 OverviewClients trust Casey to handle high-stakes disputes across a range of industries, including complex commercial, environmental, shareholder disputes, business divorce, employment, real estate, and personal injury matters. She has secured multimillion-dollar judgments, prevailed on dispositive motions, and negotiated favorable resolutions for Fortune 500 companies, privately held businesses, and individuals. Casey guides clients through every phase of litigation – from pre-suit strategy and discovery to evidentiary hearings, trials, and appeals – in state and federal courts. She appears before administrative bodies and defends clients in civil enforcement actions brought by the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), and other agencies. Outside the courtroom, she advises businesses on managing legal and environmental risk, counseling on regulatory compliance, environmental considerations in real estate transactions and corporate deals, insurance coverage, and internal audits. Across matters, she emphasizes practical, business-oriented outcomes. She brings particular depth to environmental litigation and enforcement actions, where regulatory risk, technical evidence, and business exposure converge. She represents potentially responsible parties, landowners, and companies in environmental lawsuits and agency proceedings arising under statutes such as Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Clean Water Act (CWA), and the Clean Air Act (CAA), as well as analogous state laws. Her work in this space often intersects with disputes over land use and property rights. She represents individual and corporate landowners and real estate investment trusts in condemnation proceedings, advising on just compensation and developing strategies to protect the current and future use, value, and operation of property. At the same time, she navigates the commercial and operational disputes that frequently accompany these matters, giving clients a single advocate across overlapping risks. Before joining Munsch Hardt, Casey practiced at a national litigation firm in Houston. Outside her practice, she enjoys traveling with her husband and daughter – and, when time allows, keeping up with the latest Bravo series alongside her rescue dog, Moose. Memberships
- Houston Bar Association (Lawyers for Literacy and Gender Fairness Committee)
- Houston Young Lawyers Association (Adopt-an-Angel Committee)
- Houston Association of Women Attorneys
- Texas Association of Defense Counsel
Clerkships
- The Honorable Karon O. Bowdre, Chief Judge for the Northern District of Alabama (Judicial Extern)
OverviewClients trust Casey to handle high-stakes disputes across a range of industries, including complex commercial, environmental, shareholder disputes, business divorce, employment, real estate, and personal injury matters. She has secured multimillion-dollar judgments, prevailed on dispositive motions, and negotiated favorable resolutions for Fortune 500 companies, privately held businesses, and individuals. Casey guides clients through every phase of litigation – from pre-suit strategy and discovery to evidentiary hearings, trials, and appeals – in state and federal courts. She appears before administrative bodies and defends clients in civil enforcement actions brought by the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), and other agencies. Outside the courtroom, she advises businesses on managing legal and environmental risk, counseling on regulatory compliance, environmental considerations in real estate transactions and corporate deals, insurance coverage, and internal audits. Across matters, she emphasizes practical, business-oriented outcomes. She brings particular depth to environmental litigation and enforcement actions, where regulatory risk, technical evidence, and business exposure converge. She represents potentially responsible parties, landowners, and companies in environmental lawsuits and agency proceedings arising under statutes such as Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Clean Water Act (CWA), and the Clean Air Act (CAA), as well as analogous state laws. Her work in this space often intersects with disputes over land use and property rights. She represents individual and corporate landowners and real estate investment trusts in condemnation proceedings, advising on just compensation and developing strategies to protect the current and future use, value, and operation of property. At the same time, she navigates the commercial and operational disputes that frequently accompany these matters, giving clients a single advocate across overlapping risks. Before joining Munsch Hardt, Casey practiced at a national litigation firm in Houston. Outside her practice, she enjoys traveling with her husband and daughter – and, when time allows, keeping up with the latest Bravo series alongside her rescue dog, Moose. ExperienceOil & Gas LitigationSecured a $13 MM judgment for actual damages, attorneys’ fees and other costs for landowners against a major West Texas operator as well as a judicial declaration confirming the landowners’ contractual right of first refusal for the operator’s [more]Secured a $13 MM judgment for actual damages, attorneys’ fees and other costs for landowners against a major