In most of his commercial cases, Will represents clients, primarily corporations, pursuing or faced with claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraudulent and negligent misrepresentation, misappropriation of trade secrets, quasi-contractual or equitable claims, ultra vires claims against officers and directors, partnership disputes, claims arising from failed mergers and acquisitions, and claims for securities and accounting fraud. His arbitration experience includes prosecuting and defending securities cases before the NASD. He also has experience in personal injury cases and has defended clients in SEC investigations and federal criminal matters involving securities fraud.

His extensive and varied experience and track record of success have earned him recognition as a Texas Monthly "Rising Star" and his recent major case experience includes:

• Successfully defending his client in a bench trial wherein the opposing party sought over $1 million on breach of contract claims, and obtaining a judgment of over $240,000 on his client’s counterclaims.
• Successfully defending a respondent in an arbitrated partnership dispute by obtaining an arbitrator’s award of no liability or damages despite claims for more than $6.5 million in damages.
• Obtaining full and final summary judgment against the plaintiff in partnership dispute where the plaintiff sought approximately $7 million in damages.
• Obtaining a settlement valued at approximately $4 million for a client in a breach of contract case
  
• Successfully defending Deere and Company (d/b/a "John Deere") in two product liability trials involving serious personal injuries and alleged damages in excess of $1 million
• Successfully defending respondents and obtaining a favorable arbitration award in a case where the claimants sought over $9 million in damages
• Obtaining a $1 million settlement for his clients, who were plaintiffs in a bad faith insurance dispute
• Obtaining a $1.8 million summary judgment for his plaintiff client in a federal case against defendants contesting their liability under a commercial note

Will is a member of Phi Beta Kappa who graduated with highest honors from the University of Texas at Austin's Plan II Honors Program. He also graduated cum laude from the University of Texas Law School. He grew up in Dallas and currently resides there with his wife, Sharon, and their two sons.

• Guilty jury verdict as to all defendants following month-long trial in $12 million healthcare fraud, kickback, and money laundering case
• Guilty jury verdict in Nigerian-based international counterfeiting conspiracy involving United States postal money orders
• Guilty jury verdict of bank fraud and money laundering obtained after prosecution of national corporation’s business executive
• Stoneville Pedigreed Seed Company v. House of Agriculture Spirou A.E.B.E. (favorable arbitration award by American Arbitration Association in Geneva, Switzerland, for client Stoneville in $1.25 billion breach of contract case)
• The Boeing Company v. Hughes Electronics Corporation (favorable settlement for client Hughes in $650 million purchase price dispute resulting from the sale of Hughes’ satellite business to Boeing)
• El Paso Tennessee Pipeline , Inc. v. Exxon Mobil Corporation (favorable settlement in multi-million dollar case alleging defense and indemnification obligations for hundreds of asbestos liability suits arising out of oil refinery purchased by client Exxon)
• NTFN v. Lawyers Title Insurance (beneficial settlement for client NTFN in multi-million dollar mortgage fraud case)
• NTFN v. Ferrara (beneficial settlement for client NTFN in multi-million dollar breach of fiduciary duty and fraud case against former officer and director)
• Alcatel v. Cisco (favorable settlement in $500 million trade secrets theft case and multi-billion dollar antitrust case for client Alcatel)

Mark's legal experience includes:

• Obtaining a $1.6 million plaintiff's verdict based on breach of an oral partnership agreement in a commercial real estate development context, involving the determination of past and future net profits interest.
• Successfully helping to defend a drilling company in a breach of contract action brought by investors, involving the disruption of the deepest corkscrew gas well in the world at the time.
  
• Successfully helping to defend an insurer from a breach of contract claim brought by an international hotel chain seeking business interruption losses for all hotels in North America and the Caribbean, due to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon.
• Successfully defending a client in a bench trial wherein the opposing party sought over $1 million on a breach of contract claim, and obtaining a judgement of over $240,000 on his clients counterclaims.
  
• Successfully defending Fortune 50 Company in a jury trial wherein opposing party sought over $1 million on breach of contract claims, and obtaining a judgement of over $400,000 on his clients counterclaims for misappropriation of trade secrets, theft of trade secrets, and conspiracy to breach duty of confidentiality.
  
  

Mark graduated magna cum laude from the University of Central Arkansas where he was a charter member of the University Boxing Club. He received his law degree magna cum laude from the University of Arkansas School of Law. Mark was a member of the Arkansas Law Review and was awarded the Pearson Fellowship in both 1998 and 1999; an honor based on ethical character in the law and public service.

Stacy has trial, mediation and arbitration experience, and has taken and defended numerous depositions, represented clients at state and federal hearings, and drafted numerous pretrial motions.

A cum laude graduate of Duke University in 1989, Stacy received her law degree with high honors in 1993 from the University of Texas at Austin. While attending law school, she was an Associate Editor of the Texas Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif. Before joining Sayles Werbner, she clerked for U.S. District Judge A. Joe Fish of the Northern District of Texas and practiced at Vinson & Elkins in Dallas.

Mark’s accomplishments have been widely recognized by both his peers and the press. His many honors and recognitions include:

He is a sought after guest lecturer, and has spoken at meetings of the American Bar Association, the American Trial Lawyers Association and the State Bar of Texas. Mark is certified in Civil Trial Law and Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Mark is lead counsel for Terror Victims v. Arab Bank, an international terrorism lawsuit. He is frequently involved in high profile cases, which have appeared on The Fox News Channel, Court TV, The Wall Street Journal and other national and international media.

He received his B.A. with honors from the University of Texas and graduated cum laude from the SMU School of Law where he was an Editor of the Southwestern Law Journal. In his spare time, he scuba dives, snow skis and is active in various professional and civic organizations.

Dick is a popular guest lecturer at local and national seminars and is certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law.

He has often represented major corporations, as plaintiffs, in commercial disputes and patent cases, and his other recent or current cases include:

Dick received his undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Houston Law School where he served as Comment and Case Note Editor at the University of Houston Law Review.

His trial experience includes trying more than twenty criminal cases as a visiting prosecutor at the Dallas County District Attorney's Office and a three-week patent trial in a federal court in Dallas, TX.

Frank received his law degree from Harvard Law School in 2001, and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with degrees in Business (B.B.A. 1998) and Plan II (B.A. 1998).

• Prosecuting business tort claims for major oil companies
• Defending the City of Dallas in suits by firefighters and police officers claiming back pay in excess of a billion dollars
• Securing a zero-dollar settlement for a snack food company in a business tort case
• Defending Deere & Company against claims of product defect
• Representing plaintiffs with traumatic, life-changing personal injuries caused by negligence and/or product defect
• Representing a private equity consultant in a contract suit to recover his fees

Eve’s dogged perseverance and thorough examination of the facts in each case give her clients a distinct advantage at trial or in mediation, and her successful record earned her recognition as a “Rising Star” in 2004, 2005 and 2006 in a survey by Texas Monthly magazine. She has also been recognized as a Businesswoman of the Year 2004 by the National Republican Congressional Committee.

Her extensive legal experience includes:

• Successfully defending Deere and Company to verdict in a commercial dispute where alleged damages exceeded $1 million
• Successfully defending Deere and Company in deceptive trade practice suit
• Successfully defending Peerless Corporation to verdict in product liability suit
• Successfully defending an automotive finance company from an employment discrimination suit
• Eliminating potential multi-state class action lawsuit by uncovering underlying fraudulent activity by the class representative
• Obtaining critical evidence necessary to secure a seven-figure settlement for an injured airline worker
• Securing several significant settlements for individuals and families injured by personal injury and wrongful death

Born and raised in Massachusetts, Eve received a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from Cornell University. She received her law degree from Southern Methodist University School of Law, where she served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Texas Survey Edition of the SMU Law Review. She is married to Tim Henson and has three children.

