Overview

Floyd helps his clients navigate complex, high-stakes claims around the country. He brings more than 25 years of litigation experience to the defense of catastrophic personal injury claims, bet-the-company business disputes, and complicated commercial litigation. He has routinely and successfully represented public and private companies, as well as individuals and local governmental entities, in complex, multi-million dollar matters involving a wide range of legal and technical issues across a broad spectrum of industries and fields. From 2010-2014, he served as a lead member of the trial team successfully representing Halliburton nationwide in all civil litigation arising from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Committed to efficiently serving his client’s interests, Floyd embraces the opportunity to help his clients through difficult circumstances, craft solutions to their challenges, and present the best case possible to juries. With a strong technical aptitude and innate curiosity, he delves into the nuances of his clients’ business and industry to better understand their situations, the claims they face, and the solutions to their legal problems. He also leverages those qualities and his drive to solve his clients’ legal problems into developing a deep understanding of the medical, scientific, and engineering principles involved in a case. Whether it is neuroanatomy of memory, etiology and effects of TBI, the way humans interact with their environment, engineering principles in bridge construction or complex fluid dynamics in deepwater oil drilling, Floyd dedicates himself to understanding the science involved to better serve his clients and achieve success.

Floyd routinely represents clients in high-stakes litigation around the country. He has tried cases to verdict in multiple states. He has successfully handled eight, nine and ten-figure cases. In every case, regardless of size and location, he tirelessly devotes himself to his clients’ interests.

Experience

  • Obtained defense verdict in case alleging serious personal injuries from a motor vehicle accident that occurred after our client's truck broke down on a busy highway (Houston, TX)
  • Obtained defense verdict in case alleging TBI from a motor vehicle accident in which our client rear-ended the plaintiff (Denver, CO)
  • Obtained summary judgment in wrongful death case in which employee sustained fatal injuries at work (Caldwell, ID)
  • Obtained defense verdict in case involving significant personal injuries from a motor vehicle accident in which plaintiff hit our client’s truck that pulled onto highway (Gallup, NM)
  • Prevailed on motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction in business dispute against Texas resident sued in Colorado
  • Prevailed on motion to dismiss sex abuse claims brought against residential facility
  • Obtained defense verdict in products liability case in which plaintiff sustained significant burns after alleged product failure (Sheboygan, WI)
  • Represented Halliburton nationwide in all civil litigation arising out of the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
  • As lead attorney for four major financial institutions, secured dismissal of qui tam False Claims Act matter alleging mortgage-related fraud
  • As lead attorney for major pharmaceutical company, secured dismissal of client in qui tam False Claims Act matter alleging health care fraud and anti-kickback violations
  • Successfully defended state Medicaid intermediary in two qui tam False Claims Act matters alleging health care fraud
  • Successfully defended incumbent telecommunications company in arbitration under the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 before the Missouri Public Service Commission
  • Successfully defended incumbent telecommunications company in numerous arbitrations under the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 before the Texas Public Utility Commission
  • Successfully represented incumbent telecommunications company on issue of first impression before the Fifth Circuit
  • Successfully defended school district on statutory and constitutional claims (Friona Indep. Sch. Dist. v. King, 15 S.W.3d 653 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 2000, no writ)

Publications

  • “An Uncertain Protection”, Internal Auditor June 2008
  • “What SOX 806 Whistleblowers Need to Prove”, Texas Paralegal Journal, Winter 2007
  • “SOX’s Section 806: Is the Corporate Whistle-Blower Any Safer?”, Fraud Magazine Nov./Dec. 2007
  • “What SOX 806 Whistleblowers Need to Prove”, Executive Counsel July 2007
  • “For Corporate Fraud Whistleblowers: Timing is Everything Under Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act”, The Federal Lawyer June 2007
  • “SOX, Whistleblowers and Private Companies”, Executive Legal Advisor November/December 2006
  • “Pay Attention to SOX Whistle-Blower Provision”, Texas Lawyer December 2005

Professional Affiliations

Colorado Bar Association

State Bar Association of Texas

Collin County Bar Association

Education
  • Baylor Law School
    • J.D. - 1997
    • Honor: Cum laude
    • Law Review: Baylor Law Review, Notes & Comments Editor, 1995 - 1997
  • Baylor University
    • B.A. - 1993
    • Major: Philosophy & Political Science
    • Honor: Cum laude
Bar Admission
  • Texas, 1997
  • Arizona, 2018
  • Colorado, 2015
  • New Mexico, 2024
Court Admission
  • U.S. District Court District of Colorado
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
Honors and Awards
  • Texas Super Lawyers, 2013 - 2019
  • Martinedale-Hubbell, AV Rated 2017
  • D Magazine's Best Lawyers in Dallas, 2017
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