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4worldlovers: Weil’s Dallas office brings the best of Wall Street quality legal services to Dallas and the Southwest in five primary practice areas: Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions, Banking and Finance, Restructuring, Tax, and Complex Commercial Litigation. In addition, the Dallas office serves as an integrated gateway to our worldwide network of offices, providing our clients with access to a global platform of legal expertise.

The transactional lawyers in our Dallas office are ranked among the very best in the world for their work on M&A and Private Equity deals, and have led some of the largest and most complex transactions handled by Weil. We advise a significant number of large market cap public companies as well as private equity firms based in the region and the portfolio companies owned and controlled by private equity owners. We are highly skilled advisors in connection with the relationships and issues that arise between ownership and management within the private equity industry. Our Finance and Tax lawyers work seamlessly with our M&A and private equity teams on transactions, both in Texas and nationally.

Weil also has litigators in Dallas who advise clients on a range of high-profile matters. Our Dallas litigation team advises clients based in and out of Texas on a range of disputes in Texas and other state and federal courts, before arbitration panels, and in mediations. Mirroring the capabilities of the Firm’s broader, 350-attorney Litigation Department, our Dallas litigators handle all aspects of our clients’ litigation engagements, including pre-dispute counseling, filing complaints and engaging in motion practice, discovery, trial, and appeals. We focus on high-stakes financial disputes, antitrust litigation, investigations, large-scale class actions, shareholder disputes, bankruptcy, restructuring, and creditor litigation, and other complex matters.

The Texas offices' Restructuring attorneys operate as an integral part of our global restructuring practice. Weil’s premier U.S. Restructuring practice has been involved in countless international and U.S. restructurings over many decades, with representations ranging from top global corporations in mega-restructurings to middle-market debtors.

In addition, Weil has been involved in the oil and gas business since it opened its offices in Texas more than 30 years ago, and few law firms in the world can boast Weil's collective experience and knowledge of the industry, which involves nearly every practice group at the Firm.

Courtney Marcus was named to D CEO Magazine’s 2023 Dallas 500 list as one of the Dallas area’s most powerful and influential business leaders for the Law – Managing Partners category. This is the fourth consecutive year that Ms. Marcus has been honored. Previously, James Griffin was named to D CEO Magazine’s 2020 Dallas 500 list for the Law – Mergers & Acquisitions category, an honor he received for the third time.

David Gail was named “Dealmaker: Attorney of the Year” at the 2022 Mergers & Acquisitions Awards, presented by D CEO magazine and the Association for Corporate Growth’s Dallas-Fort Worth chapter.

Four partners were ranked by Chambers USA 2021 including: James Griffin as a “Leading” lawyer for Corporate M&A: Texas; Courtney Marcus as a “Leading” lawyer for Banking & Finance: Texas; and Paul Genender, who was also ranked in 2022, as a “Leading” lawyer for Litigation: General Commercial.

Three partners named “Best Lawyer” by D Magazine in 2023: Co-Managing Partner of the Dallas office Courtney Marcus for Banking & Finance, Paul Genender for Business & Commercial Litigation, and David Gail for PE. All were so honored for the third year in a row.

Vynessa Nemunaitis was named one of D Magazine’s 2023 Best Lawyers Under 40. She was previously honored with Texas Lawyer’s On The Rise award at the 2021 Texas Legal Excellence Awards. She was also named a 2021 Emerging Leader by The M&A Advisor, a 2021 Rising Star by Legal Media Group's Expert Guides and a 2020 Rising Star in the U.S. by Euromoney Legal Media Group.

Liz Ryan was named to Benchmark Litigation’s “Under 40 Hot List” from 2017-2022 and was a Texas Lawyer On the Rise honoree in 2022.

Paul Genender was selected by the Dallas Women Lawyers Association (DWLA) to receive its 2020 James E. Coleman Jr. Her Champion Award in recognition of his support and dedication to advancing women in the legal profession.

David Gail was recognized for M&A Deal of the Year at the 2019 Texas Lawbook and ACC-DFW Corporate Counsel Awards.

David Gail was named a 2019 “Emerging Leader” by The M&A Advisor and among the 2017 “Lawyers on the Rise” award honorees by Texas Lawyer and has been recognized as a “Rising Star” in Texas for corporate M&A by Super Lawyers*** since 2016.

4worldlovers: Welcome to the Law Office of Niles Illich, Ph.D., J.D. I represent clients who have been convicted of a variety of crimes, ranging from driving while intoxicated to murder. I also represent civil litigants who have either prevailed in the trial court and need to protect a judgment or who have had a judgment entered against them. I have extensive experience as a Criminal and Civil Appellate Attorney, and I have worked as a briefing attorney for a Justice on the First Court of Appeals in Houston, Texas. Call me today at 972-204-5452 or send me a message via the contact form to schedule a consultation.


What I Do For You as Your Criminal or Civil Appellate Attorney


As your Criminal or Civil Appellate Attorney, I will begin by making certain that you understand the appellate process. There are critical distinctions between the issues that are appropriate to be raised in the appellate court and the issues that were raised in the trial court. The appellate process really beings when then trial court clerk and the court reporter file their records. After the records are filed, I will have thirty days to draft your brief.

We will discuss ways for you to follow the appeal. If you desire, we can arrange it so that you get electronic notices from the appellate court when something happens in your case.

Click here to view a selection of recent appeals that I have participated in.

Types of criminal appeal cases I work on include, but are not limited to:

I have recent experience as a criminal appeals lawyer in the following cases:

Aggravated Robbery – Oftentimes robbery cases involve the law of parties. The law of parties makes an appeal interesting but more complicated. Arguments about the jury charge and the sufficiency of the evidence are often made in such cases. Such arguments require careful briefing.

Sexual Assault, Sexual Assault of a Child – These are some of the most difficult cases to do in both the trial courts and in the appellate courts. As an example, the procedures for determining whether outcry-witness testimony was proper are technical and often misunderstood. The sentences associated with these convictions for these offenses are often long. These cases require good appellate representation.

Possession of Controlled Substances – There are a lot of these cases and the important thing with appeals of them is to make your brief stand out. The brief needs to tell the panel that this is not just another drug case that should be affirmed. A lot goes into making a brief stand out, but without that effort cases like this might not get the attention that they deserve. If your case has not gone to trial yet, then talk with your attorney about a motion to suppress.

Burglary of a Habitation – These cases can be like the drug cases and a good brief is required to make the court take notice. These cases are often more technical than the drug cases.

Murder Conviction – Murder cases are difficult cases and careful writing is the only way to approach these. In many instances these need to be approached with an eye towards an 11.07 writ of habeas corpus. The burden is on the applicant in a writ, so a successful writ often has many exhibits attached to it. The exhibits are usually evidence that the attorney has gathered in the form of affidavit testimony. Over time this testimony gets increasingly difficult to locate. Obtaining the affidavit testimony while doing the direct appeal is the best way to approach an appeal of a murder conviction. Of course you hope to never need the writ, but you want to have the evidence if you do.

Theft – Theft convictions, even for small amounts, have long-lasting consequences. Theft is a so-called “crime of moral turpitude” and it will prevent the defendant from getting jobs, serving on juries, etc. These are important cases to appeal, even if the amount of the theft is small. This is one of the few areas where a misdemeanor offense should almost always be appealed. I am convinced that the theft of metals statute is unconstitutional.

Types of civil appeals cases I work on include, but are not limited to:

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