§ 01Overview
Javier Morales is a trial lawyer who represents companies and investors in complex commercial disputes, including restructuring-related litigation and disputes over the terms of financings and acquisitions.
He has tried cases to juries and judges in New York and Texas and argued appeals in several federal circuits.
§ 02Experience
Representative matters
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Defending Hawley Finch in a securities class action
Representing a consumer company and its directors in a putative class action following a restatement.
Litigation & Trials
Won a jury verdict for Corvell Freight in a breach-of-contract trial
Tried a dispute over a long-term logistics contract in New York state court; the verdict was affirmed on appeal.
Litigation & Trials
§ 03Credentials
Credentials
- Bar admissions
- New York
- Texas
- Education
- Hollins Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 2007
- Weston State University, B.B.A., 2004
- Languages
- English, Spanish
§ 04Insights
Insights by Javier
Earn-outs: drafting for the dispute you hope never comes
An earn-out bridges a valuation gap at signing and often reopens it two years later. The drafting decides who wins that argument.