West Texas operator as well as a judicial declaration confirming the landowners’ contractual right of first refusal for the operator’s drilling of new saltwater disposal wells. [less]Oil & Gas LitigationObtained a favorable settlement for an oil and gas company in a multi-million dollar dispute over a downhole drilling failure in offshore Louisiana, asserting claims for breach of warranty, breach of contract, fraud and negligence against a manufacturer [more]Obtained a favorable settlement for an oil and gas company in a multi-million dollar dispute over a downhole drilling failure in offshore Louisiana, asserting claims for breach of warranty, breach of contract, fraud and negligence against a manufacturer of a high-strength, corrosion-resistant alloy. [less]Commercial Litigation + ContractsDefeated a franchisor’s multi-million dollar breach of contract and defamation claims brought against a former franchisee and won an approximately $2 MM summary judgment on franchisee’s counterclaim for breach of contract [more]Defeated a franchisor’s multi-million dollar breach of contract and defamation claims brought against a former franchisee and won an approximately $2 MM summary judgment on franchisee’s counterclaim for breach of contract – a victory affirmed in a one-word ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. [less]Commercial Litigation + ContractsWon dismissal of claims brought against a Fortune 500 company by a contractor’s former employee for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress, [more]Won dismissal of claims brought against a Fortune 500 company by a contractor’s former employee for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress, including an award of attorneys’ fees. [less]Commercial Litigation + ContractsPrevailed at a jury trial serving as second-chair counsel for a waste disposal company, securing an award of all actual damages, attorneys’ fees and costs. Real Estate LitigationLed a five-day jury trial representing homeowners asserting claims for trespass, nuisance, negligence and breach of contract against their homeowners’ association. Real Estate LitigationNegotiated a strategic and favorable settlement for a developer pursuing claims for breach of contract and breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing against purchaser [more]Negotiated a strategic and favorable settlement for a developer pursuing claims for breach of contract and breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing against purchaser of a multifamily complex. [less]Real Estate LitigationAchieved successful outcomes at hundreds of bench trials as sole counsel for national, residential real estate owners. Real Estate LitigationDissolved temporary restraining orders and defeated temporary injunctions prohibiting lenders from lawfully foreclosing on properties. Probate & Estate LitigationWon complete summary judgment for a court-appointed temporary administrator defending against claims of breach of fiduciary duties in a contested probate proceeding Probate & Estate LitigationProtected pre-testamentary transfers from a decedent to a beneficiary in high-stakes probate litigation and represented beneficiary in contested litigation involving disputes [more]Protected pre-testamentary transfers from a decedent to a beneficiary in high-stakes probate litigation and represented beneficiary in contested litigation involving disputes among other beneficiaries, fiduciaries and financial institutions. [less]Shareholder LitigationSecured a strategic and favorable settlement for a real estate investment firm in high-stakes litigation relating to the ownership and financial obligations of several closely held [more]Secured a strategic and favorable settlement for a real estate investment firm in high-stakes litigation relating to the ownership and financial obligations of several closely held LLCs and their members. [less]Environmental LitigationNegotiated complete dismissal of claims brought against an energy services company relating to alleged contamination of groundwater in West Texas. Construction LitigationNegotiated a favorable settlement on behalf of a pipeline engineering company in lawsuit brought by client’s insurance company asserting subrogated claims for breach of [more]Negotiated a favorable settlement on behalf of a pipeline engineering company in lawsuit brought by client’s insurance company asserting subrogated claims for breach of contract and negligence. [less]Employment LitigationRepresented plaintiffs in class-action FLSA litigation against employers for unpaid overtime wages. Personal Injury & Wrongful DeathSuccessfully resolved multiple personal injury lawsuits for appliance repair company and its employee-drivers involved in automobile accidents across Texas. Products Liability LitigationNegotiated a favorable settlement for a pipe-fitting distributor in a high-risk products liability case arising from an explosion at an oil reclamation facility in West Texas while [more]Negotiated a favorable settlement for a pipe-fitting distributor in a high-risk products liability case arising from an explosion at an oil reclamation facility in West Texas while pursuing indemnification from the product manufacturer. [less]
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