Biography
Sean Gallagher is a commercial trial lawyer with a knack for translating complex issues into plain language. Since 2020, Sean has been named to the Super Lawyers’ Texas Rising Stars list, which recognizes the state’s top young lawyers and is awarded to only 2.5 percent of eligible attorneys each year.
Sean’s practice focuses on high-stakes commercial and business litigation involving fraud, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, partnership disputes, business divorces, Lanham Act claims, trademark and copyright disputes, RICO claims, and general business litigation. Sean’s cases have also helped shape the law on many of these issues.
Before joining Jackson Walker, Sean practiced at two nationally-recognized litigation firms, honing his skills as a trial lawyer and obtaining a number of favorable outcomes for his clients, including multiple judgments on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants.
Education
B.A., with honors, University of Texas at Austin
J.D., University of Texas School of Law
Bar Admissions
Texas, 2016
Court Admissions
U.S. District Court for the Northern, Eastern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas
Prior to joining Jackson Walker, Sean’s recent experience included several successful results and high-profile cases, including:
- Serving on the trial team representing AT&T against false advertising claims brought by Sprint challenging AT&T’s nationwide 5G Evolution ad campaign and “5GE” phone indicator in the Southern District of New York
- Successfully argued and obtained an award of summary judgment from the Nevada Bankruptcy Court finding that the client’s $4,102,597.75 debt was nondischargeable due to actual fraud under Section 523(a)(2)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code
- Obtaining a seven-figure plaintiff’s judgment in a fraudulent transfer and alter ego case before the Dallas County District Court (confidential settlement and forbearance agreement entered into post-judgment)
- Obtaining a plaintiff’s judgment, including an award of attorneys’ fees, for breach of contract on behalf of a private real estate investment firm
- Obtaining a take nothing judgment on behalf of national real estate investment trust
- Briefing certified questions on an issue of first impression to the Nevada Supreme Court as to whether the alter ego doctrine and doctrine of improper dominion and control applied to Nevada entities. The Court rendered a unanimous opinion in favor of their clients. The underlying dispute was also profiled in Forbes
- “Texas Rising Star,” Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2020-2021
- Acknowledged in Winning at Cross-Examination: A Modern Approach for Depositions & Trial by Shane Read