Justin R. Chapa

Justin dedicates significant time to public and community service, primarily in the education field. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Arlington Independent School District, where he represents the interests of approximately 350,000 constituents, 61,000 students, and 8,500 employees as one of seven publicly-elected representatives. Justin has served on a variety of nonprofit boards and advisory committees, including the Board of Directors of United Way of Tarrant County. He previously taught high school government and economics and worked in a legal clinic focusing on education law. In law school, Justin served on the executive boards of both the Stanford Law Review and the Stanford Journal of Civil Rights & Civil Liberties.

• Represents clients ranging from multinational corporations to growing businesses in False Claims Act cases involving a variety of subject matters brought by the Department of Justice, state attorneys general, and qui tam relators
• Represents clients in federal district court litigation, including commercial disputes, adversary proceedings, and class actions
• Represents a federally-recognized Indian tribe in federal district court, the Fifth Circuit, and the US Supreme Court against the State of Texas in a complex administrative-law dispute governed by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
• Represented the plan committee of an electronics retailer on appeal in the Fifth Circuit in ERISA class-action litigation
• Represented a legal services nonprofit as amicus curiae in the Fifth Circuit in a civil rights case
• Represented an agriculture-related small business and its owner on appeal in the Fifth Circuit in an administrative and constitutional challenge to a federal agency’s rulemaking
• Represented a prominent entertainment and sports production company on appeal in the Fifth Circuit in a trademark enforcement proceeding
• Represented a Fortune 50 company on appeal in the Ninth Circuit in finance-related litigation
• Represented a leading retailer on appeal in the Ninth Circuit in commercial litigation
• Represented a leading food producer in multiple appeals in the Tenth Circuit and in the New Mexico Supreme Court in employment discrimination cases
• Represented a major automobile manufacturer in federal district court in third-party discovery litigation
• Represented one of the world’s largest business associations as amicus curiae in the Texas Supreme Court
• Represents clients in nonpublic proceedings against federal and state administrative agencies and regulatory bodies
• Advises attorneys outside of primary law firm on appellate briefing, procedural, and other matters