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Houston, TX  77002
USA
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Hunter.Barrow@tklaw.com

Practice

Trial

Real Estate and Real Estate Finance

Energy

Industry

Financial Institutions

Education

J.D., 1999, South Texas College of Law, Articles Editor, South Texas Law Review; National Order of Barristers; Recipient of Dean's Outstanding Advocate Award; Champion, John Marshall International Information Technology and Privacy Law Moot Court Competition, 1999; Champion, University of Connecticut National Insurance Law Moot Court Competition, 1998

B.B.A., 1995, Baylor University

Admissions

New York

Texas

U.S. Ct. of App., Fifth Circuit

U.S. Dist. Ct., E. Dist. New York

U.S. Dist. Ct., E. Dist. Texas

U.S. Dist. Ct., N. Dist. Texas

U.S. Dist. Ct., S. Dist. New York

U.S. Dist. Ct., S. Dist. Texas

 

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Hunter M. Barrow

Partner, Houston

Practice Description

Hunter M. Barrow focuses his practice on federal and state trial and appellate actions involving financial institutions, real estate, securities, energy, insurance, and general business and commercial litigation. He frequently represents clients in the banking and real estate industries in lender liability, workouts, foreclosures, and other business disputes. His clients include commercial banks, borrowers, landowners, developers, homebuilders, and contractors.

Mr. Barrow also represents clients in securities litigation matters, including corporate governance, securities fraud, class actions, and shareholder actions.

Representations

  • Represented a multi-state bank holding company against a claim by a shareholder for breach of fiduciary duty and obtained dismissal of the lawsuit

  • Represented a medical clinic that was sued for breach of lease, fraud, statutory fraud, promissory estoppel, and negligent misrepresentation as a result of the client's decision not to execute an amendment to its existing lease agreement and obtained a complete jury defense verdict

  • Represented an owner of an office building in a dispute involving a tenant's breach of a long-term lease and secured a favorable jury verdict for the client

  • Represented a homebuilder against an architect and a homeowner in defending and asserting claims for injunctive relief, breach of contract, slander, and tortious interference and received a complete defense jury verdict and verdict on counterclaims

  • Represented venture capital firms and an officer against investors who sued under securities fraud and control person theories and obtained dismissal of the lawsuit

Distinctions/Honors

  • Texas Rising Stars® by Thomson Reuters (Business Litigation, Securities Litigation, General Litigation); 2004-2005, 2007-2010

  • Houston's "Top Lawyers," H Texas Magazine; 2010

Press Releases/In the News

Presentations/Publications

  • "Real Estate Workouts And Lender Liability," The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, Vol. 16, No. 9, September 2008

  • "The Hearsay Rule and Its Exceptions: Recent Developments," How to Offer and Exclude Evidence Seminar, University of Houston CLE, August 2002, September 2002, January 2003, February 2003

Activities

  • Adjunct Professor, Trial Advocacy, South Texas College of Law; 2001-present

  • Co-Chair, Banking and Lender Liability Litigation Subcommittee, Litigation Section, American Bar Association, 2008, 2009; Member, Business Law Section, American Bar Association

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