Austin C. Evans

Austin C. Evans is a shareholder with Harrison & Mecklenburg, Inc. who maintains a civil litigation practice covering a wide range of legal matters including business and commercial litigation, fiduciary/probate litigation, debt collection, contract disputes, labor disputes, and real estate disputes. A native of Oklahoma, Austin graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a B.S. in Zoology and received a law degree in 2002 from Texas Tech University, Magna Cum Laude.

Business and Commercial Litigation

• ​​​Represented small business against tenant for past due rent and damages to premises and obtained a jury verdict of over $60,000 plus attorneys' fees for client
• Represented small business against guarantor of line of credit and obtained a jury verdict of over $400,000 for client
• Represented individuals in complex corporate disputes involving allegations of breach of fiduciary duties, breach of contract, misappropriation and fraud
• Represented national utility provider in Texas for damages to facilities
• Represented electricity provider in litigation throughout Texas
• Represented property management company throughout North Texas providing services ranging from evictions to defense of employee initiated litigation
• Represent third party administrator in litigation and arbitration arising out of self-funded employee benefit plans

Fiduciary/Probate Litigation

• Represented executor in probate litigation in action against spouse of deceased
• Represented spouse in guardianship proceeding
• Represent beneficiary in action against executrix

Debt Collection

• Represented individual against former spouse to recover money loaned to spouse and obtained a verdict of over $30,000 for client
• Represents debt collection companies that require services ranging from demand letters, filing suit to garnishments
• Represents family owned and operated businesses that require services ranging from filing mechanic's liens to foreclosure of lien
• Represent businesses and individuals to collect on promissory notes and judgments
• Conduct post-judgment discovery, depositions, foreclosures on real and personal property

Contract Disputes

• Represent businesses and individuals seeking to enforce a contract or to get out of a contract
• Labor Disputes
• Represent employers who seek to enforce employment agreements and restrictive covenants
• Represent employees against employers who seek to enforce employment agreements and restrictive covenants
• Represented several small businesses in employee wage claim disputes

Property Disputes

• Represented individuals in boundary line disputes and partition of real property