Email: jlynd@rlattorneys.com
John is admitted to practice in all courts (both State and Federal) in Texas and has been admitted and tried cases on a pro hac vice basis in both State and Federal Court in Louisiana. He has over 30 years of experience representing clients in a broad range of civil trial and appellate matters with a focus on representing Defendant corporate entities and individuals in personal injury, premises liability, property damage, construction defect (contractors, subcontractors, architects, and engineers), toxic tort, and products liability litigation and arbitration proceedings.
John began his legal career in the United Kingdom and has been a member of the Law Society of Scotland since 1990. John sat the Bar Examination and was licensed to practice by the State Bar of Texas in 1999. He moved to Houston in 2001 and became a United States citizen in 2007.
REPRESENTATIVE CASES
• SunAmerica Securities, Inc. (n/k/a AIG Financial Advisors, Inc.) v. Ridout, 2007 WL 1628406 (N.A.S.D. Arbitration - May 25, 2007);
• EcoProduct Solutions, LP v. ENGlobal Engineering, Inc., et al., 2011 Tex. App. LEXIS 4923 (Tex. App. - Houston [1st. Dist.] June 30, 2011, pet. denied);
• Cartwright v. Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., 2011 Tex. App. LEXIS 362 (Tex. App. – Beaumont [9th. Dist.], Jan. 20, 2011, no pet.);
• Yalamanchili v. Mousa, 316 S.W. 3d. 33 (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.] 2010, pet. denied);
• Terry v. BP Amoco Chemical Co., 574 Fed. Appx. 410 (5th Cir. 2014);
• ENGlobal U.S., Inc. v. Gatlin, 449 S.W.3d 269 (Tex. App. – Beaumont 2014, no pet.);
• Hill International, Inc. v. Riverside General Hospital, Inc., WL 2433131(Tex. App. – Houston [1ST. Dist.] May 29, 2014, no pet.);
• Heniff Transportation, LLC v. Trimac Transportation Services, Inc., 847 F.3d 187 (5th Cir. 2017); • Simon v. Pentair Valves & Controls US; 2018 WL 1542437 (Tex. App. Houston [14th Dist.] March 29, 2018); and
• Allentown Mack Sales & Services, Inc. v. Peterson 2021 WL 4333261 (Tex. App. Houston [1st. Dist.] October 5, 2021).
PUBLICATIONS
• “Jurisdictional Issues and the Internet,” State Bar of Texas Continuing Legal Education Conference: “Emerging Legal Issues and the Internet,” November 13, 2009;
• “Construction Contracts: Liability for Negligent Performance,” Construction Executive, March 2007;
• “Viral Videos Publicize – But Infringe,” National Law Journal, May 8, 2006;
• “When It’s None of Their Business (It’s Monday Morning, Do You Know Where Your Trade Secrets Are?),” Legal Times, June 20, 2005; and
• “The Basics of Confirming, Vacating, Modifying and Correcting an Arbitration Award Under the Federal Arbitration Act and the Texas Arbitration Act,” The Advocate, Winter 2003.
