Attorney Profile

Shain A. Khoshbin

Shain Khoshbin

Clouse Dunn Khoshbin LLP
1201 Elm Street, Suite 5200
Dallas, TX 75270

Dallas

Texas (TX)

Contact Contact Shain A. Khoshbin
T: 214-239-2749
F: 214-220-3833

Visit: www.cdklawyers.com/shain.php
Practice Areas: Business Litigation (70%), General Litigation (30%)

Business Litigation

General Litigation

Industry Groups: American Association For Justice, American Bar Association, Bar Association Of The Fifth Federal Circuit, Chicago Bar Association, Dallas Bar Association, DBA Appellate Law Section, DBA Business Litigation Section, DBA Intellectual Property Law Section, DBA Tort & Insurance Law Section, Federal Circuit Bar Association, Illinois Bar Association, Texas Bar Association

Profile

"100% Innovation.  100% Litigation.  100% Of The Time."  Mr. Khoshbin is a business/commercial litigator who earnestly has represented companies, partnerships, entrepreneurs and insurers across the country – on both sides of the docket.  He has experience in a wide range of civil disputes, involving such matters as breaches of complex contractual relationships; business torts, fraud, and violations of trust and fiduciary duties; partnership, investment and derivative disputes; trade secret, trademark, unfair competition and copyright battles; business disparagement, defamation and tortious interference lawsuits; executive employment and non-competition matters; industrial product liability and construction cases; multi-party insurance coverage/bad faith matters; catastrophic manufacturing facility losses; and defense of premises liability and negligent hiring claim.  Mr. Khoshbin’s practice is dedicated to litigation, trial, arbitration, and dispute resolution. His innovative representation of clients also has led to appeals before various Courts of Appeals - - as well as the Texas Supreme Court.  Mr. Khoshbin repeatedly has been named in Super Lawyers for business litigation. He is licensed in Texas and Illinois, and admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court, the Fifth Circuit, the Federal Circuit, and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of New York, Northern District of Illinois, and all Districts of Texas. Mr. Khoshbin has authored articles and conducted presentations/seminars concerning issues pertinent to litigation, including his repeated participation as a lead trial attorney in the ABA’s “Historical Trials.”

Selected To

Texas Super Lawyers 2009
Texas Super Lawyers 2008
Texas Super Lawyers 2007

About Shain Khoshbin

Admitted: 1990, Texas

Professional Webpage: www.cdklawyers.com/shain.php

Honors and Awards:

  • Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota: Graduated Cum Laude with Highest Honors; Macalester Hill Scholar; Highest Honors for Thesis, Perjury and the Lawyer’s Conflict of Duty; National Achievement Academy Collegiate Award; Dean's Honor Roll; Thomas E. Hill Award for Outstanding Work in Philosophy - - DePaul University Law School, Chicago, Illinois: Member, DePaul University Law Review; Dean’s Academic Scholarship; American Jurisprudence Award for Legal Writing/Advocacy; Office of Illinois Attorney General - Access to Excellence Program

Bar/Professional Activity:

  • BAR ADMISSIONS: Texas; Illinois; United States Supreme Court; Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals; Federal Circuit Court of Appeals; Northern District of Texas; Northern District of Illinois; Northern District of New York; Southern District of Texas; Eastern District of Texas; Western District of Texas.  Mr. Khoshbin is a member of the American Bar Association, American Association for Justice, Federal Circuit Bar Association, Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit, Texas Bar Association, Illinois Bar Association, Dallas Bar Association, and Chicago Bar Association.

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

  • Mr. Khoshbin has authored articles and presentations relating to litigation, and conducts seminars for clients in-house and at industry conferences concerning issues pertinent to litigation and lawsuit/claims management. This includes Mr. Khoshbin’s selection and participation as the lead defense trial attorney in the ABA’s “Historical Trial - - Terror in San Francisco: The 1916 Preparedness Day Bombing Trial,” at the 2007 American Bar Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco, his selection and participation as the lead defense trial attorney in the ABA’s “Historical Trial - - Murder at Madison Square Garden:  The Trial of Harry Thaw for the Killing of Stanford White,” at the 2008 American Bar Association Annual Meeting in New York City, his selection and participation as a "trial mentor" in the ABA's "Historical Trial - - The Insanity Trial of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln," at the 2009 American Bar Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, his presentation of Defending The Restaurant Murder Case at the 2009 Hospitality Law Conference, his article Company Trash-Talk Websites & The Stored Communications Act: The Internet As The "Office Water Cooler" Of the 21st Century, published in the Hospitality Lawyer's September 2009 In-House Counsel Newsletter and October 2009 Legal Newsletter, his article Unilateral Contracts & Future Payment Promises To At-Will Employees: Vanegas v. American Energy Services Adds Clarity to "Illusory Contracts", published in the Hospitality Lawyer's March 2010 In-House Counsel Newsletter and May 2010 Legal Newsletter, and his June 2010 DCA Seminar on Premises Liability & Workplace Violence in Texas.

Educational Background:

  • Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1987: Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude with Highest Honors; Core Concentration: Speech & Communications; Major(s): Law & Society and Philosophy; Honors & Awards: Macalester Hill Scholar, Highest Honors for Thesis, Perjury and the Lawyer’s Conflict of Duty, National Achievement Academy Collegiate Award, Dean's Honor Roll, Thomas E. Hill Award for Outstanding Work in Philosophy - - DePaul University Law School, Chicago, Illinois, 1990: Juris Doctor; Honors & Awards: Member, DePaul University Law Review, Dean’s Academic Scholarship, American Jurisprudence Award for Legal Writing/Advocacy, Rule 711 Attorney at Office of Illinois Attorney General - Access to Excellence Program

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