Josué J. Galván

Complex Business and Property Disputes

• Represented clients through state court, federal court, and arbitration proceedings involving breach of contract, tortious interference, and fiduciary duty claims resolved through favorable settlement
• Represented client in matter obtaining complete dismissal of trespass to try title suit via summary judgment
• Represented client in matter obtaining partial summary judgment dismissing claims for attorneys’ fees and lost profits in federal court, and resolving remaining claims through favorable settlement
• Obtained favorable settlement for client to avoid enforcement of foreign judgment
• Favorably resolved numerous suits for partition of surface and mineral estates
• Successfully defended client against multiple demands for unpaid charges

Personal Injury Defense

• Defended various businesses through AAA and JWA arbitrations involving work-injury and wrongful death claims through which clients obtained favorable settlements
• Represented business clients in state court litigation involving commercial vehicle accidents through which clients obtained favorable settlements

Employment Litigation

• Obtained preliminary injunction in federal court to enforce non-compete agreement against business client’s former employee
• Obtained summary judgment dismissal of former employee’s lawsuit against business client
• Represented client in arbitration proceeding involving theft of trade secrets claim that resolved through favorable settlement

• Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (Woodward/White Inc.), Appellate Practice, 2022-2024
• Texas Rising Star – Business Litigation, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2021-2023
• Presidential Citation, State Bar of Texas, 2023
• Civility Award, Texas Young Lawyers Association, 2022
• Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation, 2021
• “Best S.A. Lawyers” List – Business Litigation, San Antonio Scene, 2019-2023
• “Rising Star Lawyers” List, San Antonio Scene, 2017, 2022
• President’s Award of Merit, Texas Young Lawyers Association, 2020
• Margaret A. Costello Pro Bono Award

• Author, “Embracing My Roots and Heritage,” The Texas Lawbook (2020)
• Mention, “Texas Lawyers Win Asylum for Family Threatened by Taliban,” Texas Lawyer (2017)
• Author, “Now What?: A Guide to Navigating the Michael Morton Act’s Seemingly Unconstitutional Pro Se Provision,” 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 423 (2016)

• Diversity in the Profession Committee, State Bar of Texas, 2019 – 2023
• San Antonio Young Lawyers Association, Board of Directors, 2020 – Present
• Texas Young Lawyers Association, Board of Directors, 2019 – 2023
• Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow
• LeadershipSBOT, 2018 – 2019
• San Antonio Bar Association
• The William S. Sessions American Inn of Court
• Teach for America – Rio Grande Valley, 2011 Corps
• Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Pathfinder Program 2021