Experience

Raymond White is an experienced, Board Certified trial lawyer who has handled an extensive litigation docket of complex commercial disputes since 1980. He provides a seasoned, tough but practical approach to litigating complex cases. Before joining Diamond McCarthy, Raymond was a Litigation Partner in Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, L.L.P.'s Austin office.

Raymond's practice focuses on complex business litigation, representing plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of disputes in federal and state trial and appellate courts. His cases include disputes concerning business torts, contracts, fraud, intellectual property, trade secret theft, trademark infringement, false advertising, class actions, lender liability, construction, products liability, bad faith claims, insurance, deceptive trade practices, unfair competition, real estate, officer and director liability, and toxic torts. Raymond has tried several dozen cases. He also has experience in handling commercial disputes through arbitration and mediation. He represents clients on hourly and contingency fee bases.

Representative Cases

Some of the representative cases Raymond has handled include the following:

• prosecuted a case against his client's main competitor for false advertising and trademark infringement under the Lanham Act and breach of contract.
  
  
• defended a national telecommunications construction firm in a lawsuit concerning construction of telecommunications facilities across the country.
  
  
• handled several cases for high tech companies involving claims of theft of $500+ million in trade secrets and breach of non-disclosure agreements.
  
  
• handled several cases for national insurance companies involving allegations of unlawful premium surcharges to policyholders in excess of $130 million.
  
  
• defended a toxic tort class action against an international paper manufacturer for alleged pollution of a large lake.
  
  
• prosecuted an arbitration for a Mexican company concerning a dispute over an international manufacturing contract.
  
  
• handled several cases involving allegations of breaches of fiduciary duties by directors and officers.

Education

Raymond received his B.A., magna cum laude, from Duke University in 1977, and his J.D., with honors, from the University of Texas School of Law in 1980. While at UT Law School, Raymond was a Teaching Quizmaster in Legal Research and Writing. Following law school, he was a law clerk to the Honorable Jerre S. Williams of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from 1980 to 1981.

Professional Memberships/Activities

Raymond is Board Certified both in Civil Trial Law and in Consumer & Commercial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the American Bar Association, the Austin Bar Association, and the Texas Association of Defense Counsel. He is a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation and a Founding Life Fellow of the Austin Bar Foundation. He is admitted to practice before all Texas state courts; the U.S. District Courts for the Western, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas; and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. He has spoken on various litigation topics at Continuing Legal Education seminars for the State Bar of Texas.