Civil Law

Grissom & Thompson has years of experience in the civil litigation process from case initiation, through trial, verdict, and the appellate court system. This firm has successfully taken verdicts through the appellate courts and argued before the Supreme Court of Texas. Grissom & Thompson’s civil litigation practice includes the following areas:

  • Contract disputes such as breach of contract and tortious interference with existing or prospective contracts.
  • Contractual debts.
  • Negligence actions.
  • Libel and Slander actions including defamation and business disparagement.
  • Lawsuits brought under The Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
  • Formation of business organizations, including filing corporate documents with the State, organizing business structures, and reserving business names.
  • Property disputes such as trespass to real property, adverse possession of real property, nuisance, and other property damage claims.
  • Fraud claims including fraudulent misrepresentation, common law fraud, fraud in the inducement, fraud by nondisclosure and statutory fraud.
  • Appeals of civil court judgments and administrative orders.
  • Debt collection.
  • Probate and estate proceedings.