Fred Dreiling provides his clients with 35 years of skilled, experienced, thorough and aggressive legal representation, on both the plaintiff and defense sides, and in a variety of civil litigation disputes.
Mr. Dreiling has earned and maintained the
Martindale - Hubbell "AV 5/5.0 Preeminent Attorney" highest rating – a rating that means Mr. Dreiling’s professional peers consider him to be “very high to preeminent” in his legal abilities, and “very high” in his ethical standards.
Civil Litigation
Mr. Dreiling is a highly experienced, successful litigator with 35 years of proven experience in being responsible to his clients for aggressively handling and developing, and resolving or trying, a multitude of diverse and complicated civil litigation disputes.
Mr. Dreiling is seasoned at the evaluation and litigation of civil cases – on either side of the docket - in areas such as business disputes; condominium litigation; Texas Deceptive Trade Practices – Consumer Protection Act litigation; corporate shareholder litigation; partnership disputes; noncompetition agreement litigation; tortious interference disputes; shareholder oppression litigation; residential and commercial construction litigation; contract litigation; environmental litigation; fiduciary litigation; fraud; Texas Insurance Code litigation/first party insurance litigation; litigation involving insurance adjuster/broker/agent liability; lender liability litigation; mortgage loan/mortgage foreclosure litigation; personal injury/wrongful death cases; real estate litigation involving buyers, sellers, real estate brokers/agents and real estate contracts; real estate litigation involving issues of title, trespass to try title, liens/encumbrances and adverse possession; will contest/probate litigation and a myriad of other types of civil disputes.
Mr. Dreiling has consistently demonstrated his expertise in analyzing complicated and challenging litigation issues to achieve favorable resolutions for his clients; a consistent track record in experienced handling of all phases of civil disputes from drafting pleadings, discovery and pretrial motions and responses that are tailor made to a particular dispute; negotiating complex discovery disputes; forcing the production of relevant factual documents and material from opposing parties who fail to comply with state and federal discovery rules; preserving and proving (or contesting) evidentiary privileges in discovery disputes; preparing for and arguing for (or against) any pretrial courtroom hearing/motion; skilled and thorough legal research, legal analysis and legal writing abilities; thoroughness and competence in preparing for and taking (or defending) depositions of parties, fact and expert witnesses; and demonstrated expertise in being responsible for handling - from start to finish - all phases of numerous types of jury trials.
Mr. Dreiling has outstanding organizational skills; he enjoys working in a team environment with competent co-counsel; and he has a demonstrated track record of meeting strict deadlines in compliance with state and federal procedural rules and trial court pretrial orders, all while operating in high pressure environments.
