Locke Lord

Paul Schuster focuses on a wide variety of litigation matters. Paul has extensive experience in securities litigation, antitrust, insurance coverage, appeals, arbitration, real estate, and general civil litigation. He has represented clients in a variety of complex commercial disputes in the health care, financial, transportation, real estate, insurance and other industries. These include lawsuits and arbitrations involving contractual disputes, statutory violations, industry regulations, business torts, class actions and many other legal issues.

Representative Experience

• Defended national and international freight forwarder in challenge to payment software used on nation-wide basis. Resolved many disputes prior to arbitration and tried multiple matters through multi-week hearings with favorable awards. Defended and resolved a nationwide class action arbitration challenging payment software
• Represented licensee in pursuing indemnification from software and hardware provider related to underlying patent infringement suit
• Represented financial Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software provider in suit by customer related to cancelled implementation
• Represented software company in matters related to trade secrets and source code for municipal operations functions
• Represented international telecommunications equipment provider in suit against former customers in dispute involving various cellular markets
• Represented hospitals in antitrust suits where physicians were alleging anticompetitive conduct and various antitrust allegations
• Represented Plaintiff in antitrust claims against major competitor in Medical Device industry
• Represented insurers in environmental and other coverage litigation with insureds
• Represented Reinsurer in dispute with Managing General Agent
• Represented property owner in disputes with general contractor, subcontractor and architects relating to construction defects
• Represented freight carriers in disputes with former independent contractors
• Represented clients against claimed violations of tender offer, proxy solicitation and short swing profit rules
• Represented management, special committee members and buyer clients in tender offers and mergers challenged by shareholders
• Represented Management and Investors in corporate governance disputes involving fiduciary duty issues
• Represented acquiring party in billboard disputes

Professional History

• Partner, Locke Lord LLP
• Associate, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P.
• Law Clerk, Honorable Joseph T. Sneed, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, San Francisco, Calif.

Professional Affiliations and Recognitions

• Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
• Life Fellow, Dallas Bar Foundation
• Member, Dallas Bar Association

Community Leadership

• Member, Northwest Bible Church