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AREAS OF PRACTICE Construction Insurance Litigation - Commercial Litigation - General Real Estate Cleve has spent more than 20 years specializing in Commercial Litigation with an emphasis on dispute resolution. From traditional areas of dispute, including claims of deceptive trade, fraud, liability issues and tenant-landlord disputes, to the high-tech, cyber-business issues of today, Cleve has successfully represented and protected the interests and rights of his clients. REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE Represented company in theft of computer data and company trade secrets securing permanent injunction against former employees and competing business. Represented the largest secured creditor in simultaneous multi-district, multi-state, federal and state court litigation involving the Angel Fire Ski Resort, obtaining a state court receivership and completing a Plan of Reorganization in U.S. Bankruptcy Court permitting the sale of the resort from which the client received the single largest payment and an originally targeted recovery of $6 million. Successfully defended a corporate officer and director against $25 million insider manipulation claims of breach of fiduciary duty and fraud in a bond trading case. Represented joint venture partner in the first Texas Chapter 9 municipal utility district bankruptcy, and successfully defended $35 million deceptive trade practices claims by the MUD homeowners. Successfully defended apartment complex owners' premises liability claim for failure to provide adequate security and DTPA claims of rape and assault. CERTIFICATIONS Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES / MEMBERSHIPS / AFFILIATIONS State Bar of Texas. Dallas and American Bar Associations. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND 1975 - B.B.A., University of Texas at Austin 1978 - J.D., Southern Methodist University. | 