DAWN NELSON V. JOHN WILLIAMS, JR.


We represented Mr. John E. Williams, Jr., named partner of the law firm formerly named Williams Bailey, L.L.P. (now Williams Kherkher).  In this highly publicized case, Mr. Williams’s ex-wife filed a bill of review action seeking to recover in excess of $10 million from Mr. Williams arising out of monies he earned from representing the State of Texas in a tobacco case it had filed against tobacco companies.  After conducting substantial discovery, Mr. Williams obtained a summary judgment on all claims alleged against him.  That result was affirmed by an intermediate court of appeals, and the Supreme Court of Texas declined to hear the case.