Dallas

Leda Juengerman

Leda Juengerman practices in a wide spectrum of healthcare litigation matters ranging from health care liability claims litigation to payor/provider disputes. Ms. Juengerman’s experience also includes representing clients in healthcare credentialing and licensing administrative matters, commercial contract and business disputes, appellate matters, and insurance and coverage disputes.
Ms. Juengerman balances her legal practice with hiking with her parents in Grand Canyon and baking vegan cookies with her husband, Sam.

Health Law
Appellate
Baylor University School of Law, J.D., 2016
Cornell College, B.A., 2013
ljuengerman@canteyhanger.com
214-978-4167
214-978-4150
500 N. Akard Street, Suite 2940
Dallas, Texas 75201
Leda Juengerman practices in a wide spectrum of healthcare litigation matters ranging from health care liability claims litigation to payor/provider disputes. Ms. Juengerman’s experience also includes representing clients in healthcare credentialing and licensing administrative matters, commercial contract and business disputes, appellate matters, and insurance and coverage disputes.
Texas State Bar
U.S. District Court for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas
-Eastern District of Michigan
Recognized as a 2020-2024 “Rising Star” in Super Lawyers Magazine, a Thomson Reuters service
Dallas Bar Association (Mock Trial Committee, Legal Line Committee)
Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
Dallas LGBT Bar Association (Clinic Committee)

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Matthew G. Loving

Matthew G. Loving is an experienced civil litigator representing clients in state and federal courts across Texas.His practice focuses on health care providers and entities, and a variety of industries in which businesses are facing cases involving catastrophic injury, Deceptive Trade Practices Act claims, wrongful death, and commercial claims.
For nearly a decade, he has taken cases to jury trial verdicts in first and second chair roles. Before graduating from Texas Tech University School of Law in 2016, Mr. Loving won a national championship in mock trial and moot court, and served as the Chairman of the Board of Barristers. Before joining Cantey Hanger, he served as a law clerk for the Honorable Judge Ruben Reyes of the 72nd District Court of Texas.

Litigation
Health Law
Commercial Litigation
The Texas Tech University School of Law class of 2016
Undergrad – University of Texas at Austin class of 2011
mloving@canteyhanger.com
214-978-4150
214-978-4130
500 North Akard St. Suite 2940
Dallas, Texas 75201
Matthew G. Loving is an experienced civil litigator representing clients in state and federal courts across Texas.His practice focuses on health care providers and entities, and a variety of industries in which businesses are facing cases involving catastrophic injury, Deceptive Trade Practices Act claims, wrongful death, and commercial claims.

For nearly a decade, he has taken cases to jury trial verdicts in first and second chair roles. Before graduating from Texas Tech University School of Law in 2016, Mr. Loving won a national championship in mock trial and moot court, and served as the Chairman of the Board of Barristers. Before joining Cantey Hanger, he served as a law clerk for the Honorable Judge Ruben Reyes of the 72nd District Court of Texas.
State Bar of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Northern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas
Part-time Adjunct at UNT School of Law, teaching advocacy skills to law students and coaching their traveling mock trial teams.

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Jermaine Watson

Mr. Watson’s practice focuses primarily on chapter 11 business bankruptcy reorganizations, chapter 7 business bankruptcy proceedings, creditors’ rights, and commercial litigation.
Mr. Watson has participated in chapter 11 and chapter 7 proceedings in bankruptcy courts throughout Texas, and also in the Northern District of Ohio, Western District of Arkansas, District of Delaware and the Southern District of New York.  Mr. Watson has assisted chapter 7 and chapter 11 business debtor clients and creditors in the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas.  He has confirmed chapter 11 plans for e-commerce, healthcare, energy, and construction companies in chapter 11 bankruptcy cases in the Northern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas.  He has also handled distressed transactions for debtor entities outside of bankruptcy.
He has also successfully assisted entrepreneurs and companies with filing business chapter 7 cases in bankruptcy courts in the Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas.  Mr. Watson has also represented trustees and liquidating trustees in bankruptcy proceedings.  Aside from representing distressed companies and trustees, Mr. Watson has represented lending institutions, a regulator, trade creditors, a creditors’ committee, and ad hoc committees in chapter 11 bankruptcy cases.  Most recently, Mr. Watson served as counsel for the creditors’ committee in the Fore Machine, LLC, et. al chapter 11 bankruptcy case. He has also handled adversary proceedings in bankruptcy cases as well as commercial litigation in state and federal courts.
Mr. Watson began his legal career as a law clerk to Chief Bankruptcy Judge, Kathy A. Surratt-States of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in St. Louis, Missouri.  After completing his four-year clerkship, Mr. Watson joined the Dallas office of a large law firm for nearly five years where he concentrated his practice on restructuring troubled companies, creditors’ rights and bankruptcy related litigation.  Mr. Watson later became the founding shareholder of his own law firm where he continued to focus his practice primarily on restructuring troubled businesses and creditors’ rights.  Prior to joining Cantey Hanger LLP, Mr. Watson was a partner at another law firm in Fort Worth.
Mr. Watson served as a council member of the State Bar of Texas, Bankruptcy Section for eight years prior to stepping down in 2021.  Mr. Watson is also a member of the Dallas Bar Association, J. L. Turner Legal Association, Tarrant County Bar Association, American Bankruptcy Institute and the Dallas Business Club.  Besides his professional affiliations, Mr. Watson serves as a board member of the Metropolitan YMCA of Fort Worth.  He is also an active member of Scouts B.S.A. (formerly Boy Scouts of America) where he serves as an adult leader.  Mr. Watson is a member of the Arlington/Grand Prairie Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. and the Arlington Seventh-Day Adventist Church.

Bankruptcy
Creditors’ Rights
Corporate Restructuring
Commercial Litigation

University of Tennessee at Knoxville, J.D., 2003
University of Tennessee at Knoxville, M.B.A. (in Finance), 2003
Elon University (NC), B.A., 1999
jwatson@canteyhanger.com
(817) 877-2861
(817) 877-2807
600 West 6th Street, Suite 300
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
500 N. Akard Street, Suite 2940
Dallas, Texas 75201
Mr. Watson has participated in chapter 11 and chapter 7 proceedings in bankruptcy courts throughout Texas, and also in the Northern District of Ohio, Western District of Arkansas, District of Delaware and the Southern District of New York. Mr. Watson has assisted chapter 7 and chapter 11 business debtor clients and creditors in the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas. He has confirmed chapter 11 plans for e-commerce, healthcare, energy, and construction companies in chapter 11 bankruptcy cases in the Northern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas. He has also handled distressed transactions for debtor entities outside of bankruptcy.

He has also successfully assisted entrepreneurs and companies with filing business chapter 7 cases in bankruptcy courts in the Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Mr. Watson has also represented trustees and liquidating trustees in bankruptcy proceedings. Aside from representing distressed companies and trustees, Mr. Watson has represented lending institutions, a regulator, trade creditors, and ad hoc committees in chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. Most recently, Mr. Watson served as counsel for the ad hoc board members in the National Rifle Association chapter 11 bankruptcy case seeking the appointment of an examiner. He has also handled adversary proceedings in bankruptcy cases as well as commercial litigation in state and federal courts.

Mr. Watson served as a council member of the State Bar of Texas, Bankruptcy Section for eight years prior to stepping down in 2021. Mr. Watson is also a member of the Dallas Bar Association, J. L. Turner Legal Association, Tarrant County Bar Association, American Bankruptcy Institute and the Dallas Business Club. Besides his professional affiliations, Mr. Watson serves as a board member of the Metropolitan YMCA of Fort Worth. He is also an active member of Scouts B.S.A. (formerly Boy Scouts of America) where he serves as an adult leader. Mr. Watson is a member of the Arlington/Grand Prairie Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. and the Arlington Seventh-Day Adventist Church.
State Bar of Texas, Bankruptcy Section, Business Law Section
Missouri Bar
Tarrant County Bar Association
Dallas Bar Association
J.L. Turner Legal Association
U.S. Federal District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas
U.S. Federal District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
The YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth, Board Member
The University of Tennessee Dallas-Fort Worth Alumni Chapter, Board Member
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated, Arlington-Grand Prairie Graduate Chapter
Scouts B.S.A. (formerly Boy Scouts of America), Assistant Scoutmaster for Boys’ Troop 498
Leadership Fort Worth, Leader Prime Class of 2021
Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce
The Dallas Business Club

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Joshua D. Ross

Mr. Ross is an experienced litigator representing clients in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in both federal and state jurisdictions, with a general focus in defense of health care providers and in environmental regulation and enforcement. With over 70 trials to jury verdict, and prior service as a State Attorney with experience in white collar and organized crime investigation and litigation, Mr. Ross represents clients in malpractice and licensure matters, fraud and abuse investigations and litigation, and other civil and criminal disputes.

