Personal Background
Robert Arthur represents clients in a wide variety of business and commercial disputes.
Robert graduated cum laude from South Texas College of Law and competed on the nationally recognized South Texas College of Law advocacy team as both a brief writer and oral advocate. Robert received the Dean’s Student Advocacy Service Award for his achievements as an advocate, the Justice Bud Warren Memorial Award for excellence in brief writing, and was elected to the National Order of the Barristers (recognition nation- wide as a top oral advocate) and National Order of the Scribes (recognition nation-wide as a top legal writer). He competed in moot court competitions across the United States including the National Appellate Advocacy Competition, one of the most prestigious in the country. He also clerked for the Honorable Judge William C. Sowder in the 99th District Court of Texas and served as an Articles Editor on the Texas Journal of Business Law.
Robert grew up south of Houston in Friendswood, Texas. He is heavily involved in his community and works with the Friendswood Education Foundation, an organization that provides grants to support the Friendswood ISD school system. Robert prides himself on being an attorney that is always available to address the firm’s clients’ concerns. His relentless dedication to service sets him apart in the industry. He will always recommend a practical business approach to his cases that will achieve maximum results. Robert has the results to back it up, with multiple successful trials and summary judgment motions in the past few years.
Areas of Focus
- Business litigation
- Commercial litigation
- Employment litigation
- Real property and lease disputes
Education
- JD, South Texas College of Law (cum laude)
- BBA, Texas Tech University
Awards & Recognitions
- Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars (2020-2024)
- Best Lawyers in America (2020-2025)
- Top Attorneys in Texas (2024)
Affiliations & Community
- Houston Young Lawyers Association
- Houston Bar Association
- State Bar of Texas Litigation and Appellate Section member
- Friendswood Education Foundation
- Houston Bar Association – Lawyers for Literacy Committee (2023-2024)
Representative Matters
- Defended an LTE cellular network provider in a lawsuit by a California-based wireless broadband network component provider in an action for breach of a contract to purchase component parts necessary to build an LTE network in West Texas.
- Pursued claims on behalf of an Oklahoma-based company that sells and rents frac water transfer equipment. Two former employees solicited the company’s customers and used their resources to start a competing business while still employed by the company.
- Pursued claims on behalf of a Houston area restaurant and wine bar for breach of a contract related to an event held at their facility.
- Pursued and defended indemnity claims on behalf of a large motor vehicle manufacturer.
- Pursued claims on behalf of a steel supplier against a former employee related to the theft of highly confidential information including the company’s employees’ social security numbers and banking information.
- Pursued claims on behalf of a product manufacturer against former employees related to the theft of company information, including pricing and vendor information, in violation of their employment agreements and Texas state law.
- Defended a Texas-based drilling rig manufacturer in a lawsuit by a drilling rig purchaser. The purchaser claims the manufacturer breached a rig construction contract and tortiously interfered with its contract with a drilling operator. The purchaser is seeking approximately $25 million for the cost of repairing the rig and lost profits.
- Pursued claims on behalf of a real estate developer in the Houston Galleria area. The developer is building a 15-story office building next to an apartment complex. The apartment complex complained that the tower crane being used to construct the office building is trespassing on the airspace above the complex. The real estate developer filed suit seeking a declaration that the tower crane is not trespassing on the apartment complex’s airspace.
- Defending a Department of Transportation safety and compliance consulting company against claims related to the negligent training of a clients’ independent contractor driver.
