J. Wiley George

Wiley has served as lead counsel in a variety of recent litigation and counseling matters. He has represented such clients as:

• A litigation trust seeking to avoid $1.7 billion of fraudulent transfers in a North Carolina federal court trial (The FairPoint Communications Litigation Trust v. Verizon Communications, Inc.; In the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina)
• Harris County, Texas in a trial over alleged violations of the Voting Rights Act in connection with redistricting of elected maps (James Rodriguez, et al. v. Harris County, et al.; In the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas)
• The buyers in shareholder lawsuits over a $6 billion merger (In re: Kinetic Concepts, Inc. Shareholder Litigation; In the District Court of Bexar County, Texas)
• One of the world's largest banks in a multi-week trial over the alleged wrongful dishonor of a $33 million letter of credit (Midcontinent Express Pipeline v. Man Industries (India) Ltd. v. The Bank of Tokyo – Mitsubishi UFD, Ltd.; In the District Court of Harris County, Texas)
• The City of Houston in a trial over the legality of increases in the City's water and sewer rates (In the Matter of the City of Houston, Texas; In the District Court of Travis County, Texas)
• An ad hoc committee of convertible noteholders in a confirmation trial in Delaware Bankruptcy Court (In re: Spansion, Inc.; In the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware)

• A property and casualty insurance company in lawsuits throughout Texas over coverage for environmental and toxic tort liabilities 
• The NCAA in a wrongful death suit brought by the family of a student-athlete who played for one of The NCAA's member institutions (Dale Lloyd, et al. v. the National Collegiate Athletic Association, et al.; In the District Court of Harris County, Texas)
• A regional airline carrier in an arbitration against a major airline carrier over the interpretation of various aspects of the contracts governing the parties' relationship (Continental Airlines, Inc. v. ExpressJet Holdings, Inc. et al.)
• A publicly traded energy company in a Delaware Chancery Court trial over a failed merger with another publicly traded energy company (Frontier Oil Corporation v. Holly Corporation; In the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware in and for New Castle County)
• An international property and casualty company as national counsel in connection with the cancellation of a nationwide insurance program

• US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• US District Court for the Northern District of Texas
• US District Court for the Southern District of Texas
• US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
• US District Court for the Western District of Texas