Hugh G. Connor II
BIOGRAPHY
Hugh Connor represents individuals, corporations, and other institutional clients in a wide variety of complex commercial litigation cases, including intellectual property disputes, legal and other professional malpractice cases, oil and gas disputes, contract/business torts, insurance claims/coverage cases, defamation/first amendment, construction claims, probate litigation, and marital litigation.
EXPERIENCE AND HIGHLIGHTS
- Lead trial counsel for Bass/Exxon against an oil & gas operator. Obtained a $14.2 million arbitration award in connection with a dispute over joint interest billings
- Lead trial counsel for a buyer of a home healthcare company. Obtained a $5 million jury verdict against seller for fraud and other claims relating to the sale after a six-week jury trial
- Lead trial counsel for an oil & gas field services company in a dispute relating to water purification equipment and technology. Obtained a $3 million jury verdict against partner after a two-week trial
- Lead trial counsel to a local fiberglass manufacturing company and its owner in a seven-week jury trial in Hartford, Connecticut. Obtained a defense verdict on claims where the plaintiff was seeking over $42 million in damages. The jury also returned a verdict in favor of clients on their counterclaim and awarded approximately $1.7 million in damages
- Lead trial counsel to a local automobile sales executive in a dispute with his former employer and business partner. Obtained a multi-million dollar jury verdict after an eight-week jury trial
- Lead trial counsel for insurance agency against a large insurance company for fraud and non-payment of commissions. Obtained a $13.8 million jury verdict and judgment for fraud and breach of contract
- Co-lead counsel for a local manufacturing company against an international manufacturing entity. Secured a $12 million jury verdict and judgment after a five-week jury trial for defective machines
- Lead trial counsel for a frac chemicals manufacturer in a theft of trade secrets case. Obtained a $5.8 million jury verdict after a two-week trial
- Lead trial counsel for local real estate developer in tortious interference lawsuit against an oil and gas company. Obtained a $4.8 million jury verdict after a two-week trial
- Lead trial counsel for local doctor group. Obtained a $3 million jury verdict against publicly traded pharmaceutical distribution company in federal court
- Lead trial counsel for local truck body manufacturer. Obtained a $2.5 million jury verdict against competitor for trade dress infringement and false advertising under the Lanham Act
- Co-lead counsel for commission salesperson. Obtained a multi-million dollar jury verdict
- Secured a $10 million settlement for transportation logistics company in trade secrets/hacking case
- Secured a significant seven-figure settlement against company for negligent hiring
- Successfully represented many attorneys and law firms sued for professional negligence
AFFILIATIONS AND HONORS
AFFILIATIONS
- Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow
- Tarrant County Bar Foundation, Sustaining Life Fellow
- Tarrant County Bar Association
- Texas Association of Defense Counsel
- American Board of Trial Advocates, Associate
HONORS
- Best Lawyers in America®, U.S. News & World Report, 2006-2024
- Commercial Litigation
- Top Attorney, 360 West magazine
- Commercial Litigation, 2017-2018, 2020-2023
- Civil Law | Litigation, 2017-2019
- Top Attorney, Fort Worth Magazine, 2008-2023
- Civil Law | Litigation
- Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2011-2023
- Business Litigation
- The 400 Most Influential People, Fort Worth, Inc., 2018
- Texas Super Lawyer Rising Star, Thomson Reuters, 2004-2007
- Business Litigation
- Power Attorney, Fort Worth Business Press, 2014
- Attorney of Excellence, Fort Worth Business Press
- 40 Under 40 honoree, Fort Worth Business Press
- Rated AV® by Martindale-Hubbell “Peer Review Rated”
EDUCATION
- The University of Maine School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1993
- The University of Maine, B.S., cum laude, 1988
ADMISSIONS
- State Bar of Texas, 1993
- U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas