P. Blaine Grant
Counsel
Blaine Grant represents businesses, executives and financial institutions in high-stakes commercial disputes where the outcome affects their enterprise value, control and reputation. A trusted legal and business advisor and strategist, he develops and executes litigation strategies aligned with his clients’ objectives, whether that means resolving a dispute early or trying the case to verdict.
A trial lawyer with nearly 30 years of experience, Blaine is known for building leverage early, simplifying complex disputes and driving outcomes. As a former business owner, he brings a commercial perspective to litigation. He focuses not only on legal positions, but also on risk, cost, disruption and strategic impact. Clients rely on him when disputes threaten operations, leadership or long-term growth.
Blaine handles a broad range of complex commercial matters, with particular strength in shareholder and closely held business disputes, financial services and regulatory litigation, and high-exposure tort defense. He represents financial institutions in debt collections and regulatory matters, and advises businesses navigating fiduciary duty, fraud and other business tort claims. His experience in complex tort litigation allows him to manage reputational risk and contain rapidly escalating exposure.
Experience
- Negotiated a multimillion-dollar bankruptcy sale to resolve involuntary bankruptcy proceedings for a 50% owner of two credit card companies, eliminating the opposing owner’s interest and positioning the client to defend governance claims and pursue arbitration counterclaims with multimillion-dollar damages.
- Helped a large oil and gas operator resume production and sales after a state administrative agency halted operations as well as a competitive dispute involving fraud, breach of contract and anticompetition claims.
- Defending Texas roofing and construction company in multimillion-dollar breach-of-contract and fiduciary-duty disputes involving former leadership and pursuing claims tied to misuse of company assets and diversion of business opportunities, while preserving governance and business continuity.
- Filed Texas equitable-subrogation malpractice claims for an excess liability carrier seeking to recover approximately $2 million after errors drove a high-exposure settlement.
- Won a ruling permitting discovery of nonprivileged communications between company counsel and departing employees, leading to resolution of a competitor formation dispute and related fiduciary-duty claims.