreements, resignations, successor appointments, modification of trusts, trust mergers, trust severances, etc.