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Houston
Phone 832.239.3703
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Jack G. Carnegie, Partner Jack Carnegie specializes in civil appeals and has argued dozens of times before Texas appellate courts, including the Texas Supreme Court and the Fifth Circuit. Jack is board certified in civil appellate law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and is a member of the Texas State Bar Appellate Section Corporate Counsel Liaison Committee. He was recently voted as one of Houston's "Top Lawyers" by H Texas magazine. Although his primary specialty is appellate practice, Jack also maintains an active trial-level practice focusing primarily on business litigation and arbitration, including oil and gas-related disputes, insurance disputes, additional insured and indemnity issues, contract and warranty claims, and trade secrets. Recently, Jack succeeded in obtaining a writ of mandamus in the Texas Supreme Court vacating an intermediate court's order compelling arbitration in France. This seminal decision establishes for the first time in Texas specific standards under which nonsignatories may be compelled to arbitrate. In re Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc., 166 S.W. 3d 732 (Tex. 2005). Jack also recently obtained a reversal and rendition of a multimillion dollar judgment in a suit for breach of contract and warranty related to riser tensioner systems for offshore drilling rigs and successfully defended against the plaintiff's cross-appeal with respect to claims denied by the trial court. Baroid Equipment Inc. v. Odeco Drilling, Inc., 184 S.W.3d 1 (Tex. App. — Houston [1st Dist.] 2005, pet. denied). Other notable victories in the Texas Supreme Court include Crown Central Petroleum Corp. v. The Honorable Carolyn Garcia, 904 S.W.2d 125 (Tex. 1995), in which the court granted a writ of mandamus and established new discovery guidelines limiting "Apex" depositions of high-level corporate officers, and Getty Oil Company v. Insurance Company of North America, et al., 845 S.W.2d 794 (Tex. 1992), a $28 million suit for breach of contract, which is a key case on both Texas res judicata law and on the relationship between indemnities and contractual additional insurance provisions. Admissions and Certifications
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