Practice Description

Mr. Carlson represents financial institutions in litigation arising from residential loans and real property transactions. His practice also includes employment law litigation, commercial litigation and transactional work.

Admitted to Practice

State Bar of Texas, 2016

Community Involvement, Affiliations and Memberships

Member, Dallas Bar Association
Member, Dallas Association of Young Lawyers

Awards & Honors

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America (2024)

Practice Description

Ms. Caston dedicates her family law practice to crafting creative, client-focused strategies both in and out of the courtroom. She represents clients in a wide range of matters including divorce, complex property division, contested custody disputes, adoption and termination suits, enforcement and modification of child and property-related issues, and family law appeals. Recognizing that each family is unique, Ms. Caston tailors her approach to achieve resolutions that meet the specific needs and goals of each client.

Publications, Seminars, and Cases

Author, “Winning Your Motion for New Trial: 5 Traps of a Default Judgment.” DBA Headnotes, September 1, 2021.
Co-Author, “Characterization of Intellectual Property in Divorce.” DBA Headnotes, March 1, 2021.
Author, “Contractual Protections for Postponed Nuptials.” DBA Headnotes, September 1, 2020.
Co-Author, “Victims of Family Violence Are Asking: Is It Really Safer to Stay Home?” Local Profile, April 9, 2020.
Moderator, “What You and Your Client Need to Know About Direct Communications with Opposing Parties” DBA Ethics Fest 2019, May 2, 2019.
Author, “Alternatives to Reimbursement Claims for Minors.” State Bar of Texas, Family Law Section Report, Volume 2018 (Fall 2018).
Author, “What Do I Do When I Suspect Child Abuse or Neglect?” DBA Headnotes, September 1, 2018.
In the Interest of C.R.G., a Child, No. 05-17-00717-CV (Tex. App.—Dallas 2017, pet. denied) (mem. op.).

Community Involvement, Affiliations and Memberships

Member, State Bar of Texas, Family Law Section (2014–present)
Member, Dallas Bar Association, Family Law Section (2014–present); Legal Ethics Committee (2018–present)
Sustaining Fellow, DAYL Foundation; Member, Grant Committee and Finance Committee (2020–present)
Associate, Annette Stewart Inn of Court (2019–present)
Participant, Communities Foundation of Texas Emerging Leaders in Philanthropy (2022)
Member, Richardson Chamber of Commerce (2020–present)
Advisory Board Member, Leadership First, First United Methodist Church of Richardson (2018–present)

Awards & Honors

Texas Rising Star, Thomson Reuters (2021)
Texas Super Lawyers – Rising Stars (2021–2023)
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America (2024)

Practice Description

Mr. Lautin is a commercial litigator representing clients on both sides of the docket. The majority of his practice consists of representing and advising insurance companies and their insureds in a variety of litigation matters, including complex coverage disputes.

Community Involvement, Affiliations and Memberships

Member, Dallas Bar Association

Member, American Bar Association

Member, Dallas Association of Young Lawyers

Practice Description

Ms. Yow represents financial institutions in litigation arising from residential loans and real property transactions.

Representative Experience

Represented financial institutions in various litigation matters involving state and federal debt collection.

Defended financial institutions against a range of claims, including wrongful foreclosure, fraud, breach of contract, and Deceptive Trade Practices Act violations.

Judicial intern, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Austin, Texas, 2006

Staff Assistant, U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Washington, DC, 2005

Community Involvement, Affiliations and Memberships

Foundation Fellow, Dallas Association of Young Lawyers

Member, Dallas Bar Association

Selected Published Cases

Soin v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., CIV.A. H-14-1861, 2014 WL 4386003 (S.D. Tex. Sept. 4, 2014).

Reece v. U.S. Bank Nat. Ass’n, 4:13-CV-982-O, 2014 WL 301022 (N.D. Tex. Jan. 28, 2014), aff’d, 762 F.3d 422 (5th Cir. 2014).

Murray v. U.S. Bank Nat. Ass’n, 411 S.W.3d 926 (Tex. App.—El Paso 2013, no pet.).

Clarkson v. Deutsche Bank Nat. Trust Co., 331 S.W.3d 837 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 2011).

Practice Description

Mr. Winslett handles complex insurance litigation, professional liability defense (including lawyers, engineers, architects and insurance agents), products liability defense, toxic torts, catastrophic injury and wrongful death, construction/surety cases and first party property claims.

Representative Experience

Representation primarily on defense side, but also represented plaintiff-insurers in complex commercial and insurance litigation.

Chair of the firm’s Professional Liability Practice and Insurance Practice Groups.

Faculty member of numerous NITA-sponsored trial advocacy programs.

Handled virtually every type of insurance based litigation in courts throughout the United States.

Awards & Honors

“Texas Super Lawyers” (Texas Monthly magazine, 2004-2013)

“Texas Top-Rated Lawyers” (Dallas Morning News & The Wallstreet Journal, 2013)

“Top 100 Texas Lawyers” (Texas Monthly magazine, 2006)

AV ® PREEMINENT Martindale-Hubbell rating

Selected Publications, Seminars and Cases

Frequent lecturer in seminars sponsored by State Bar of Texas including “The Ultimate Insurance Seminar.”

Hanson v. Greystar Development & Const., LP, 317 S.W.3d 850 (Tex. App. — Fort Worth 2010, pet. denied)

Lennar v. Great American et al, 2005 WL 1324833 (Houston [14 Dist] 2005)

Insurance Bad Faith: The Insurer’s Prospective.

Roberts v. Healy, 991 S.W.2d 873 (Tex. App. Houston [14th Dist.] 1999)

Universal Life Ins. Co. v. Giles, 950 S.W.2d 48 (Tex. 1997)

U.S. Fire v. Williams, 955 S.W.2d 267 (Tex. 1997)

Stephen Ferguson v. Mt. Hawley Insurance Co., Civil Action No. 2:03-CV-381 (Eastern District of Texas – Marshall Division) (2004)

Bayou Bend Homes v. Scottsdale Insurance Co., 2006 WL 2037564

TIG Ins. Co. v. North America Van Lines, 170 S.W.3d 264 (Tex. App. – Dallas 2005, no pet.)

RLI Ins. Co. v. Maxxon Southwest, Inc, 265 F. Supp. 727 (N.D. Tex. 2003)

Pierre v. Newman, Davenport & Epstein, 2006 WL 1522613 (Tex. App. – Dallas)

Mt. Hawley Ins. Co. v. Wright Materials, Inc., 2005 WL 2805565 (N.D. Tex. 2005)

West American Ins. Co. v. RLI Ins. Co., 698 F.3d 1069 (8th Cir. 2012)

Scottsdale Ins. Co. v. Mt. Hawly Ins. Co., 2011 WL 9169946 (5th Cir. 2012)