Practice Areas
Complex Business Litigation
Securities Litigation
Prosecution and Defense of Personal Injury and Products Liability Cases
White Collar Criminal Defense

Education
University of Texas, B.A., Plan II Honors Program, Highest Honors (Phi Beta Kappa)
University of Texas, J.D., Honors, American Jurisprudence Award Winner

Professional Experience
Sayles | Werbner, since 1997 (Partner since 2001)
Vinson & Elkins, 1994 – 1997
Law Clerk to the Hon. Sam Sparks, U.S. Dist. Court, Western Dist. of Texas, 1993-94

Practice Description & Exemplary Cases
      Will’s practice focuses primarily on business litigation disputes in which he represents both plaintiffs and defendants in matters tried in the state and federal courts, or in matters that are arbitrated. In these cases, Will’s clients are typically pursuing or defending against claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraudulent or negligent misrepresentation, misappropriation of trade secrets, quasi-contractual or equitable claims, ultra vires claims against officers or directors, securities and accounting fraud, partnership disputes, and claims arising from failed mergers and acquisitions. Will also prosecutes and defends cases involving personal injury and products liability claims and has been retained by corporations and individuals to defend them in federal white collar criminal investigations and prosecutions, including investigations and prosecutions conducted by the Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, and Environmental Protection Agency. Will has also briefed or argued matters before the Texas appellate courts and the Supreme Court of Texas.
     Examples of results in cases where Will has been the primary lawyer involved or has substantially participated in the trial or arbitration hearing include:

• Obtaining no-liability defense verdicts/judgments for his corporate client in two product liability jury trials where, in each case, the plaintiff sought damages exceeding $1 million.



• Obtaining a no-liability defense verdict/judgment for his corporate client in a jury trial where the adverse party sought damages exceeding $1 million, and also obtaining a verdict/judgment exceeding $400,000 on his client’s counterclaims.

• Obtaining a no-liability judgment favoring his client in a bench trial in which the opposing party sought over $1 million on breach of contract claims, and obtaining a judgment exceeding $240,000 on his client’s counterclaims.

• Defending his clients in a securities-related arbitration where the arbitration panel awarded claimants less than .05 % of the $9 million they sought in damages.

• Trying his corporate client’s claims in an extended securities arbitration, resulting in a favorable confidential settlement before the panel was to render its award.

• Obtaining a no-liability finding for his client in a partnership dispute tried to an arbitrator in which the adverse party sought damages exceeding $6.5 million.

• Arguing and obtaining a summary judgment exceeding $3.5 million for a corporate plaintiff in a breach of contract dispute involving intellectual property.

• Arguing and obtaining full and final summary judgment for his defendant client in a partnership dispute where the plaintiff sought approximately $7 million in damages.

• Arguing and obtaining summary judgment on the majority of a corporate plaintiffs’ securities-related claims seeking over $35 million in damages, allowing his corporate clients and their directors and officers to obtain a favorable confidential settlement.

• Obtaining a $1.8 million summary judgment for his plaintiff client in a federal breach of contract case.

• Obtaining a favorable settlement exceeding $8 million for a corporate plaintiff in a case involving breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty.

• Prosecuting negligence claims arising out of a fire that damaged his client’s planned real estate development and obtaining a settlement exceeding $1 million.

• Obtaining a $1 million settlement for his plaintiff clients who asserted bad faith claims against an insurance carrier.

Professional Activities and Accolades
Named among Texas Monthly’s “Rising Stars” or Super Lawyers since 2004
Dallas Bar Association, Fellow
Active in other Dallas Bar Association projects and activities
AV rated by Martindale Hubbell

Bar Admissions
Admitted to the State Bar of Texas, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas

• A plaintiff’s verdict on behalf of the family of a worker who died from silicosis
• A defense verdict on behalf of a car dealership in a negligent entrustment case
• A multimillion settlement on behalf of a severely burned client in a products liability case
• A defense verdict on behalf of a bank in a lender liability case in federal court
• A defense verdict on behalf of a manufacturer in a products liability property damage case in federal court
• A successful settlement on behalf of plaintiffs in a wrongful death pharmaceutical malpractice case 
  
• A defense verdict on behalf of an apartment owner in a malicious prosecution case in federal court
• A plaintiffs’ verdict on behalf of a land owner in a land damage suit
• A successful settlement on behalf of dairy farmers in a products liability case
• A defense verdict on behalf of an insurance company in a bad faith case