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Lindsay R. Barton
Associate

Appellate, Business Litigation, Construction, Professional Malpractice

 

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Phone: 214-855-3102
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Email: lbarton@ccsb.com
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Lindsay Barton is a civil litigator and has represented clients in a variety of complex disputes including major construction, business tort, contract, intellectual property issues, and professional malpractice. She also has experience in appellate practice in both state and federal courts.

Representative Matters

Business

Represented leading credit card processing company in dispute brought by merchant regarding fraudulent purchases made against a government employees’ pension fund account.  Successfully settled.

Lead counsel in defending international e-commerce business operating in 190 markets. Successfully defended lawsuits, obtaining dismissals after oral argument in three cases.

Construction

Lead counsel in representing individual against major home improvement retailer for construction defects to residence. Negotiated successful settlement.

Represented one of the world's largest industrial concerns in numerous cases in both state and federal court as well as ADR proceedings. Projects at issue included airports, power plants, water treatment plants, municipal buildings, HVAC systems, hospitals, and transportation systems.

Appellate

Drafted appellate brief seeking reversal of district court's judgment on behalf of medical equipment supplier. Dallas Court of Appeals reversed and remanded.

Education

Southern Methodist University
J.D., magna cum laude, 2005
Order of the Coif
SMU Law Review: Law Review Editor, 2003-2004; Associate Symposium Editor, Journal of Air Law and Commerce, 2004-2005

University of Arkansas
B.A., summa cum laude, 2002
Awarded Top Ranked Senior Scholar and Most Outstanding Business Management Major; $30,000 First Prize Winner of the Governor's Cup for Entrepreneurial Excellence in Business Planning Competition

Admittances

Texas 2005

U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Associations/Affiliations

Member, Board of Directors, Suicide and Crisis Center of North Texas

Co-Chair, Commercial and Business Litigation Committee, ABA Section of Litigation:  Construction and Web Page Subcommittee, 2008-2009; Construction Subcommittee, 2007-2008

Member, Dallas Bar Association

Member, Texas Bar Association

Current Member and Past Committee Member, Lawyers Against Domestic Violence, Dallas Association of Young Lawyers

Past-Committee Co-Chair, Attorneys Serving the Community

Mentor to Dallas High School Students through AVID (Advancement Via Independent Determination)

Speeches/Publications

Co-Author, Forum Selection Clauses in Texas, Dallas Bar Association, 2006 and 2007.

Author, Five Common Provisions in Construction Contracts, American Bar Association, 2008.