The Texas Supreme Court, in December 16, 2011, reversed a lower court ruling in favor of Shell Oil Company et al, as Petitioners, in an interesting case where the plaintiff sued Shell Oil claiming that the oil company had underpaid on lease royalties using a scheme which was purposely designed to prevent the lessor, a trust of the Ross family, from discovering the underpayment until the statute of limitations had run out. The court, in essence, held that the lessor had had ample opportunity to discover and realize the error, and demand remedy. Read More...
Patrick K Sheehan
Practice Areas
Mr. Sheehan has handled civil lawsuits for over 36 years, representing both plaintiffs and defendants, including trying multiple jury trials to verdict in state and federal courts. Although he has experience in virtually every type of civil lawsuit, he has particular practice emphasis and experience in the following:
- Business torts, including breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, and trade secrets.
- Business and Partnership disputes, including shareholder disputes, breaches of non-compete agreements, minority oppression, partnership disputes, contracts and fraud.
- Oil and Gas litigation, including disputes regarding contracts, title issues, trade secrets, and fraud.
- Trusts and Estates litigation, including will and trust contests, and breach of fiduciary disputes.
- Catastrophic personal injury suits representing injured plaintiffs and families, including wrongful death cases.
General
Aug. 1975-Aug. 1976: Briefing Attorney - Texas Supreme Court - Justice Sears McGee
Exclusively Civil Trial Practice since 1976
AV Rated - Martindale Hubbell
Personal Data
Born October 3, 1950. Married to Susan A. Sheehan since 1976. Susan is a realtor with the Phyllis Browning Company in San Antonio, Texas. Two sons, Connor and Ty. Connor graduated from Baylor University with a BBA in December 2000, graduated from St. Mary's University School of Law in 2004 (magna cum laude) and is currently a civil trial attorney at Dunn Sheehan, LLP in Dallas, Texas. Ty graduated with a BBA from Baylor University in December 2002, graduated from St. Mary's University School of Law in 2006 (summa cum laude) and is currently a transaction/business attorney with Hornberger Sheehan Fuller & Beiter Incorporated in San Antonio, Texas.
Professional Activities
Member of multiple State and Federal Bar Committees over many years related to federal and state court litigation and trials.
Professional Memberships
State Bar of Texas
Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation-Life Member
American Bar Association
San Antonio Bar Association
Federal Bar Association
Fellow of the San Antonio Bar Foundation
American Association for Justice.

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