Business Litigation; Labor and Employment; Insurance Litigation

Mr. Davidoff has substantial experience in representing clients in a wide range of business litigation involving complex commercial transactions and employment disputes. His business and finance experience allows him to quickly understand the unique nature of each of his clients’ businesses and the transactions at issue, and to incorporate that understanding into an overall litigation strategy consistent with his clients’ objectives. Mr. Davidoff routinely prosecutes and defends claims arising from employment relationships, business contracts, real estate transactions, partnership disputes, and insurance coverage matters.

Mr. Davidoff also provides his clients advice and counsel on employer/employee issues, including matters pertaining to wrongful termination, employment discrimination, wage and hour compliance under the FLSA, covenants not to compete, unfair competition, and trade secrets. His ability to understand, analyze, and simplify complex legal issues consistently yields positive results for the firm’s clients.

Mr. Davidoff serves as a member of the firm’s executive committee His clients include large and mid-sized corporations, real estate ventures and partnerships, and medical practices. He prides himself on being thoroughly prepared for all eventualities and planning strategically from the outset so that legal steps taken are in sync with predominant business goals and economic realities.

• Mr. Davidoff successfully defended a large disability carrier in a two-week jury trial in federal court where the plaintiff sought millions of dollars in damages.
• Mr. Davidoff prosecuted claims for and defended claims against several limited partners in connection with their decision to dissolve their real estate venture, all resulting in a favorable distribution of the venture’s assets to his clients.
• Mr. Davidoff successfully represented a physician in connection with her decision to leave her partnership and join another practice and, consistent with his client’s objectives, avoided litigation.
• Mr. Davidoff successfully negotiated the settlement of a lawsuit against a municipality, which resulted in a significant extension of a client’s non-conforming land use.

JD, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, cum laude, 1994

• Order of the Coif
• Order of the Barristers
• Leading Articles Editor, SMU Law Review, 1993-1994

BBA, University of Texas at Austin, with highest honors, 1984

Named a Texas Super Lawyer (Texas Monthly, 2005 - 2009)

• State Bar of Texas

Lecturer – Effective Deposition Taking; Texas Civil Procedure

Co-Author, Annual Survey of Texas Law – Texas Civil Procedure, SMU Law Review, 2002-2008

Author, Comment, Frozen Embryos: A Need for Thawing in the Legislative Process, 47 SMU Law Review 131 (1993)