Burns Charest and co-counsel are evaluating claims of private property flooding in the Houston area along I-10 as a result of the highway’s design, construction, and operation. During the heavy rains of the past few years, citizens have seen devastating flooding as highway barriers function as dams and hold water on the north side of ...

Burns Charest is representing Thomas Minick, the Liquidating Trustee for the Liquidating Trust of bankrupt energy company Nighthawk Royalties LLC and its affiliated debtors, in litigation against Houston-based engineering consulting firm Sigma Cubed Integrated Reservoir Solutions, Inc. The lawsuit, filed in Arapahoe County District Court in Colorado, seeks to recover damages, conservatively estimated at nearly ...

DALLAS – Trial lawyer LeElle Slifer, a partner with the litigation boutique firm of Burns Charest LLP, has been named to D Magazine’s list of the city’s top young lawyers for 2020.    The annual list of “Best Lawyers Under 40” is featured in the January issue of the publication. The selection process involved contact with and nominations from more than 9,000 attorneys in the North Texas ...