BAILEY BRAUER - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Member of Various Bar Associations and Committees
Alex Brauer is a sought-after trial attorney who helps clients resolve their business disputes. He has taken numerous matters through trial before both judges and juries and has an exceptional track record. Given his expertise, clients utilize Alex to handle disputes in state and federal courts in Texas and throughout the country. While Alex has assisted several clients with disputes involving the sales and purchases of businesses, clients call on Alex to resolve various controversies ranging from allegations of fraud and deceptive practices in commercial transactions to breaches of fiduciary duties and obligations relating to non-compete agreements. As a result of his work, Alex has been recognized in Chambers USA, Texas Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers in Dallas, Texas Trailblazers, and Best Lawyers in America.
Alex is a member of various bar associations and committees and has served on the Dallas Bar Association Judiciary Committee and Fee Disputes Committee. He is also a proud supporter of Readers 2 Leaders, a literacy program that serves more than 400 West Dallas students from ages 5-12 every year, and the North Texas Community Giving Foundation.
Alex graduated cum laude from Florida State University before earning his law degree at the Georgetown University Law Center, where he served as executive editor for the Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics.
In the commercial litigation context, Mr. Stewart has handled cases involving fraud, contractual disputes, theft, breach of fiduciary duty, conspiracy, violation of restrictive covenants, antitrust, insurance coverage disputes, and officer/director liability.
In the bankruptcy litigation context, he has represented clients in adversary proceedings, claims administration and objections, estate valuation disputes, contested confirmation hearings, and contested matters related to lifting or extending the automatic stay, assuming and rejecting contracts, and cash collateral/adequate protection issues.
Mr. Stewart has also assisted companies with internal investigations and government investigations-including responding to civil investigative demands from the SEC and CFTC.
He graduated from Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and served as a moot court editor and judge. He is a member of the Federal Bar Association and Texas Bar Foundation.
Consistently recognized as a Benchmark Litigation "Litigation Star," Mr. Bailey is respected for his trial and appellate work in complex tort and commercial cases in federal and state appellate courts throughout the nation.
A former litigation section chair at an international law firm, Mr. Bailey offers both plaintiffs and defendants sophisticated legal representation in the litigation, trying and appeals of cases involving contract disputes, business torts, RICO, employment law, trade secrets, deceptive trade practices, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, antitrust, unfair business practices, Packers and Stockyards Act, and wrongful death. He also represents clients in putative class actions and mass action lawsuits.
Mr. Bailey has litigated and/or tried cases in federal district and bankruptcy courts, and in state courts located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and West Virginia. He has briefed and argued appeals before various federal and state appellate courts, including the Supreme Courts of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, various intermediate appellate courts throughout Texas and Louisiana, and the United States Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Federal Circuits.
His work on both sides of the aisle has earned him significant professional honors and recognition. He has been named among The American Lawyer's 2022 South Trailblazers, Texas Lawyer magazine's 2019 Texas Trailblazers and National Law Journal's 2017 Elite Boutique Trailblazers. He has consistently been named a "Litigation Star" by Benchmark Litigation (2015-23), selected to The Best Lawyers in America (2017-23), Texas Super Lawyers (2011-22), and Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers (2021-2023) and Leading Litigators in America (2023) legal guides. Bailey Brauer was recognized among the nation's Most Feared Litigation Firms in 2016-17, the firms that corporate lawyers never want to face in court, according to a survey of in-house counsel conducted by BTI Consulting Group. He earned "Appellate Lawyer of the Week" recognition by The Texas Lawyer for his work as lead appellate counsel in a case before the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
He serves on numerous professional committees, including the Dallas Bar Association's Judiciary Committee and Fee Disputes Committee. He is also a fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America and a member of invitation-only professional organizations including the Federal Bar Association and Litigation Counsel of America.
Mr. Bailey earned his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from Baylor University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in recognition of his academic success. He graduated cum laude from the Southern Methodist University School of Law, where he served as editor-in-chief of a law journal.
Defeated Tyson's request for a preliminary injunction against former employee where Tyson claimed breach of an employment agreement, theft of trade secrets, and tortious interference with contract.