Health Law
Government Investigations and Criminal Defense
Administrative Law
Environmental Law
Public & Regulatory
White Collar Criminal Defense
St. Mary’s University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas, 2004
St. Mary’s University School of Law, Institute on World Legal Problems, Innsbruck, Austria, Summer, 2002
Studied Concepts of Foreign Legal Systems, The Internationalization of the Legal Profession, and issues relating to Comparative Constitutional Law under United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
The University of Texas, B.S., May, 2001
jross@canteyhanger.com
(817) 877-2854
(817) 877-2807
600 W. 6th St., Suite 300
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
500 N. Akard Street, Suite 2940
Dallas, Texas 75201
Eleven years as an Assistant District Attorney in the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office, with lead counsel trial experience in the office’s Misdemeanor Trial Division, Family Violence/Domestic Crimes Unit, Felony Trial Division, Juvenile Division, and the Gang/Homicide Unit.

Defense of clients against environmental criminal charges.

Over 70 trials to jury verdict.  Lead counsel on thousands of cases.

Many of Mr. Ross’ criminal trials garnered significant media attention in local, national and worldwide publications and media outlets, including the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The New York Daily News, The Daily Mail, etc.

Mr. Ross’ prosecution and trial of an Aryan Brotherhood of Texas “kingpin” in 2015 was part of a state-wide law-enforcement crackdown by local, state and federal officials targeting the leadership of one of the most violent organized criminal enterprises in the nation.

State Bar of Texas, 2004
United States District Court – Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court – Eastern District of Texas
Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
Fellow, Tarrant County Bar Foundation
Regional Director, Texas Association of Defense Counsel
Tarrant County Bar Association Volunteer Attorney Services Committee Co-Chairperson
Vice Chair, Cantey Hanger Litigation
Partner-in-Charge, Cantey Hanger Dallas Office
Recognized in Fort Worth Inc. Magazine for being a “Top Attorney” for 2018

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Charles H. Smith

Mr. Smith’s area of Litigation practice encompasses all areas of insurance defense including aviation, products liability, professional malpractice, general liability and casualty. He has a widely diversified experience in air carrier litigation, aviation product manufacturer litigation, aerial applicator/toxic tort litigation, and fixed base operator and aircraft owner/operator litigation.

Aviation
Business Law
Southern Methodist University School of Law Juris Doctor, 1974

Southwestern Law Review, Publications Editor
Barristers Honorary Legal Fraternity
Order of the Coif
Phi Delta Phi

Southern Methodist University Bachelor of Business Administration, 1971
chsmith@canteyhanger.com
(214) 740-4201
(214) 978-4150
500 N. Akard St., Suite 2940
Dallas, Texas 75201
Aviation insurance defense experience includes aviation insurance coverage issues and declaratory judgment litigation. The litigation practice includes appellate work at all levels through the Supreme Court of the United States. His Business Transaction practice area includes organizing and structuring business entities and business transactions, negotiating contracts, negotiating and structuring acquisitions, financing and commercial transactions. The transactions practice includes representation of aircraft dealers and brokers, and other general business clients, and involves the acquisition, sale, financing, leasing, management, and operation of transport aircraft and executive jet aircraft; banking transactions involving asset based and floor plan financing for aircraft and inventory; and complex aircraft construction and interior finishing contracts.
• State Bar of Texas

• American Bar Association

• Dallas Bar Association

• Tarrant County Bar Association

• Lawyer-Pilot Bar Association

• Supreme Court of Texas

• All Courts of the State of Texas

• United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas

• United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the Eleventh Circuit

• Supreme Court of the United States
American Board of Trial Advocates
Advisory Board, Journal of Air Law and Commerce, a publication of Southern Methodist University School of Law
The Wings Club
Named to “Best Lawyers in America” list by Woodward/White, Inc., 2008-2016, 2019-2021
Named “Super Lawyer in Aviation and Aerospace” by Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters rating service, 2007-2016
Recognized as a “Texas Super Lawyer” in Aviation and Aerospace by Texas Monthly Magazine in the special September/October issue, 2018-2021.

AVIATION RATINGS AND EXPERIENCE:

Mr. Smith holds an Airline Transport Pilot Certificate, a Learjet Type Rating, Flight Instructor, Ground Instructor Certificates, and Airframe and Power Plant Mechanic Certificate, is an FAA Accident Prevention Safety Counselor, and is a member of the International Society for Air Safety Investigators. He maintains his currency and regularly attends FlightSafety International Inc.’s recurrent flight training programs.

