Practice Areas
Civil Litigation
Alagood & Cartwright, P.C. represents clients at trial and on appeal in both state and federal court. We have attorneys qualified to represent clients whether they are the plaintiff or the defendant in a broad-range of cases. If you have been sued, threatened with a lawsuit, or wish to pursue a case against someone else, you can Contact Us for a consultation to evaluate your case.
Residential and Commercial Real Estate
Alagood & Cartwright, P.C. represents individuals and businesses regarding buying and selling all forms of real estate, including undeveloped land, improved properties, mixed-used developments, and easements; commercial developments; foreclosures; restrictive covenants; Homeowner’s Association issues; condominium declarations; property management; boundary disputes; and real estate litigation.
Construction Law
Alagood & Cartwright, P.C. represents contractors, owners, architects, and engineers in negotiating and preparing construction contracts and other documents; and construction litigation.
Condemnation/Eminent Domain
Alagood & Cartwright, P.C. represents landowners and governmental entities in all phases of the condemnation process from preliminary negotiations to final jury trials.
Residential and Commercial Leasing
Alagood & Cartwright, P.C. represents individuals and businesses regarding virtually all aspects of leasing residential and commercial real property, including negotiating and drafting leases, reviewing and interpreting lease provisions, lease disputes, and other tenancy litigation.
Corporate Law
Alagood & Cartwright, P.C. represents clients in virtually all areas of business law, including litigation; formation and dissolution of corporations, partnerships and other business entities; buy-sell agreements; contracts; and disputes between shareholders, officers, directors, and partners.
General Civil Practice
Alagood & Cartwright, P.C. represents clients in all types of residential and commercial real estate matters, including document preparation and boundary disputes.
Insurance Law
Alagood & Cartwright, P.C. represents individuals and business clients in a broad-range of consumer matters, including civil litigation; deceptive trade practices; fraud; and breach of contract. Our firm also represents clients who are involved in disputes with their insurance companies, including refusing to pay proper claims, failing to pay claims on a timely basis, violations of the Texas Insurance Code, breach of the insurance company's duty of good faith and fair dealing, and other bad faith insurance practices.
Landlord and Tenant Law
Alagood & Cartwright, P.C. represents landlords and tenants in forcible entry and detainer actions, wrongful retention of security deposits, damage claims, and other litigation that may arise during the Landlord/Tenant relationship.
Medical Malpractice
Alagood & Cartwright, P.C. represents individuals and healthcare providers in prosecuting and defending medical malpractice actions, including negligent failure to diagnose, negligent performance of surgical procedures, and negligent policies and procedures.
Personal Injury Litigation
Alagood & Cartwright, P.C. represents clients who have been the victims of medical malpractice (e.g., negligence of physicians, nurses, dentists, hospitals, chiropractors, physical therapists, etc.), nursing home negligence, wrongful death, catastrophic injury, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, toxic torts, automobile accidents, product liability, work-related injuries, dangerous premises conditions (e.g., pools, apartment complexes, restaurants, malls, department stores, parking lots/garages, inadequate security, etc.), and dangerous animals (e.g., dog bites, etc.). Clients range from those who actually suffered the injury to their family members, including parents, spouses, and children.
Commercial / Banking Law
Alagood & Cartwright, P.C. represents a number of financial institutions in a broad-range of matters, including real estate loans; civil litigation; UCC issues; financial privacy issues; and subpoenas served by criminal investigators, civil litigants, and the IRS.
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Permits and Licenses
Alagood & Cartwright, P.C. represents potential licensees and permittees in the preparations and filing of licenses and permit applications for the sale of alcoholic beverages.
Wills
Alagood & Cartwright, P.C. represents clients in need of Wills, Medical Power of Attorney, Living Wills, Declaration of Guardianships, Durable Powers of Attorney, and other instruments.