Biography

Javier Gonzalez is a trial and appellate litigator who handles complex commercial, contract, real estate, collection, and appellate disputes—particularly matters where procedure and enforcement can matter as much as the merits. He has tried commercial and real estate disputes to verdict, including an international manufacturing dispute that resulted in a $7.4 million judgment, and he is equally focused on what happens after judgment: turning litigation results into recovered dollars. A native Spanish speaker, Javier has built a substantial cross-border practice and leads Jackson Walker’s Hispanic Lawyer Resource Group as its attorney lead.

Javier represents businesses, owners, landlords, trustees and beneficiaries, creditors, and individuals, and he has appeared for both plaintiffs and defendants. His matters span breach of warranty, commercial brokerage, manufacturing and co-packing agreements, commercial and residential leases, landlord-tenant and business-ownership disputes, fiduciary-duty claims, personal injury defense, bill of review practice, and disputes involving closely held entities. Having worked both sides of the docket, he evaluates each dispute from multiple angles and builds strategies that account for trial risk, appellate exposure, collection risk, and his client’s underlying business objectives. He is equally comfortable in Texas state court, federal court, probate court, and bankruptcy adversary proceedings.

Much of Javier’s distinctive value lies in the procedural dimension of litigation. He regularly handles jurisdictional disputes, temporary injunctions, post-judgment proceedings, bill-of-review claims, appellate deadlines, supersedeas issues, fee-shifting, and privilege disputes—the kinds of issues that often determine the course, and ultimately the outcome, of a case. That procedural depth is reflected in his law-school record: Javier was named Best Overall Advocate in the State of Texas, won the 134th National Moot Court Championship for South Texas College of Law, and received the State Bar of Texas Award for Excellence in Appellate Advocacy, given annually to one graduating student from each Texas law school for excellence in written and oral advocacy.

Javier also maintains an active real estate and eviction practice—handling commercial and residential lease disputes from initial possession through trial, appeal, and enforcement, including forcible-detainer actions, justice-court eviction proceedings, and county-court appeals—and an active judgment enforcement and collection practice. On the enforcement side, he advises on collection strategy, post-judgment discovery, turnover and other statutory enforcement remedies, settlement enforcement, and the recognition and enforcement of domestic and foreign judgments, with a practical focus on identifying assets, using the full range of available enforcement tools, and moving clients from a judgment on paper to an actual recovery.

That enforcement focus dovetails with Javier’s substantial cross-border experience. He has represented multiple Mexican companies in domestic and international matters, both in and out of court, and has helped clients enforce rights arising from foreign proceedings—domesticating a multimillion-dollar Mexican judgment in Texas and pursuing collection through post-judgment enforcement, and, representing a small, family-owned Texas company, helping acquire and collect on a multimillion-dollar judgment against a European company. Javier is particularly proud of his work serving the Hispanic business community.

Before joining Jackson Walker, Javier managed a large docket of personal injury plaintiff litigation—experience that now informs his defense practice and gives him a practical understanding of case valuation, damages, settlement pressure, and trial presentation. He had previously served as a summer associate at the firm before returning as an attorney.

Javier earned his J.D., summa cum laude, from South Texas College of Law Houston, where he served as Vice President of the Student Bar Association and as an officer on the Board of Advocates. He was deeply involved in South Texas’s nationally recognized advocacy program, winning multiple regional and statewide championships in moot court and arbitration. He was inducted into the Order of the Barristers and the Order of the Lytae and received the Dean’s Outstanding Advocate Award.

Additional Languages

Spanish

Education

B.B.A., magna cum laude, Accounting and Finance, University of St. Thomas
M.B.A., magna cum laude, Finance, University of St. Thomas
J.D., summa cum laude, South Texas College of Law Houston

• Varsity Moot Court, Mock Trial, and ADR Member
• Order of the Lytae
• Order of the Barristers
• Student Bar Association: 1L Representative, Mid-Law Senator, and Vice-President
• Phi Delta Phi

Bar Admissions

Texas