Jodi K. Swick is a successful trial lawyer, who founded McDowell Hetherington’s California office in 2013. During her career, Jodi has been recognized as a stand-out attorney. She was named a Top Women Lawyer by the Daily Journal, which honors…

Will Thomas is an aggressive litigator, who brings his skills and lessons learned as an Army officer to his cases. Will routinely represents energy companies, off-road vehicle manufacturers, consumer product manufacturers, and industrial facilities in complex and high-stakes litigation. Because…

Jarrett E. Ganer is a partner at McDowell Hetherington LLP and has been with the firm since its inception. Jarrett maintains a general complex commercial litigation practice with a focus on serving clients in the insurance and financial services industries.…

Micah A. Grodin is an attorney in the firm’s Houston office whose practice focuses on commercial litigation. Micah has represented clients in both state and federal courts, arbitration proceedings, and in administrative law hearings throughout the country. Across all forums,…

Emily is an effective advocate with demonstrated experience in complex commercial disputes and financial services litigation. Her experience includes matters in state and federal court involving welfare benefit and defined benefit pension plans, cost of insurance provisions in life insurance…

Tom Hetherington is a trial partner in the firm’s Houston office. His practice focuses on a wide range of matters, including commercial litigation; securities litigation; energy litigation; shareholder litigation; partnership disputes; corporate merger litigation; product liability litigation; financial services litigation;…

Stefanos Touzos is a Partner in the firm’s Houston office, where he focuses on commercial litigation. Stefanos frequently litigates cases across various industries—including financial services, sports and entertainment, and insurance, among others—securing key victories in complex commercial disputes in state…

David McDowell serves the litigation and trial needs of clients and has handled matters as lead counsel in almost every state in the country. David’s focus is on commercial, financial services, and energy litigation. He has extensive experience in class…

Amy Boyea is a founding partner of McDowell Hetherington and the managing partner of its Dallas/Fort Worth office. Amy specializes in complex commercial litigation at both the trial and appellate levels, with a focus on insurance and financial services litigation.…

Netra Sreeprakash is a talented business and commercial litigator with more than 15 years of experience in federal and state courts, arbitrations, and mediations throughout the country. Her experience includes class action defense, contract and fraud disputes, securities and corporate…

Will King serves people and businesses faced with diverse legal challenges. Clients trust him to thoroughly understand their objectives, deliver timely advice, and implement well-researched strategies that yield efficient results. With over a decade of experience, Will has built a…

Kendall Burr zealously advocates for his clients and heads McDowell Hetherington LLP’s intellectual property practice. He represents his clients in patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret litigation disputes, prosecutes patents and trademarks, and advises his clients on how to protect…

Diane has significant experience leading all facets of case strategy, discovery, and general pre-trial efforts in class actions and bet-the-company litigation. She has a proven track record of winning dispositive motions in both state and federal courts nationwide, allowing her clients to escape the unnecessary costs of protracted litigation and the uncertainty of trial.

Bobby’s practice focuses on sophisticated property and complex consumer litigation. He is a highly versatile advocate who has defended complex and multi-state consumer facing class actions in the insurance, retail energy, and products liability sectors. He has twice been seconded…

Matt Matthews handles high-stakes commercial trials, arbitrations, and appeals across the country. He represents plaintiffs and defendants in cases involving energy, tech, construction, manufacturing, property and mineral rights, trade secrets, employment, products liability, and other business and consumer issues. Matt…

Erin Taylor has unique expertise advising life insurance clients on complex actuarial disputes. Her strong work ethic, tenacity, and reasoned judgment provide her with the ability to help clients solve problems – whether through pre-suit resolution, effective motion practice or…

Jason A. Richardson is a partner at McDowell Hetherington’s Houston office, with a nationwide civil litigation practice. Jason works closely with his clients to develop strategies and budgets that are tailored to the complexity of each case, and believes that…

Andrew Kasner is a partner on McDowell Hetherington’s life, health, and disability litigation team. His practice helps clients navigate all aspects of the litigation process – starting with disputes in pre-litigation and continuing through pre-trial discovery, trial, appeal, and settlement.…

Wendy Furman concentrates her litigation practice in the areas of life, health and disability insurance, ERISA, commercial, and employment litigation. Ms. Furman’s insurance practice includes analyzing and litigating coverage matters for individual and group life, health and disability insurance, ERISA,…