John David “JD” Reed focuses his practice on litigation involving private equity, corporate law, finance litigation, and commercial business disputes, business partnership disputes, construction defects, DTPA/consumer protection, employment, breach of fiduciary duty, non-compete, eminent domain, and Anti-SLAPP.
JD received his law degree from South Texas College of Law in 2010 with honors.
Prior to that, he attended University of Texas at Austin, where he received a double Bachelor of Arts degree in both History and Philosophy.
Litigation and Representative Experience
- Obtained a $3.12 million final judgment on defamation case.
- Obtained a $1.26 million jury verdict on complex breach of contract case.
- Represented oil and gas investment client related to financing and equity buyout gone wrong.
- Dispositive motion practice and expedited appeal practice related to TCPA.
- Second chaired defense of healthcare facility in week long final arbitration hearing.
- Obtained a $1.77 million unanimous jury verdict and judgment in partnership/business dispute.
- Drafted pleadings, dispositive motion practice, and argument in hostile corporate takeover litigation, involving financial credit swaps, backdoor proxy solicitations, and board of director manipulations.
- Successfully defended client in partner dispute, obtained summary judgment disposing of $22 mill in alleged claims, which was upheld at Court of Appeals.
- Prosecuted fraud and statutory claims related to private placement memorandum offering.
- Prosecuted and defended real estate and construction defect cases, involving real estate and finance liens.
- Tried commercial and business litigation matters to final jury verdict as first and second chair attorney.
- Extensive knowledge and practice with the Texas Citizens Participation Act.
- Successfully defended financial institution from consumer claims over financial reporting.
- Taken and defended multiple depositions in various multi-party complex commercial litigation cases.
- Extensive motion and oral argument practice concerning dispositive, discovery, and other pre-trial hearings in high media exposure cases.
- Prosecuted and defended real estate and construction defect cases, involving real estate and finance liens.
Professional and Personal Highlights
Bar Admissions
State Bar of Texas
United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas
United States District Court, Northern District of Texas
Education
South Texas College of Law (J.D. 2010) with honors
University of Texas at Austin (B.A., History and B.A., Philosophy, 2003)
Professional and Community Involvement
Texas Bar Association
Collin County Bar Association
Dallas Bar Association
Memberships / Affiliations
Texas Young Lawyers Association
Volunteer Work
Youth Lake Highland Soccer Association
YMCA Soccer Coach