Bio

Mr. Breen is a trial attorney. He has extensive trial and litigation experience aggressively handling and winning a broad range of cases. Mr. Breen has achieved record setting verdicts, including two Texas Hall of Fame verdicts. He has dedicated his trial practice to serving a wide variety of clients and handles cases involving damages to people and businesses, including catastrophic accidents and injuries; commercial litigation and business torts; class actions; defective products and drugs; medical and other professional malpractice; insurance company bad faith; officer/director, shareholder and corporate liability; contract, commercial and employment disputes; real estate and real property disputes, including easement, boundary and adverse possession issues; technology related disputes including trade secrets and covenants not to compete; construction litigation; transportation and trucking litigation; toxic tort and environmental suits; media law and defamation; and litigation involving governmental entities. He served as an attorney for an appellate court and handles appeals in private practice. Mr. Breen is also a licensed mediator.

Licenses and Admissions

State Bar of Texas

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

U.S. District Court - Western District and before all Texas State Courts

Education and Work in the Judiciary

Briefing Attorney, Court of Appeals, First District of Texas, 1993; J.D. South Texas College of Law, 1992 B.A., University of Texas, 1988

At South Texas College of Law, Mr. Breen focused on developing his advocacy skills through the finest and most successful Advocacy Program in the nation. Victories included: National Champion - American Bar Association Appellate Advocacy Competition - (One of Top 2 Speakers in Nation); National Champion - J. Braxton Craven National Moot Court Competition - (Best Speaker in Nation); State Champion - TYLA State Moot Court Tournament (Best Speaker in State)

Mr. Breen also won other Honors, including The Order of Barristers for High Honor in the Art of Courtroom Advocacy; The Dean's Student Service Award; The George T. Barrow Outstanding Student Award; The Student Bar Association Award for Outstanding Male Graduate; and American Jurisprudence Awards for excellence in Torts and Appellate Advocacy

Recognition

Selected: Texas Monthly Magazine, Super Lawyer – Every Year 2004 through present

Selected: The Best Lawyers in America, in fields of both Personal Injury and Commercial Litigation

Selected: Preeminent Lawyers in America

Selected: Austin Business Journal, Best of the Bar, Commercial Litigation

Selected: Best Law Firms by U.S. News

The National Law Journal - Elite Lawyers of the South

The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100

Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Multi- Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Professional Affiliations

Founding Fellow of the Austin Bar Foundation

Adjunct Professor at South Texas College of Law in Trial and Appellate Advocacy

Writer and speaker for continuing legal education courses in Texas including papers and presentations on Trial Tactics, Business Torts, Ethics, Oral Argument on Appeal, Summary Judgment Practice, Insurance Bad Faith, Mold Litigation, and Employment Issues such as Trade Secrets and Covenants Not to Compete

Fellow of the State Bar Foundation Austin Bar Association

American Bar Association

Austin Bar Association

Texas Supreme Court Historical Society

Eagle Scout and former Assistant Scoutmaster

American Board of Trial Advocates

The National Trial Lawyers

Texas Trial Lawyers Association

Texas Young Lawyers Association

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