Attorney Haseeb Dada Joins McCathern Houston Office
March 7, 2023  | By Morgan Smith

McCathern is excited to announce that newly barred attorney Haseeb Dada has joined its Houston, Texas office. Since graduating from the University of Houston Law Center with his J.D. in 2022, Haseeb has continued developing his experience across several practice areas, including Business & Commercial Litigation, Litigation and Dispute Resolution,…Read More

Arnold Shokouhi Elected a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation
February 28, 2023  | By Matthew Kellogg

McCathern is proud to announce that Managing Partner Arnold Shokouhi was recently elected to membership in the Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation. The distinction is a recognition of Arnold’s professional achievements, commitment to the improvement of the justice system throughout Texas, and his contributions to the legal profession. Each…Read More

Paul Grinke Selected by National Trial Lawyers to Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers List
February 15, 2023  | By Matthew Kellogg

McCathern is excited to announce that Frisco Managing Partner Paul Grinke has been selected by The National Trial Lawyers to their Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Texas list for Civil Plaintiff attorneys. Paul has over two decades of courtroom experience at the national level, litigating and trying catastrophic events and…Read More

Attorney David Clark Offers Thoughts on the “Bad Spaniels” Trademark Case
February 8, 2023  | By David Clark

Supreme Court to determine whether parody is only mostly dead On March 22, 2023, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products, LLC.¹  It is more commonly known as the “Bad Spaniels” case where VIP Products sells chew toys…Read More

Attorney Brandon N. Paine Joins McCathern Los Angeles Office
February 1, 2023  | By Matthew Kellogg

McCathern is excited to announce that attorney Brandon N. Paine has joined its Los Angeles office. Brandon is a valuable addition to the firm’s Media & Entertainment Law practice, as he brings with him substantial media industry experience and a passion for his clients and seeing their creative projects succeed….Read More

Partner Kelli Hawley Retires After Decades of Legal Counsel and Leadership
January 27, 2023  | By Matthew Kellogg

Partner Kelli G. Hawley is retiring from the day-to-day practice of law after nearly four decades of counsel. Kelli most recently served as the Managing Partner of McCathern’s Los Angeles office. She will continue as an Of Counsel attorney at the firm, assisting her current clients as needed. Kelli was…Read More

Dallas’ Almeter and Cromwell Make 2023 D Magazine Best Lawyers Under 40 List
January 10, 2023  | By Matthew Kellogg

McCathern is proud to announce that Dallas Partners Stephanie M. Almeter and Jesse Cromwell were again named to D Magazine’s Best Lawyers Under 40 list. The 2023 list is published in the January issue of D Magazine, and it recognizes many of the best young attorneys in the North Texas region. To create…Read More

McCathern Attorneys Secure Jury Verdict for Client
December 19, 2022  | By Matthew Kellogg

McCathern is proud to announce another recent trial victory for a client. In this most recent matter, our client was represented by Managing Partner Arnold Shokouhi, Partner James “Jim” Sherry, and Associate Attorney Shane Eghbal, all from the firm’s Dallas office. McCathern represented the 75% owner of a recreational vehicle…Read More

Jury Awards $675K to McCathern Client for Theft of Services
December 12, 2022  | By Matthew Kellogg

McCathern Frisco Partner Ty Sheaks, along with Partners Scott Becker and Jen Falk, who picked not one but two juries, won a jury verdict recently in the 439th District Court of Texas in Rockwall County after a week-long trial. McCathern’s client, Platinum Construction, is a family-owned construction company who alleged…Read More

McCathern Welcomes Five Attorneys to its Dallas Office
November 15, 2022  | By McCathern Law

  McCathern, Shokouhi, Evans, Grinke is proud to announce the arrival of five new attorneys to its Dallas office. The five attorneys, led by new partner Jen Falk, are having an immediate impact for McCathern clients in several practice areas and form a substantial building block for the growing law…Read More

Rodney Drinnon Secures Another Major Judgement in Decade-Long Suit
November 9, 2022  | By Morgan Smith

McCathern Houston Co-Managing Partner Rodney L. Drinnon has scored a significant verdict for his clients, Osama Abdullatif and Abdullatif & Company, LLC (“ACLLC”), alongside attorneys Allan Goldstein and David Clark, in a nearly decade-long lawsuit against Ali Choudhri. A Harris County jury has rewarded significant damages to Mr. Drinnon’s clients…Read More

McCathern Honored at 2022 Dallas 100 Entrepreneur Awards
November 3, 2022  | By Matthew Kellogg

McCathern is proud to be named the 80th fastest-growing privately held business in the North Texas region for 2022 by the SMU Cox Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship. The Institute revealed the order of the 2022 Dallas 100 list at Wednesday night’s Dallas 100 Awards Gala held at the Hyatt Regency Dallas…Read More

Paul Grinke Joins Ben Crump to Speak About Shooting Victim Erik Cantu
October 26, 2022  | By McCathern Law

McCathern Frisco Managing Partner Paul Grinke spoke to the media yesterday alongside esteemed civil rights attorney Ben Crump on behalf of the family of Erik Cantu. Mr. Cantu’s parents also addressed the media, a first since their son was shot multiple times by a San Antonio police officer on October…Read More

Attorney David Clark on the Conflict of Copyright Law and Social Media
October 3, 2022  | By David Clark

When Copyright Law and Social Media Conflict: Posting a photo of yourself to Instagram may be an infringement Miley Cyrus recently stumbled into a legal quagmire after posting a photo to her Instagram account. Unbeknownst to her – and many other Instagram-popular celebrities – sometimes you do not have the…Read More

Family Law Attorney Erin Clegg Named a Partner at McCathern
September 26, 2022  | By McCathern Law

McCathern is excited to announce that Family Law attorney Erin R. Clegg of the law firm’s Frisco, Texas office has been named a partner. The two North Texas offices gathered on the afternoon of Thursday, September 22nd at the Frisco office for the announcement of Erin’s elevation to Partner five…Read More