Tod B. Edel
Partner

Business Litigation, Land Use, Real Estate Litigation

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Phone: 214-855-3059
Direct Fax: 214-758-3759
Email: tedel@ccsb.com
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Mr. Edel is a partner at Carrington Coleman with almost twenty-five years' experience in civil litigation at both the trial and appellate levels. His trial work includes both plaintiff's and defense verdicts in real estate fraud, land use, and general business litigation. Mr. Edel has also obtained significant commercial arbitration awards for his clients.

“We're not just litigators, we're trial attorneys.”

Representative Matters

A representative list reflecting Mr. Edel's litigation and arbitration experience includes:

Summary judgment based on statute of frauds affirmed on appeal involving alleged $7 million real estate option contract, May 2009.

Two commercial arbitrations involving the interpretation of an $835 million oil and gas company purchase agreement, March and July 2007.

Decision by Appraisal Review Board approving the only ecological lab tax exemption in Dallas County for $12 million real property, November 2006.

Unanimous plaintiff's verdict in Texas state court jury trial over contract interpretation of multi-million dollar oil and gas lease, May 2003.

$1 million plaintiff's verdict in Texas state court jury trial for real estate trespass, November 2002.

$350,000 commercial arbitration award in an American Arbitration Association dispute involving computer software implementation, March 2001.

Unanimous defense verdict in Texas state court jury trial of an alleged $8 million real estate fraud, March 2000.

$250,000 arbitration award in Dallas Bar Association fee dispute on behalf of national law firm, February 2000.

$1 million commercial arbitration award in an American Arbitration Association dispute involving physician compensation, October 1998.

Reported Decisions

Reported decisions of cases in which Mr. Edel was involved include:

United States v. Billingsley, ___ F.3d ___, 2010 WL 3212784 (5th Cir. Aug. 16, 2010)

Transcontinental Realty Investors, Inc. v. The John T. Lupton Trust, 286 S.W.3d 635 (Tex. App. – Dallas 2009, no pet.)

Noell v. Crow-Billingsley Air Park, Ltd., 233 S.W.3d 408 (Tex. App. – Dallas 2007, pet. denied)

Hurt v. Fannie Mae (In re Homeowners Mortgage and Equity, Inc.), 354 F.3d 372 (5th Cir. 2003)

Air Park – Dallas Zoning Committee v. Crow-Billingsley Air Park, Ltd., 109 S.W.3d 900 (Tex. App. – Dallas 2003, no pet.)

In re Crow-Billingsley Air Park, Ltd., 98 S.W.3d 178 (Tex. 2003) (orig. proceeding) (per curiam)

Tsai v. Joseph J. Blake & Assoc., Inc., No 05-00-962-CV (Tex. App. - Dallas 2002, no pet.)

Seven-Up Co. v. Coca-Cola Co., 86 F.3d 1379 (5th Cir. 1996)

In re Nix, 92 B.R. 164 (Bankr. N.D. Tex. 1988)

 

Education

University of Virginia
J.D., 1986

College of Wooster
B.A., with honors, 1983
Phi Beta Kappa

Admittances

Texas 1986

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

U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Sixth Circuits

U.S. Supreme Court

Associations/Affiliations

Member: American Bar Association, Section of Litigation.

Member: State Bar of Texas, Litigation Section.

Chairman: Dallas Bar Association, Fee Disputes Committee.

Speeches/Publications

Federal Court Motion Practice, Federal Bar Association Federal Civil Practice Seminar, February 2009.

Rules Reporter, Dallas Bar Association Fee Disputes Committee Rules for Fee Arbitration, July 2002.