Monte L. Swearengen

Practice Areas:

Background:

Represents municipalities, counties, corporations, closely held businesses, and individuals in civil litigation.
Practice focuses on complex litigation, family law matters, and extensive appellate practice.
Represents both plaintiffs and defendants in civil rights litigation, including class actions.

Notables:

Extensive experience in state and federal courts.
Practiced before the Texas Supreme Court.
Licensed to practice in the Fifth Circuit.
Formerly Chair of Planning and Zoning Advisory Board for Webberville, Texas.
Director, Webberville Economic Development Corporation.
Village Commissioner, Place One, Webberville, Texas.

Representative Experience:

Successfully represented newly incorporated municipality defeating a challenge to the legality of the incorporation.
Successfully represented corporate shareholders bringing suits for breach of fiduciary duties.
Successfully represented law enforcement officers defeating allegations of civil rights violations.
Successfully represented an elected official defeating an election challenge.
Extensive appellate practice.
Successfully defended award of attorney’s fees in asbestos class action.
Successfully represented civil service commission in defeating appeal of decisions rendered.
Successfully appealed jury verdict against a municipality brought by an individual trying to recover community impact fees.
Represented a non-profit corporation holding state mandate to operate program through which disabled Texans provide goods and services to state and local governments.
Represented a foreign national in complex divorce action.

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