Jared M. Slade

• Served as trial and appellate counsel for a major wireless telecommunications provider in federal court on an issue of first impression regarding 911 services liability. Obtained dismissal at the trial level and affirmance before the Fifth Circuit on the basis that the client was entitled to 911 service provider immunity.  
• Won a jury verdict on all claims for a construction subcontractor in a Northern District of Texas action alleging minimum wage and overtime violations under the FLSA and breach of contract.
• Won an arbitration on breach of contract claims and fraud and fraudulent inducement counterclaims in a JAMS proceeding and confirmed arbitration award over a motion to vacate in Texas state court.
• Won a grant of summary judgment on a plaintiff’s claims in a Texas state putative class action on behalf of an insurance company based on an alleged denial of uninsured/underinsured (UM/UIM) motorist coverage.
• Won a grant of summary judgment on a plaintiff’s claims for breach of contract, misrepresentation and fraud theories based on a commercial lease transaction in Texas state court.
• Secured a favorable settlement in a qui tam False Claims Act litigation against a medical device seller after successful Rule 12 motions resulted in anticipated elimination of all off-label marketing allegations for which the relator claimed billions of dollars of recoverable damages.
• Secured payment in full of outstanding debt under a commercial mortgage after filing for summary judgment in a federal action to enforce the mortgage guaranty on behalf of a lender.
• Secured a TRO under the Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act to prevent dissemination or use of an employer’s trade secrets by a former employee who absconded with them.
• Secured a preliminary injunction in the Delaware Court of Chancery preventing the distribution of sufficient proceeds from the sale of substantially all of the assets of an oil and gas investor to make whole an equity interest holder who was denied equity distribution payments.
• Represented the trustee of RMBS trusts in various trust instruction proceedings.
• Resolved in a tenant’s favor a pre-litigation dispute between the tenant and postforeclosure landlord concerning the tenant’s audit rights and overpayments of costs and expenses to the preforeclosure landlord.
• Represented an inmate telecommunications provider in a trio of federal lawsuits alleging patent infringement and tortious interference.
• Conducted pre-litigation research and analysis of possible claims for a variety of clients in the real estate, financial services and manufacturing industries. 
• Challenged disclosure under the Texas Public Information Act of a client’s confidential and proprietary materials submitted as part of a request for qualifications.

Jared Slade, a member of the firm’s Litigation & Trial Practice Group in Dallas, has handled a variety of commercial litigation matters in the financial services, real estate, health care and telecommunications industries. He has advised financial services providers in suits alleging breach of contract, fraud and numerous federal and state securities law violations, assisted on construction litigation matters, represented an engineering company facing negligent design claims and handled numerous actions relating to fiduciary duties for trustees, general partners and managing members. He has represented both plaintiffs and defendants. He has won numerous verdicts as first chair, including in a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) defense and a breach of contract arbitration. He earned his J.D. from Duke University School of Law. Among his experiences there, he participated in the Community Enterprise Clinic and served as a staff writer for the Duke Law & Technology Review. Before law school, Jared received his A.B. in government from Harvard University.

Bar Admissions

• Texas
• Florida

Education

• Duke University (J.D., 2007)
• Harvard University (A.B., 2003)

Memberships