vCardThe 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...
Ty Hunter Sheehan
Professional Experience
Mr. Sheehan has been with the firm since 2006.
Details of Practice
Mr. Sheehan represents companies, partnerships and individuals in business, commercial real estate, and securities transactions. He has experience facilitating asset purchase agreements of all sizes as well as real estate transactions - from drafting the purchase and sale agreement to the transaction's close. Mr. Sheehan drafts documents necessary for commercial lending transactions, and regularly engages in the formation of Texas business entities and the extensive drafting of such entities' governing documents. Mr. Sheehan also has experience facilitating private placement offerings, drafting independent representative contracts, license agreements, and entity ownership transfer documents.
Professional Activities, Affiliations and Publications
Member: Director, and Secretary, San Antonio Young Lawyers Association; San Antonio Bar Association; Corporate Governance Committee of the American Bar Association Business Law Section; John M. Harlan Society; Order of the Barristers.
Former Member: Associate Editor of the St. Mary Law Journal; Phi Delta Phi, Chairman of the Board for the St. Mary's Board of Advocates.