Business Litigation
Regional manufacturer
Patent and trade-secret suit brought by a larger competitor. Two years of discovery, a week-long hearing, and a full defense verdict.
Complete defense verdict; fees recovered.
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Houston · Dallas · New Orleans(713) 555-0184intake@harrowgatepierce.com
Harrowgate & Pierce
Attorneys at Law
Est. 1991 · Houston, Texas
Serious counsel when the outcome actually matters
Thirty-five years of trial work across employment, injury, real estate, and commercial disputes — with a 98% record of cases won or settled in our clients' favor.
9,000+
Cases handled
98%
Won or settled favorably
42
Attorneys & paralegals
35
Years in practice
Our values
We help people fight back — and win
01
A commitment to excellence
Every file gets a partner's review before it moves. No matter is handed to a junior associate and forgotten — that discipline is why our record looks the way it does.
02
A passion for justice
We take civil and commercial matters in roughly equal measure. Big companies fund the practice; individual clients are the reason it exists.
03
Fair, transparent pricing
Flat fees where we can, contingency where it's fairer, hourly only when the matter demands it — and you see the estimate in writing before we start.
What we handle
Our legal practice areas
Free & confidential
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Our team
Lawyers & paralegals
Lesley Harrowgate
Managing Partner
Founding partner and lead civil litigator. 30 years first-chair trial experience across state and federal courts.
Danielle Pierce
Senior Partner
Heads the employment group. Former EEOC investigator; negotiates the settlements other firms say aren't possible.
Marco Delgado
Partner, Personal Injury
Handles catastrophic injury and trucking cases. Recovered more than $60M for injured clients and their families.
Karen Shimizu
Partner, Real Estate
Closes commercial acquisitions and defends contested titles. Board certified in real property law.
Margaret Ellison
Of Counsel, Maritime
Jones Act and longshore specialist with two decades representing offshore crews across the Gulf.
Rohan Mehta
Senior Paralegal
Runs discovery and case intake. Usually the first person you'll speak with, and the one who keeps your file moving.
Case results
Recent legal victories
Nearly 10,000 matters handled, with 98% won or settled in the client's favor. A short list of recent outcomes below.
Labor & Employment
Hospital nurse
Mandatory unpaid overtime plus retaliation after the client reported the practice internally. Tried to verdict rather than settle quietly.
Verdict in the client's favor.
Labor & Employment
Corporate employee
Harassment on a business trip, reported to supervisors who tried to keep it quiet. Resolved before filing through a documented demand.
Confidential settlement obtained.
Criminal Defense
Retail customer
Repeated shoplifting accusations against a client with a mental health condition and a prior record. We took apart the store's own footage.
Case dismissed on the first day of trial.
Maritime & Admiralty
Offshore crew member
Jones Act claim after a deck injury the vessel owner attributed to crew error. Independent engineering review contradicted the report.
Seven-figure recovery.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Fixtures manufacturer
A contested acquisition that stalled for over a year on earn-out language. Restructured the deal terms and closed it.
Transaction closed on client's terms.
Whatever your interest is,
we will stand by it
Talk to an attorney“
Business litigation was what our competitors used to squeeze us. This firm charged a fraction of what we'd been quoted elsewhere and ended the whole thing in one quarter.
David Black — Owner, Black Fabrication
Common questions
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