TRIAL
At Alexander Ross Hernandez (ARH), we have built a results-driven trial practice focused on representing both businesses and individuals in complex, high-stakes disputes. Our approach is strategic, disciplined, and client-centered. We pride ourselves on delivering exceptional advocacy while maintaining the wisdom to seek resolution when it best serves our clients’ long-term goals. We do not fight for the sake of fighting—we pursue justice with purpose. Our trial and litigation experience spans corporate governance, fiduciary matters, commercial litigation, and property disputes. We regularly advise boards, executives, and business owners through management transitions, internal conflicts, and high-value contract negotiations. Our team has served as lead counsel in cases involving breaches of fiduciary duty, executive misconduct, and product liability claims, including eight-figure disputes where precision and preparation made all the difference. In real estate and land use litigation, we frequently handle easement disputes—particularly those involving prescriptive and other common law easements—representing both plaintiffs and defendants in cases that require historical analysis and thoughtful legal construction. We also represent private landowners in nuisance and environmental matters, including litigation involving the siting and impact of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) in rural and residential areas. Our firm is also active in complex insurance litigation. We routinely confront large insurance carriers that delay, underpay, or deny valid claims. We are experienced in post-judgment enforcement and other advanced remedies needed to compel compliance and obtain rightful payment. We represent individuals in employment and civil litigation, including claims involving workplace discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination. Our practice includes personal injury and gross negligence cases, as well as high-stakes fraud, defamation, civil theft, and conversion claims. We also represent consumers and businesses in Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA) litigation—holding parties accountable when unfair practices cause real harm. While criminal matters are not a regular part of our practice, we are committed to justice and will consider select cases involving serious constitutional issues or violations of civil liberties. Similarly, although we are not a family law firm, we have taken on cases where the equities demand that we step in and advocate for a fair outcome. Beyond the courtroom, we assist our clients with estate planning to ensure their wishes are protected and their families are secure. Whether guiding a young family through foundational planning or helping a business owner safeguard their legacy, we offer practical, values-aligned solutions with care and clarity. At ARH, we are more than legal technicians—we are thoughtful advocates, trusted advisors, and problem-solvers. Our clients count on us not only for our knowledge and experience, but also for our integrity, judgment, and commitment to seeing things through. When the stakes are high and the issues are complex, we are ready to help.
APPEAL
At Alexander Ross Hernandez (ARH), we handle civil appeals with the same strategic clarity, intellectual rigor, and client-focused approach that define our trial practice. Whether representing appellants or appellees, we understand that appellate advocacy demands not only persuasive writing but also a deep grasp of legal principles, procedural nuance, and judicial perspective. Our team brings all three to bear on every appeal we undertake. Our appellate experience is rooted in serious, high-level training. Upon graduating from the University of Texas School of Law, our founder began his legal career as a law clerk to the Honorable Leslie H. Southwick on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. There, he worked closely with Judge Southwick to draft opinions and prepare for oral arguments, gaining firsthand insight into federal appellate decision-making—insight that continues to inform how we structure arguments and anticipate judicial reasoning. We have represented clients in a broad range of appellate matters, including commercial disputes, fiduciary litigation, securities fraud, environmental law, and constitutional issues. Our team has briefed and argued appeals before both state and federal courts—including published Fifth Circuit decisions that have shaped the interpretation of federal immigration and procedural law. In one such matter, we argued and co-authored briefing in Pierre-Paul v. Barr, securing a published ruling in a complex immigration appeal that continues to be cited across the circuit. In another, we defended a final judgment in a securities fraud case, serving as primary drafter and successfully preserving the trial court’s ruling in full. On the appellant side, we have challenged adverse jury verdicts and substantial exemplary damages awards, developing careful strategies to seek reversal or remittitur in fiduciary duty and commercial litigation appeals. Our firm also regularly handles appeals arising from real property disputes, including several matters involving common law and prescriptive easements under Texas law. We have briefed and argued appeals where the legal boundaries of property access, use, and historic rights were at stake—cases that require not only legal precision but a keen understanding of how appellate courts interpret longstanding doctrines. In state court, our work has included emergency appellate proceedings, petitions for writs of mandamus, and family law appeals raising urgent and sensitive questions. We have also served as amicus counsel in appellate courts across the country, including briefing for legal scholars and environmental advocates before the Ninth Circuit. Across all appellate matters, we bring a thoughtful, persuasive, and tailored approach to each case. We work closely with our trial teams to preserve error, frame key issues for review, and develop appellate strategies that align with our clients’ broader goals. Above all, we believe in smart, principled advocacy—advocacy that respects the appellate process, reflects deep preparation, and aims for enduring results.