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Jorge A. Padilla

Jorge A. Padilla

Partner, Austin
512.236.2044
jpadilla@jw.com
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Practice Experience Recognition & Accolades Community Involvement Client Results

Practice Areas

  • Trial & Appellate Litigation

Experience

  • Business Litigation
  • Digital
  • Entertainment Litigation
  • Entertainment, Digital, & Sports
  • Media
  • Media Litigation
  • Probate Trust & Fiduciary
  • Product Liability

Biography

Jorge is a partner in Jackson Walker’s trial section. He has extensive experience litigating business disputes for a variety of clients including trustees, executors, tech companies, property managers, real estate investors and developers, healthcare providers, pension funds, and media companies. Although his practice is focused in Austin, Texas, Jorge has advocated for his clients in state and federal courts throughout Texas.

Jorge also has extensive experience in the areas of probate and fiduciary litigation involving will contests, trustees, executors, and other trustees. He has also represented individuals and business entities in partnership disputes and matters involving fiduciary litigation.

Jorge takes pride in the fact that clients trust him with their legal issues. He works efficiently to address their problems and identify practical legal strategies to help them reach their goals. Sometimes disputes can be resolved out of court, which can be faster and cost-effective. Other times, however, a lawsuit is necessary to address a client’s dispute. Jorge has the trial court experience to take his client’s case all the way through trial, navigating the various obstacles encountered along the way.

Education

B.J., University of Texas at Austin
J.D., University of Texas School of Law

Bar Admissions

Texas, 2007

Court Admissions

United States District Courts for the Southern and Western Districts of Texas

Practice Experience Recognition & Accolades Community Involvement Client Results
Areas of Focus
  • Fiduciary Litigation
  • Probate Litigation
  • Trust Litigation
  • Business Disputes
  • Media Litigation
Representative Experience
  • Obtained dismissal of claims with prejudice for healthcare provider and successfully defended ruling before Court of Appeals and Supreme Court of Texas: Morrison v. Whispering Pines Lodge I, L.L.P., 428 S.W.3d 327, 329 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2014, pet. denied).
  • Successfully appealed and overturned trial court’s denial of motion to compel arbitration: Specialty Select Care Ctr. of San Antonio, LLC v. Flores, No. 04-13-00888-CV, 2015 Tex. App. LEXIS 9345, 2015 WL 5157034 (Tex. App.—San Antonio Sept. 2, 2015, no pet. h.).
  • Successfully overturned trial court’s denial of motion to compel arbitration: Villas of Mount Pleasant, LLC v. King, 454 S.W.3d 689 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2014, no pet.).
  • Defended Trustee in lawsuit filed by beneficiaries of Trust and negotiated settlement that allowed Trustee to maintain possession of nearly 7,000-acre ranch in dispute.
  • Represented minority shareholder in breach of fiduciary claim against majority owners and obtained favorable settlement for client.
  • Brought fiduciary duty and derivative lawsuit on behalf of co-owner of physician’s practice and negotiated settlement that included division and distribution of assets of practice.
  • Tried lawsuit to jury verdict in federal court case involving breach of fiduciary duty and misappropriation of property claims arising from partnership dispute.
  • The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.)
    • Commercial Litigation, 2021
  • “Texas Rising Star,” Super Lawyers – Rising Stars by Thomson Reuters, 2020
  • “Austin’s Top Attorneys 2020” – Civil Law Litigation, Austin Monthly, 2020
  • Leadership Austin Essential Class, 2018
  • Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, Fellows Program, 2018
  • Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow
  • Austin Young Lawyers Association
    • President-Elect, 2017-2018
    • Treasurer, 2016-2017
    • Secretary, 2015-2016
  • Silicon Labs Sunshine Run, Co-Race Director, 2016-2017
  • Austin Sunshine Camps, Secretary, 2015
  • ABA/AYLA Leadership Academy, 2012
  • Texas Young Lawyers Association
  • University of Texas School of Law 1L Mentor, 2016-2018
  • Austin Bar Association
    • Board Executive Committee Member, 2017-2019
    • Mentor Program Chair, 2017
  • Diocese of Austin Red Mass Committee, Chair, 2018
Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Jackson Walker Client and Other Noteholders, Denying Bankruptcy Trustee’s Claim to Recover Over $1 Billion in Distributed Funds

