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Lawyer Overview

Julia Lynn Nye's practice is focused on commercial litigation, with an emphasis on international disputes, contract disputes, and contracts involving foreign law. She has represented clients before state and federal courts and before domestic and international arbitration panels. Her international contract litigation representations include matters governed by the laws of Colombia, Guatemala, and Nigeria and disputes for projects located in Europe and Asia. Her pro bono experience includes the current representation of a client in a matter involving Eritrean law and protection from religious persecution.

Julia's contract litigation experience includes international and domestic contract disputes related to chemical production and partnership distribution and to agreements for joint venture, license, oil and gas industry construction, distributorship, supply and warehousing, professional services, business noncompete, insurance coverage, and indemnification. She has extensive experience in international arbitration related to chemical manufacturing and oil and gas industry disputes as well as in enforcement of international arbitration awards in the U.S. and abroad.

Julia's litigation experience also encompasses employment litigation, including defense of Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower complaints, EEOC charges, discrimination and harassment court claims, and enforcement of employee and customer nonsolicitation covenants; international forum non conveniens disputes; trade secret litigation, including matters involving employee liability issues; business tort claims; intellectual property litigation, including patent, trademark, and copyright infringement claims; and mass toxic tort litigation defense.

In addition, Julia has experience obtaining temporary restraining orders and injunctions in state and federal court and in arbitration to enforce forum selection clauses, arbitration agreements, and nonsolicitation agreements; to obtain anti-suit and anti-anti-suit injunctive relief; and to preserve and enforce other contract and intellectual property rights. Her work using electronic discovery and computer forensics examination evidence in employment trade secret and noncompete litigation was featured in the March 2007 ABA Journal.

Julia's most recent pro bono and community work includes participation in Jones Day Houston's "Jr. JD" program and representation of a refugee seeking asylum in the United States and protection under the Convention Against Torture.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Alternative Dispute Resolution & Mediation
• International Litigation & Arbitration
• Labor & Employment

Representative Cases

• Auhaus/Wang Hing, Inc. d.b.a. AW Printing v. SML Labels, Inc.
• BAYPO Limited Partnership v. PO Offtake LP
• Chance v. Phillips Petroleum Company
• DigCom, Inc. v. Nokia Mobile Phones, Inc., Nokia Networks, Inc.
• General Electric Company and General Electric Capital Corporation v. Caporales
• Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. v. Apatlan. S.A.
• Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. v. International Technical Solutions, Inc.
• Immobichamp, S.A., DE C.V. v. Garrett Aviation Services
• Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc. v. Enron Power Corp.
• Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc. v. Walter Mortensen Insurance
• Kellogg Brown & Root, S. de R.L. v. Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, Limited
• Key Equipment Finance v. AmeriCap Credit
• Prescott v. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
• Research In Motion Corp. and Research In Motion Limited v. Good Technology, Inc., Case No. 02CC00274
• AAA Arbitration in Houston, Texas
• AAA Arbitration in Texas
• Advice and Referrals , (2004)
• Arbitration challenge
• Cumene Litigation: Maersk Shetland
• Employment dispute claims
• ICC Arbitration in France and Guatemala
• In re Palladium Incorporated
• Lyondell Chemical Company Joint Venture , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Class Actions, Collective Bargaining, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, International Trade Litigation, Labor Arbitration, Labor Disputes, Labor Law, Labor Legislation, Labor Relations Boards & Proceedings, Litigation & Appeals, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Unfair Labor Practices, Unions, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court, Wage & Hour Laws, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act

Bar Admissions

• California
• Texas

Education

• U of Houston - Houston (Main)

Published Works

• A Tangled Trail of Discovery, ABA Journal, 2007

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