Attorney Paul McConnell, De Lange, Hudspeth, McConnell & Tibbets, LLP, Houston, Texas

Paul J. McConnell III
Houston, Texas

Managing Partner
phone	(713) 871-2000 (713) 871-2005 (713) 907-4420 (Cell)
fax	(713) 871-2020
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Paul McConnell has been trying lawsuits involving business transactions for over 30 years. He has handled cases in the Texas Supreme Court, a majority of the Courts of Appeals in the state of Texas, state district courts in various counties around Texas, as well as throughout the federal court system, including the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Western, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of Texas and numerous bankruptcy courts. Mr. McConnell has handled real estate, oil and gas, and insurance cases, on both sides of the docket, and has represented both the sellers of businesses and the purchasers of those businesses. He has handled lawsuits against municipalities on zoning and platting matters and has represented landlords and tenants in commercial lease disputes. He has represented directors and officers of corporations in suits against them, has handled non-competition agreement lawsuits, and has represented numerous lenders in workouts, foreclosures, and related matters. He has been involved in several bad faith cases involving insurance, is a member of the Texas Land Title Association, and has served on several of its committees. He has lectured a number of times on title insurance matters and on real estate and insurance litigation.

Areas of Practice:: Deceptive Trade Practices; Banking & Finance Law; Lending & Secured Transactions; Loan Workouts; Mortgages & Foreclosures; Commercial Bankruptcy; Insurance Law; Bad Faith; Title Insurance; Litigation & Appeals; Legal Malpractice; Condemnation

Bar Admissions:: Texas, 1973; U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1993; U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas; U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court

Education:: University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, 1973
J.D.
Honors: Magna Cum Laude; Rice University, Houston, TX, 1971
B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude
Major: Political Science

Representative Cases:: RHS Interests, Inc. v. 2727 Kirby Litd., 994 S.W.2d 895 (Tex. App. - Hous. (1 Dist.) 1999); City of Stafford v. Gullo, 886 S.W.2d 524 (Tex. App. - Hous. (1 Dist.) 1994); Stewart Title Guar. Co. v. Sterling, 822 S.W.2d 1 (Tex. 1991); Cameron County Sav. Ass'n v. Stewart Title Guar. Co., 819 S.W.2d 600 (Tex. App. - Corpus Christi 1991); HTM Restaurants, Inc. v. Goldman, Sachs & Co., 797 S.W.2d 326 (Tex. App. - Hous. (14 Dist.) 1990); Gupta v. Ritter Homes, Inc., 646 S.W.2d 168 (Tex. 1983); Capital Title Co. v. Mahone, 619 S.W.2d 204 (TexCivApp. - Hous. (1 Dist.) 1981); Lawson v. Gibbs, 591 S.W.2d 292 (TexCivApp. - Hous. (14 Dist.) 1979); Riner v. Allstate Life Ins. Co., 131 F.3d 530 (5th Cir. (Tex.) 1997); Executone Information Systems, Inc. v. Davis, 26 F.3d 1314 (5th Cir. (Tex.) 1994); Spring Garden 79U, Inc. v. Stewart Title Co., 874 S.W. 2d 945 (Tex. App - Houston [1st Dist.] 1994); N.P., Inc. v. Turboff, 111 S.W.3d 40 (Tex. 2003); Wolter v. Donaldson, 795 S.W.3d 160 (Tex. App. - Texarkana 2002); 3Z Corp. v. Stewart Title Guaranty Co., 851 S.W.2d 973 (Tex. App. - Beaumont 1993); La Coure v. La Coure, 820 S.W.2d 228 (Tex. App. - El Paso 1991)

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Lecturer, Insurance Matters and on Real Estate and Insurance Litigation

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Texas Land Title Association; Member

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