October 14, 2020

Jackson Walker Wins Award of Its Attorneys’ Fees in Shield Law Defense of KXAN

July 30, 2015

Jackson Walker Wins Appellate Victory for Client in Partnership Dispute

February 5, 2014

Practice Experience

Areas of Focus
  • Fiduciary Litigation
  • Probate Litigation
  • Trust Litigation
  • Business Disputes
  • Media Litigation
Representative Experience
  • Obtained dismissal of claims with prejudice for healthcare provider and successfully defended ruling before Court of Appeals and Supreme Court of Texas: Morrison v. Whispering Pines Lodge I, L.L.P., 428 S.W.3d 327, 329 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2014, pet. denied).
  • Successfully appealed and overturned trial court’s denial of motion to compel arbitration: Specialty Select Care Ctr. of San Antonio, LLC v. Flores, No. 04-13-00888-CV, 2015 Tex. App. LEXIS 9345, 2015 WL 5157034 (Tex. App.—San Antonio Sept. 2, 2015, no pet. h.).
  • Successfully overturned trial court’s denial of motion to compel arbitration: Villas of Mount Pleasant, LLC v. King, 454 S.W.3d 689 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2014, no pet.).
  • Defended Trustee in lawsuit filed by beneficiaries of Trust and negotiated settlement that allowed Trustee to maintain possession of nearly 7,000-acre ranch in dispute.
  • Represented minority shareholder in breach of fiduciary claim against majority owners and obtained favorable settlement for client.
  • Brought fiduciary duty and derivative lawsuit on behalf of co-owner of physician’s practice and negotiated settlement that included division and distribution of assets of practice.
  • Tried lawsuit to jury verdict in federal court case involving breach of fiduciary duty and misappropriation of property claims arising from partnership dispute.

Recognition & Accolades

  • The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.)
    • Commercial Litigation, 2021
  • “Texas Rising Star,” Super Lawyers – Rising Stars by Thomson Reuters, 2020
  • “Austin’s Top Attorneys 2020” – Civil Law Litigation, Austin Monthly, 2020

Community Involvement

  • Leadership Austin Essential Class, 2018
  • Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, Fellows Program, 2018
  • Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow
  • Austin Young Lawyers Association
    • President-Elect, 2017-2018
    • Treasurer, 2016-2017
    • Secretary, 2015-2016
  • Silicon Labs Sunshine Run, Co-Race Director, 2016-2017
  • Austin Sunshine Camps, Secretary, 2015
  • ABA/AYLA Leadership Academy, 2012
  • Texas Young Lawyers Association
  • University of Texas School of Law 1L Mentor, 2016-2018
  • Austin Bar Association
    • Board Executive Committee Member, 2017-2019
    • Mentor Program Chair, 2017
  • Diocese of Austin Red Mass Committee, Chair, 2018

Practice Areas

  • Trial & Appellate Litigation

Experience

  • Business Litigation
  • Digital
  • Entertainment Litigation
  • Entertainment, Digital, & Sports
  • Media
  • Media Litigation
  • Probate Trust & Fiduciary
  • Product Liability

News

  • Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Jackson Walker Client and Other Noteholders, Denying Bankruptcy Trustee’s Claim to Recover Over $1 Billion in Distributed Funds
  • ‘The Best Lawyers in America’ Honors 164 Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2021 Edition, Including 9 “Lawyers of the Year” and 25 “Ones to Watch”
  • ‘Austin Monthly’ Lists Jorge Padilla Among Top Attorneys for 2020
  • JW Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter – June 2020
  • Jackson Walker Congratulates 30 Attorneys Listed Among 2020 “Super Lawyers – Rising Stars” List
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