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Eric G. Behrens

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Appellate Law, Bankruptcy and Creditors' Remedies, Employment Law, Trial Litigation

Direct Phone: 512.480.5662

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Eric Behrens is a trial and appellate lawyer with more than 25 years of experience handling complex litigation on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of matters. He practices in both state and federal courts.

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PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

  • Admitted to the Texas Bar, 1984; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1985; U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, 1986.
  • Education: University of Texas (J.D., with Honors, 1984); University of Kansas (B.A. 1981)
  • Managing Editor, Texas Law Review, 1983-84
  • Order of the Coif
  • Law Clerk to Hon. Will Garwood, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1984-85
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REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

  • Representation of the largest workers' compensation insurer in Texas in variety of litigation matters.
  • Representation of major real estate developer of multiple retail, office, and industrial warehouse properties as counter-plaintiff and defendant in litigation involving allegations of breaches of contracts, fiduciary duty, statutory and common law fraud.
  • Representation of former Enron outside director in complex class action securities litigation by shareholders to recover stock investments in the company.
  • Representation of national insurance company in litigation against brokers involving allegations of fraud, breach of contract, RICO violations, and breaches of contract and fiduciary duty.
  • Representation of pharmaceutical company in litigation against former independent contractors for misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract, tortious interference, and declaratory relief.
  • Representation of publisher of materials for professionals at major banks, savings associations, and credit unions, in litigation to enforce covenant not to compete against former officer. See Texas Supreme Court decision in Alex Sheshunoff Management Services, L.P. v. Johnson, 209 S.W.3d 644 (Tex. 2006).
  • Representation of Fortune 500 company in litigation alleging misappropriation of trade secrets.
  • Representation of law firm in litigation alleging violations of the Texas Securities Act.
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • Founding Fellow, Austin Bar Foundation
  • Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
  • Member, Austin Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
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COMMUNITY

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Publications and Presentations

  • Behrens, A Trend Toward Enforceability:  Covenants Not to Compete in At-Will Employment Relationships Following Sheshunoff and Mann Frankfort, 73 Texas Bar Journal 732 (October 2010)
    • cited in Marsh USA Inc. v. Cook, 54 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. (Tex 2011).
  • Behrens & Burton, Inside the Minds: Negotiating and Drafting Employment Agreements, chap. 1 (Thomson Reuters/Aspatore, 2011 ed.).
  • Behrens, Streamlining the Requirements of Statutory Notice for Contract and DTPA Claims in the Wake of Hines v. Hash, 25 St. Mary’s L.J. 675 (1994).
  • Behrens & Dore, Rights of Landowners to Percolating Groundwater in Texas, 32 South Texas L. Rev. 185 (May 1991).
  • Behrens, Shift of the Burden of Proof and Imposition of Strict Liability on Insurers for Failure to Meet Deadlines Under Articles 21.55 and 21.58 of the Texas Insurance Code, 21 Caveat Vendor 49 (September 1996) (publication of the Consumer Law Section of the State Bar of Texas).
  • Behrens, Classification of Loan Participations Following the Insolvency of a Lead Bank, 62 Texas L. Rev. 1115 (1984).
    • cited in FDIC v. Matheson, 804 F. 2d 1382, 1384 (5th Cir. 1986).
    • cited in In the Matter of Texas Mortgage Services Corp., 761 F.2d 1068, 1075 n. 11 (5th Cir. 1985).
  • Behrens, The Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire of 1911: A Lesson in Legislative Manipulation, 62 Texas L. Rev. 361 (1983).
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