Practice Expertise

  • IP Litigation
  • Labor & Employment
  • Litigation & Dispute Resolution
  • Products Liability

Areas of Practice

  • IP Litigation
  • Labor & Employment
  • Litigation & Dispute Resolution
  • Products Liability

Profile

Rick's commercial litigation experience includes the following successes:

  • Defended an international corporation in a $40 million breach of contract/fraud claim before an AAA arbitration panel.
  • Prosecuted a Lanham Act false advertising case that stopped the publication of false statements about an international company.
  • Defended against a $35 million trade secret and patent infringement case and recovered $1 million in punitive damages on a defamation counterclaim.
  • Represented the State of Texas with reference to the inheritance tax claim on the Estate of Howard Hughes. This spanned eight years, including a three month jury trial and two arguments before the United States Supreme Court, and an Original Action between the State of Texas and the State of California. It concluded with the collection of $50 million for the State of Texas.

Before joining Waller, Rick was a partner with Taube Summers Harrison Taylor Meinzer Brown, LLP, a preeminent bankruptcy and civil litigation boutique firm in Austin, Texas, and previously served as a partner and the litigation section head for Jones Day's Austin, Texas office.

Bar Admissions
Texas

Education
J.D., The University of Texas School of Law, 1968
B.B.A., The University of Texas at Austin, 1966

Areas of Practice

  • IP Litigation
  • Labor & Employment
  • Litigation & Dispute Resolution
  • Products Liability

Professional Career

Professional Associations
Member, Austin, Texas and American Bar Associations
Member, American Board of Trial Advocates
Martindale-Hubbell Bar Registry of Pre-eminent Lawyers
Marquis Who's Who in American Law
Marquis Who's Who in America


Professional Activities and Experience
Partner, Taube Summers Harrison Taylor Meinzer Brown, LLP, Austin, Tex.
Partner, Fritz, Byrne, Head & Harrison, LLP, Austin, Tex.
Partner and Litigation Section Head, Jones Day, Austin, Tex.

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