Born and raised in Wisconsin, Mike has lived in Sierra Vista, Arizona (twice), Charleston, South Carolina and has commuted across the Arizona\Mexico border for three years. Mike Wilke is the president of River City CFO Services, Inc. Tallying up the amounts of a potentially adverse verdict, a party’s own legal fees and adding in those of the adverse party is enough to dissuade even those with the strongest of cases from taking the matter to court. Further, in the absence of a contract with such a provision, parties face this risk as Texas law provides a statutory right to recover attorney’s fees to a prevailing party under certain circumstances. In contract litigation, a party’s litigation risks may be heightened beyond the threat of an adverse verdict for breach of that contract if the contract at the subject of the dispute contains a “prevailing party” provision (i.e., a contract clause requiring that, in the event of litigation, the prevailing party is entitled to recover attorneys’ fees from the losing party). Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney is a full-service, national law firm with offices in Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Texas.īusiness owners have long wrestled with the uncertainties inherent in litigation, often times reaching what is commonly known as the “business decision” to resolve legal matters by way of pre-trial settlement in order to minimize the unknown costs and outcomes associated with trial. Her practice also includes corporate risk assessment, insurance coverage analysis and business organization planning and implementation. She currently represents commercial and industrial product and equipment manufacturers in environmental and toxic tort product liability litigation. She has provided legal representation in all aspects of commercial and residential construction, including liability defense, contract disputes and interpretation, OSHA compliance, premises liability and indemnity issues on public, private and federal projects.
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She has acted as primary trial counsel involving cases pertaining to construction defects, breach of contract, insurance coverage, property damage, wrongful termination, sexual harassment, personal injury and corporate matters. Her experience includes all aspects of pre-trial and trial work before state and federal courts, as well as mediation and arbitration. She is the Co-Leader of the firm’s Construction Practice Group and one of the creators and editors of LegalBuild, a legal newsletter for the construction industry. Masters is a frequent author and speaker on a variety of legal topics for city, state and national events and publications. With over ten years of experience, she maintains a varied trial practice that focuses primarily in the areas of complex business litigation, general litigation, construction, employment, insurance coverage and products liability.
Shelly Masters is a Shareholder in the Austin office of Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd.