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