Charlie celebrates, in 2017, 50 years as a pilot.

Commercial Pilot Certificate for Single and Multi-Engine Land Aircraft, Instrument Rating (1968); Learjet Type Rating (1981); and Airline Transport Pilot Certificate (1985).

Cessna Mustang CE510 Single Pilot Type Rating (2008).

Federal Aviation Administration Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award in 2022

Flight Instructor Certificate (1968) for Single and Multi-Engine Land Aircraft and Instrument Rating.

Certified Ground Instructor for Basic, Advanced and Instrument Ground School (1968).

Current Airline Transport Certificate and Flight Instructor Certificate.

Certified Airframe & Powerplant Mechanic (2003).

1976 to 1991 – appointed Accident Prevention Safety Counselor by the Federal Aviation Administration and has spoken at many aviation safety meetings at the request of the Federal Aviation Administration.

International Society for Air Safety Investigators.

FlightSafety International Pilot Initial Training, Learjet Learning Center, Tucson, Arizona (1981).

FlightSafety International Pilot Initial Training, Cessna Mustang, Cessna Learning Center, Wichita Kansas (2008).

FlightSafety International Pilot Initial and Recurrent Training, FlightSafety/Textron Aviation Learning Center, Wichita Kansas (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022).

FlightSafety International Pilot Initial Training, MU-2, Houston Learning Center, Houston, Texas (2002)

FlightSafety International Pilot Initial Training, Beech Bonanza F-33A, (2021), Recurrent Training, (2022)

FlightSafety International ProCard (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022).

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J. Michael Colpoys

Mr. Colpoys has over thirty-eight (38) years experience as a civil trial lawyer with a primary emphasis in professional, transportation, aviation and general liability defense.
Aviation
Transportation
Baylor University School of Law Juris Doctor, 1978
Texas A&M University, 1973-1976
mcolpoys@canteyhanger.com
(214) 740-4213
(214) 978-4150
500 N. Akard St., Suite 2940
Dallas, Texas 75201
His experience has included the trial of aviation, transportation, product liability, and insurance coverage disputes. These representations have included major airframe manufacturers, motor freight carriers, fixed-based operators, property owners, property management companies, airlines, attorneys and dentists as well as insurers.

Johnston V. United States Of America, Et Al, 546 F. Supp. 879 (1982), 568 F. Supp. 351 (1983), 597 F. Supp. 374 (1984)
Cessna Aircraft Company V. Hotton Aviation Co., Inc., 620 S.W.2d 233, Tex. App.–Eastland 1981 (Writ Ref’d N.R.E.)
Gonzales V. Mission American Ins. Co., 795 S.W.2d 734 (Tex. 1990).
•General Motors Corporation And Rawson-Koenig, Inc. V. Hudiburg Chevrolet, Inc. And Hudiburg Chevrolet Holding, Inc., 199 S. W. 3d No. 2 249, (Tex. 2006)
State Bar of Texas
The Supreme Court of United States
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
All United States District Courts in Texas
United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas
Texas Association of Defense Counsel
Dallas Association of Defense Counsel
Defense Research Institute
American Bar Association
Dallas Bar Association
Recognized as one of “The Best Lawyers in America” by Woodward/White, Inc. in Aviation Law.

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Derek Carson

Derek represents clients in a wide range of civil lawsuits and helps his clients solve problems.
A particular area of focus for Derek is federal-court litigation.  Prior to joining Cantey Hanger, Derek served for three years as law clerk to the Honorable Terry R. Means, U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division.  Derek currently serves on the Court Advisory Committee for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Derek is also an appellate practitioner, having argued numerous cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Other areas of emphasis within Derek’s practice include qui tam litigation under the False Claims Act, insurance-coverage litigation, contract disputes, construction-related litigation, and serving as de facto general counsel for small businesses and organizations.

