Practice Areas

Business Litigation
Intellectual Property Litigation
Bankruptcy Litigation
Oil & Gas

Practice Emphasis

Mr. Wallace focuses his practice in the area of commercial, business, and intellectual property litigation and oil and gas. His clients range from Fortune 500 Companies to small and medium size businesses.

Representative Matters

Obtained a Permanent Injunction against a former employee for violations of a noncompete agreement and theft of trade secrets case.  All My Sons Moving & Storage of Dallas, Inc. v. Adam Salazar, No. 09-17398(68th Dist. Ct., Dallas, Tex., Apr. 14th, 2010)

Obtained a $4.5M judgment in a sophisticated futures trading ponzi scheme case.  Walter L. Farrington, III, et al. v. CRW Management LP, et al., No. 08-15144 (14th Dist. Co., Dallas County, Tex., Feb. 5th, 2009)

Obtained a Permanent Injunction against three former employees for violations of a covenant not to compete, appropriation of trade secrets, and breach of employment contract. Allied Waste Industries, Inc. v. Earl Bell, et al., No. 07-01060 (44th Dist. Ct., Dallas County, Tex., May 21st, 2007) 

Obtained a Permanent Injunction against a jewelry manufacturer for copyright infringement. Barse & Co., Inc. v. Star Tex Imports, L.P., No. 3:04-CV-835-BD (N.D. Texas Mar. 28th, 2006) 

Successfully obtained a Temporary Restraining Order, and successfully defeated a competing Temporary Restraining Order and Temporary Injunction in a complex franchise dispute. Jantt Corporation, et al. v. Pirtek USA, LLC, et al., No. 05-011411 (298th Dist. Ct., Dallas County, Tex., Nov. 10th, 2005) 

As lead counsel for a Chapter 7 Trustee, successfully recovered almost $1,000,000 for the bankruptcy estate, and reduced the number of claims against the estate by over $30,000,000. In re: Reitlom, Inc., et al. No. 01-38730-SAF-7 (Bankr. N.D. Tex 2005) 

Obtained a $250,000.00 judgment against a former business partner of a client for fraud and fraudulent misrepresentation. Brooks, et al. v. Shevlin, et al., No. 366-2242-01 (366th Dist. Ct., Collin County, Tex., May 1st, 2003) 

Obtained a Temporary Injunction against a former employee for violations of a covenant not to compete, appropriation of trade secrets, and breach of employment agreement. Wellington, Wells & Associates, Inc. et al. v. Lindquist & Trudeau, Inc., et al., No. 01-04343-E (101st Dist. Ct., Dallas County, Tex., Apr. 4th, 2002) 

Successfully overturned a $600,000.00 judgment against an industrial machine manufacturer. John Hendley v. Red River Machinery, Inc. et al., No. GNO-00205 (53rd Dist. Ct., Travis County, Tex., Aug. 20th, 2002) 

Seized an entire furniture store and warehouse, and had the merchandise sold at auction, in order to satisfy a judgment obtained on behalf of a client. Joe Sayklay, et al. v. Helena Wood, No DV-99-07401 (68th Dist. Ct., Dallas County, Tex., Nov. 4th, 1999)

Presented a Continuing Legal Education speech before the Dallas Bar Association, Entertainment and Sports Law Section entitled Conflicts of Interest in the Entertainment Law Context on November 27th, 2001 

Reported Cases

Bench Company, Inc. v. Nations Rent of Texas, L.P., 133 S.W.3d 907 (Tex.App.-Dallas 2004, no pet.)

Scalini v. 2-The-Extreme, Inc., 10-04-00142-CV, 2004 WL 2830868 (Tex.App.-Waco Dec. 8th, 2004)

Callnet Communications, Inc. v. Emergency Alert Protection, Inc., 05-02-00692-CV, 2002 WL 31312696 (Tex.App.-Dallas October 16, 2002)


Memberships

State Bar of Texas (Litigation and Intellectual Property Sections)

College of the State Bar of Texas

Dallas Bar Association (Litigation Section)

Dallas Association of Young Lawyers

Admitted to Practice in the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts (including Bankruptcy Districts) of Texas

AV Peer Review Rated


Articles & Authored Works

“CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN THE ENTERTAINMENT LAW CONTEXT" Presented for CLE credit at the Dallas Bar Association

Education and Professional Background

Winthrop University, 1992

B.A., Vanderbilt University, 1994

J.D., Southern Methodist University School of Law, 1998