Jennifer Butler Wells is an associate in the Litigation/Trial Practice Section of Haynes and Boone’s Dallas office. She has experience representing clients in state and federal litigation involving claims of fraud, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, among others.
Jennifer's experience includes:
- Obtained $13.3 million judgment in civil RICO, fraud, and breach of fiduciary duty lawsuit on behalf of nation's largest privately-held payment processing company.
- After a three-week jury trial in November 2010, secured a judgment in excess of $3.9 million for Celanese, Ltd. against engineering and construction company KBR, Inc. Celanese prevailed on its breach of contract claim arising out of a contract under which KBR undertook the responsibility to design, build and run experiments in a chemical industry pilot plant. Celanese also prevailed on all of KBR's counterclaims.
- Obtaining a favorable plaintiff's jury verdict on deceptive trade practices, fraud, and promissory estoppel claims.
- Obtaining an affirmative summary judgment on breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract claims on behalf of plaintiff corporations in a federal lawsuit involving former corporate officers and violations of the RICO Act, breach of fiduciary duties, and breach of contract.
- Obtaining summary judgment dismissing breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract claims.
Selected Honors
- Life Fellow, Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Foundation
Selected Community and Professional Activities
- Dallas Association of Young Lawyers: Membership Committee Co-Chair, 2010-2011
- Junior League of Dallas, 2009-present
Selected Representative Experience
TransFirst Holdings, Inc. v. Andrew M. Phillips, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, 2006
Represented TransFirst Holdings, Inc., the largest privately held payment processing company in the U.S., in a federal suit against former officers for RICO violations, breach of fiduciary duties, fraud, and breach of contract. TransFirst discovered that the president and two vice-presidents of a payment processing division were operating a covert enterprise of competing businesses formed through the State of Nevada while simultaneously working for TransFirst. After one vice-president was terminated when TransFirst discovered he was an officer of a competing entity, a review of his papers and electronic files revealed evidence of a long-term conspiracy involving all three defendant officers. Prior to trial, the Court ruled in TransFirst's favor on liability for breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract. TransFirst tried the RICO case on liability and damages to federal district judge Jorge Solis over the course of three weeks. A favorable final opinion from the court was issued on January 25, 2010.
Rockwall Commons Assocs., Ltd. v. MRC Mortgage Grantor Trust I, 331 S.W.3d 500 (Tex. App.-El Paso 2011)
Persuaded the El Paso Court of Appeals to affirm a multi-million dollar judgment in a commercial dispute involving the refinance of a $22 million construction loan.