Roland Garcia

Roland Garcia has tried lawsuits in state and federal trial courts, and has argued appeals in state and federal appellate courts. He has handled many high profile cases and has been quoted regarding these cases by The National Law Journal, Houston Chronicle, Dallas Morning News, Austin-American Statesman, Corpus Christi Caller Times, Texas Lawyer, Law360 and others.

Active in the legal profession, Roland was the first minority to be elected President of the Houston Bar Association, the fifth largest voluntary bar association in the country, with more than 11,000 members. He also served as President of the Texas Young Lawyers Association, an elected position of the 22,000 member state-wide lawyers organization. Roland was President of the Hispanic Bar Association and President of the Dispute Resolution Center. He was an elected Director of the State Bar of Texas, and was a Trustee of the Texas Bar Foundation. President Barack Obama appointed Roland to the Board of Visitors of the United States Naval Academy, the governing body for the prestigious Annapolis, Maryland institution. Roland was appointed by the Mayor and Houston City Council to the board of the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority. He serves as Chairman of the Mayor's Hispanic Advisory Board. He also serves on the boards of the Greater Houston Partnership, Memorial Hermann Health System, Harris County Hospital District Foundation and Houston Arts Alliance. He is a fellow of the ABA, Texas and Houston Bar Foundations. Roland served on the Texas Supreme Court's Judicial Selection Task Force which reported on the method for selecting and retaining judicial officers that would best serve the people of Texas, on the Texas Supreme Court's Gender Fairness Task Force and on the Texas Supreme Court Rules Advisory Committee.

Roland has received numerous honors, is a community leader, and is active in local, state and national politics, serving on numerous finance and steering committees of office holders and candidates. He is a frequent writer and speaker on legal topics such as expert witnesses, discovery, and open records, and on civic topics such as volunteerism, education and minority opportunities.

Concentrations

•Commercial litigation
•Arbitration
•Fraud and fiduciary duty litigation
•Restrictive covenant enforcement
•Restraining orders and permanent injunctions
•Non-compete, nondisclosure and non-solicitation disputes
•Trade secret protection
•Music royalty litigation
•Copyright infringement litigation
•Digital Millennium Copyright Act claims
•Music publishing disputes
•First Amendment, open records and due process law
•Constitutional challenges to statutes and ordinances
•Governmental litigation and ultra vires acts
•Prompt Pay Act claims
•Governmental relations, contracting and compliance
•Maritime Law
•Jones Act/Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act
•Dock damage claims
•Sovereign immunity
•Land title and water boundary litigation
•Avulsion, acccretion and erosion claims
•Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
•Appellate law
•RICO claims

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Texas Super Lawyers, 2003, 2005-2018
•Listed, Top 20 Verdicts, Texas Lawyer Magazine, 2018
•Team Member, U.S. News - Best Lawyers, Best Law Firms Edition, Law Firm of the Year, Banking & Finance - Litigation, 2017
•Recipient, Top 25 Latino Lawyers, Latino Leaders Magazine, 2016
•Recipient, Appellate Lawyer of the Week, Texas Lawyer Magazine, 2015
•Team Member, a U.S. News - Best Lawyers Government Relations Law Firm of the Year, 2014
•Ranked, Tier 1 - Government Relations, Austin Metropolitan Area
•Recipient, Leadership in Action Award, Leadership Houston, 2013
•Team Member, a Law360 Appellate Practice Group of the Year, 2010
•Recipient, Lifetime Achievement Award, Hispanic Bar Association, 2010
•Recipient, DiversityFirst Award, 2007
•Recipient, Alumni of the Year Award South Texas College of Law, 2006
•Recipient, H Texas Magazine, Top Lawyer Award, 2006
•Recipient, Leadership Houston 25 Distinguished Alumni Award, 2006)
•Recipient, Texas Legends Award, 2005
•Recipient, AAMA Hero Award, 2004
•Recipient, Bikur Cholim Hospital Jerusalem International Brotherhood Award, 2004
•Recipient, Savvy Award, 2003
•Recipient, March of Dimes Honorary Family Award, 2002
•Recipient, NAACP Alex Award in Legal Excellence, 2002
•Recipient, United Way Leadership Award, 2002
•Recipient, Leadership Award, Center for Houston's Future, 2001
•Recipient, Outstanding Young Alumni Award, Baylor University, 1998
•Recipient, Certificate of Citation, Texas House of Representatives, 1993
•Recipient, Five Outstanding Young Houstonians Award, 1993
•Recipient, Presidential Citation, State Bar of Texas, 1992
•Recipient, President's Award, Houston Bar Association, 1990
•Rated, AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5.0