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 through Teach for America and worked in a legal clinic focusing on education law while in law school.

• Representing 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.
• Representing a federally-recognized Indian tribe in federal district court and the Fifth Circuit against the State of Texas in a complex administrative-law dispute governed by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
• Representing the plan committee of an electronics retailer on appeal in the Fifth Circuit in ERISA class-action litigation.
• Representing a legal services nonprofit as amicus curiae in the Fifth Circuit in a civil rights case.
• Representing 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.
• Representing a prominent entertainment and sports production company on appeal in the Fifth Circuit in a trademark enforcement proceeding.
• Representing a Fortune 50 company on appeal in the Ninth Circuit in finance-related litigation.
• Representing a leading retailer on appeal in the Ninth Circuit in commercial litigation.
• Representing a leading food producer in multiple appeals in the Tenth Circuit and in the New Mexico Supreme Court in employment discrimination cases.
• Representing a major automobile manufacturer in federal district court in third-party discovery litigation.
• Representing clients in commercial disputes and class action litigation in federal district court and in various bankruptcy adversary proceedings and bankruptcy appeals.
• Representing one of the world’s largest business associations as amicus curiae in the Texas Supreme Court.
• Representing clients in nonpublic proceedings against federal and state administrative agencies and regulatory bodies.
• Advising attorneys outside of primary law firm on appellate briefing, procedural, and other matters.