 OverviewSameer, Board Certified in Labor & Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, leads Munsch Hardt’s Labor & Employment Practice Group and serves on the Firm’s Compensation Committee. A seasoned commercial litigator, he blends sharp legal strategy with practical business insight to support businesses, executives and investors in achieving their objectives. In his employment practice, Sameer offers comprehensive guidance on litigation, daily counsel and transactional matters. He frequently handles disputes involving trade secret misappropriation, non-compete and non-solicitation agreements, workplace discrimination, harassment, and wage and hour issues. He also advises on employment aspects of mergers and acquisitions, including executive transitions, restrictive covenants and post-transaction integration, leveraging his litigation experience to manage risks and ensure compliance. Sameer’s commercial litigation practice focuses on business and real estate disputes, including contracts, leases, title issues and property rights. His expertise extends to complex disputes involving breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud and conflicts among business partners or shareholders, often referred to as “business divorce” cases, where private company owners dispute ownership, management, or exit terms. Sameer’s business divorce expertise lends itself to providing exceptional support to family law attorneys in high-net-worth divorce proceedings. He partners with divorce counsel to navigate complex business and governance issues, evaluate claims of fiduciary breaches or fraud, and protect assets in family businesses, family offices, or large enterprises. In this capacity, he focuses on preserving business value, ensuring operational continuity, evaluating asset transfers in accordance with governing documents and safeguarding assets through strategic planning and legal solutions. Memberships
- Houston Bar Association, Health Law and Litigation Sections
- National Association of Federal Equity Receivers
- State Bar of Texas, Business Law, Entertainment and Sports, Health Law and Litigation Sections
OverviewSameer, Board Certified in Labor & Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, leads Munsch Hardt’s Labor & Employment Practice Group and serves on the Firm’s Compensation Committee. A seasoned commercial litigator, he blends sharp legal strategy with practical business insight to support businesses, executives and investors in achieving their objectives. In his employment practice, Sameer offers comprehensive guidance on litigation, daily counsel and transactional matters. He frequently handles disputes involving trade secret misappropriation, non-compete and non-solicitation agreements, workplace discrimination, harassment, and wage and hour issues. He also advises on employment aspects of mergers and acquisitions, including executive transitions, restrictive covenants and post-transaction integration, leveraging his litigation experience to manage risks and ensure compliance. Sameer’s commercial litigation practice focuses on business and real estate disputes, including contracts, leases, title issues and property rights. His expertise extends to complex disputes involving breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud and conflicts among business partners or shareholders, often referred to as “business divorce” cases, where private company owners dispute ownership, management, or exit terms. Sameer’s business divorce expertise lends itself to providing exceptional support to family law attorneys in high-net-worth divorce proceedings. He partners with divorce counsel to navigate complex business and governance issues, evaluate claims of fiduciary breaches or fraud, and protect assets in family businesses, family offices, or large enterprises. In this capacity, he focuses on preserving business value, ensuring operational continuity, evaluating asset transfers in accordance with governing documents and safeguarding assets through strategic planning and legal solutions. ExperienceLead Counsel in Major Arbitration VictorySameer served as lead counsel in a complex three-panel arbitration, a spin-out proceeding from a high net-worth divorce case, involving numerous individuals and nearly 100 entities. [more]Sameer served as lead counsel in a complex three-panel arbitration, a spin-out proceeding from a high net-worth divorce case, involving numerous individuals and nearly 100 entities. The arbitration resolved claims of fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and related allegations, with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake. Sameer secured a unanimous award, achieving a decisive victory on all issues and obtaining the maximum authorized expense recovery. [less]Lead Counsel for Receiver in High-Profile David Salinas Ponzi SchemeSameer served as lead counsel for the Receiver in the widely publicized David Salinas Ponzi scheme litigation in Houston [more]Sameer served as lead counsel for the Receiver in the widely publicized David Salinas Ponzi scheme litigation in Houston, Texas. This $50 MM fraud, investigated by the SEC, victimized more than 100 investors, including collegiate basketball and football coaches, professional athletes and the perpetrator’s personal acquaintances. Through complex litigation and detailed forensic accounting investigations, Sameer and the Receiver meticulously traced misappropriated funds and successfully recovered substantial assets. These recoveries included proceeds from life insurance policies that the perpetrator had redirected to defrauded acquaintances prior to his suicide, real property and other valuable assets. Overcoming significant legal challenges, their efforts resulted in substantial pro rata distributions to defrauded investors. The strategic approach and exceptional outcomes in this case received widespread media attention and significantly exceeded typical recoveries achieved in similar Ponzi scheme cases. [less]Employment Litigation Obtained injunctive relief and substantial damages against two former employees who started a competing business in violation of non-competition agreements. Judgment included forfeiture of all fees [more]Obtained injunctive relief and substantial damages against two former employees who started a competing business in violation of non-competition agreements. Judgment included forfeiture of all fees earned by competing business, claw back of salary paid to former employees for the period in which they were competing while still employed by former employer and payment of all attorneys’ fees and costs incurred. [less]Employment Litigation Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a former C-level executive of a publicly-traded company after the company breached employee’s executive employment [more]Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a former C-level executive of a publicly-traded company after the company breached employee’s executive employment agreement. As part of judgment, Munsch Hardt obtained complete relief including back pay, front pay through remaining two year term of agreement and payment of all attorneys’ fees and costs incurred. [less]Employment Litigation Obtained summary judgment against a former executive of a large hospital system individually relating to a substantial loan made by our client to assist the hospital [more]Obtained summary judgment against a former executive of a large hospital system individually relating to a substantial loan made by our client to assist the hospital system in covering expenses and payroll during a period of transition and sale of the hospital system. Judgment against individuals included payment of outstanding loan balance, default interest and payment of all attorneys’ fees and costs incurred. [less]
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