Our newest shareholder, Ken Patterson, has secured great success for his physician clients in three different cases since he joined the firm earlier this year.  The defense Ken Patterson developed on behalf of an orthopedic surgeon, obstetrician/gynecologist and ophthalmology cornea specialist was … [Read more...]

On June 10, 2013, HHDU attorney, Austin C. Evans, successfully obtained a jury verdict in the 348th District Court, Tarrant County, Texas.  The lawsuit involved a breach of a commercial lease between a landlord and tenant.  The jury returned a verdict in favor of the landlord and awarded actual … [Read more...]

Shareholder, Dick Wiles, successfully defended a pulmonologist in a wrongful death medical malpractice case tried for two (2) weeks in the 68th District Court in Dallas County.  The jury returned its defense verdict on May 24, 2013. … [Read more...]

On June 6, 2013, in Gardner v. Children’s Medical Center Of Dallas, the Dallas Court of Appeals affirmed the defense verdict obtained by HHDU shareholder Ken Patterson in the 101st Judicial Court, Dallas County, Texas and upheld the statutory protections available to emergency care providers … [Read more...]

In 2013 the HHDU Business Section has successfully represented clients on the acquisition of fourteen (14) hotels. HHDU shareholder James S. Patterson and associate Victoria M. Yarkho worked for months with the clients on the negotiation, documentation and successful close of these multi – million … [Read more...]

Craig Harris, a shareholder at HHDU, was recently quoted in a news article about a case involving long-term client Collin Street Bakery and allegations of embezzlement by a former employee.  An excerpt from the Corsicana Daily Sun on July 26, 2013 reads: "...attention to detail was credited with … [Read more...]

Congratulations to Jason M. Katz on being selected for the second year in a row to “Super Lawyers: Rising Stars!” While the “Super Lawyers” selection consists of up to 5 percent of Texas lawyers; no more than 2.5 percent are named “Rising Stars”. Hiersche, Hayward, Drakeley and Urbach, P.C., is … [Read more...]

On February 7, 2013, William D. Wiles, Shareholder and Head of the Medical Malpractice Defense section at Hiersche, Hayward, Drakeley & Urbach, P.C., hosted a Medicare/Medicaid Compliance Program for a select group of more than 40 defense attorneys, insurance professionals and mediators located … [Read more...]

Jason M. Katz joins our Commercial Litigation and Bankruptcy practice group at HHDU. Hiersche, Hayward, Drakeley and Urbach, PC welcomes attorney Jason Katz back to the firm as Senior Counsel. Practicing law for approximately 10 years, Jason’s focus is handling complex commercial litigation cases … [Read more...]

Hiersche, Hayward, Drakeley and Urbach, PC welcomes a new shareholder to the firm, M. Kenneth Patterson. Ken Patterson has been a trial lawyer for more than 30 years, primarily defending personal injury and medical malpractice cases on behalf of his clients. He has tried cases in nineteen different … [Read more...]