Commercial Litigation
Appellate
Construction
Litigation
Insurance Defense
The University of Memphis, J.D., 2010
Managing Editor, The University of Memphis Law Review
Union University, B.S.B.A., 2007
dcarson@canteyhanger.com
(817) 877-2850
(817) 333-2950
600 W. 6th St. #300
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
500 North Akard Street, Suite 2940
Dallas, Texas 75201
Matthews v. Green, No. 4:22-CV-0471-P, 2023 WL 319949 (N.D. Tex. Jan. 19, 2023)
Sealed Appellant v. Sealed Appellee, No. 22-10116, 2022 WL 3359272 (5th Cir. Aug. 15, 2022)
United States ex rel. Roshan v. E. Texas Med. Ctr., No. 6:16-CV-01128-JDK, 2020 WL 8918651 (E.D. Tex. Nov. 24, 2020)
Surratt v. McClarin, 851 F.3d 389 (5th Cir. 2017), denied sub nom. Surratt v. McClaran, No. 16-1492, 2017 WL 2573655 (U.S. Oct. 2, 2017);
Jones v. Shivers, No. 16-41347, 2017 WL 3911775 (5th Cir. Sept. 6, 2017)
Hurlston v. City of Princeton, 672 F. App’x 335 (5th Cir. 2016)
Hackbelt 27 Partners, L.P. v. City of Coppell, 661 F. App’x 843 (5th Cir. 2016)
Hefner v. Texas Health Mem’l Hosp. Fort Worth, 720 F. App’x 732 (5th Cir. 2018)
House of Praise Ministries, Inc. v. City of Red Oak, No. 10-15-00148-CV, 2017 WL 1750066 (Tex. App.—Waco May 3, 2017, no pet.)
Ashley Electric LLC v. VM Energy LLC et al., No. DC-14-01128, 95th Judicial District Court, Dallas County (Nov. 17, 2014)
Capshaw v. Fort Worth Independent School District, 4:17-cv-00094-A (N.D. Tex. Mar. 21, 2017)
Licensed in Tennessee, 2010
Licensed in Texas, 2013
Admitted to the Supreme Court of the United States
Admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
Admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Tarrant County Bar Association
Tarrant County Bar Association, Diversity Committee
Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association
Leading Edge, Class of 2017
Co-Founder, Community Frontline of Fort Worth, Inc.
Mentor, Kid’s Hope USA, I.M. Terrell Elementary School, 2014
Volunteer, GO Center, Dunbar Middle School, 2015
Federal Bar Association
Coach, Mock Trial Team, Young Men’s Leadership Academy (2022)
Coach, Mock Trial Team, Young Men’s and Women’s Leadership Academies (2021)
Selected “Rising Star” for 2018, 2019, and 2020 by Texas Super Lawyers
Co-Recipient, Community Service Award, 2018, presented by Dunbar High School Alumni Association
Recognized in Fort Worth Inc. Magazine for being a “Top Attorney” for 2018 and 2021
Rocketship Public Schools Texas, Board Member
Court Advisory Committee, U.S.D.C. for the Northern District of Texas
Bar Association of the Fifth Circuit
Selected to 360West Magazine’s “Top Attorneys 2021”
“No One to “Lien” On? An Introduction to the Miller Act”, published on citybiz.co, August 22, 2021
““With Bite, and Without Apology”: Some Basics on Challenging Qui Tam False Claims Act Complaints within the Fifth Circuit”, published by Texas Lawyer Online, August 17, 2021
“Oh Snap!” A Loophole Around the Forum-Defendant Rule“, October 2018 Headnotes, Antitrust Trade Regulation Business Litigation Section of the Dallas Bar Association
“’Oh Snap’ A Loophole Around the Forum-Defendant Rule in Removal Cases,” Tarrant County Bar Association Bulletin (July /August 2018)
“Federal Rules Update: December 2015,” The Federal Lawyer (April 2016)
“Challenging A Default Judgment In A Texas Federal Court”  So you just learned that a federal court in Texas has entered a default judgment against your company.
“Texas Supreme Court Issues New “Spoliation” Rules with Implications for Company Document-Retention Policies”, July 15, 2014
“Fifth Circuit Clarifies the ‘Active Participation’ Exception to the Internal Revenue Code’s Farming Syndicate Rules,” July 8, 2014
“Chapter 150 Update,” Cantey Hanger LLP – January 2014
“Things to Consider When Writing a Brief,” Cantey Hanger Associate Training, April 15, 2015
“Playing Eighteen Holes of Golf Will Teach You More About Your Adversary Than Will Eighteen Years of Dealing with Him in a Courtroom,” presented by J. Frank Kinsel, Jr., at the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys, 2015 Annual Meeting, Ponte Vedra, Florida, April 22-26, 2015
“Appellate Issues Involving Voir Dire,” Presented at the Tarrant County Bar Association’s Brown Bag Seminar Series “Brave New World: Jury Selection,” January 22, 2016

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