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Cody Towns represents corporate and individual clients in a wide range of complex commercial litigation throughout the country in both specific and class action claims.  His practice includes representation in contract disputes, commercial negligence, fraud, and employment matters including discrimination, fiduciary duty and trade secret claims.  He has extensive experience in disputes involving investment firms under the Securities Exchange Commission and FINRA.  He is experienced in handling difficult cases under the scrutiny of national media coverage, and has appeared on national television, in print news media and book publication.

BACKGROUND
Mr. Towns began his legal career as a federal law clerk to the Honorable Robin J. Cauthron, United States District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma.  After completing his federal clerkship he worked in the labor/employment and litigation sections of a large law firm before joining a prestigious Dallas litigation boutique, where he was a partner for several years before joining Rodriguez Ghorayeb & Gersch in 2008.  He has been recognized numerous times as a “Rising Star” by Texas Monthly magazine.  Mr. Towns is a graduate, with Honors, of the University of Oklahoma College of Law, where he was a member of the Oklahoma Law Review and the National Trial Team.  During his last year of law school, Mr. Towns served as a law clerk to Oklahoma State Supreme Court Justice Marian P. Opala.

TRIAL EXPERIENCE
Mr. Towns is a seasoned trial attorney with extensive courtroom experience representing clients before courts, juries, arbitration panels and administrative agencies throughout the country.  A sample of recent trials includes:

• Represented a large national product distributor in a jury trial in a breach of contract case for millions of dollars of inventory.  Jury returned verdict in favor of our client for all damages sought.
• Represented a certified financial planner in breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty claims brought against him by one of the nation’s largest investment firms represented by large Chicago law firm.  A National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD – now FINRA) arbitration panel found in favor of our client.
• Represented an international corporation providing civil police personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan against breach of contract and fraud claims.  At the conclusion of plaintiff’s case, the judge directed verdict in favor of our client and required plaintiff to pay all of our client’s court costs.
• Represented an accounting firm at trial against claims brought in one of the largest cases ever filed by the Securities Investor Protection Corporation.
• Represented a corporation against its former senior employees for breach of fiduciary duty and theft of trade secret claims.  At the conclusion of trial the jury returned a verdict in favor of our client.

WHAT CLIENTS ARE SAYING
Cody Towns did a remarkable job trying our case in front of a Dallas jury. The victory in the courthouse was well deserved.
David Sedin, Vice President of Finance, VPD IV, Inc.

I was fortunate to have Cody Towns on my side. Cody was not only able to build a strong case in my behalf, but his skills in articulating the facts during the trial gave us the advantage. His ability to cross examine seemed to leave the opposing side in a loss for words.   From the start of the trial until the end, the momentum was on our side.
James Pacholek, Dallas, Texas

WRITING AND LECTURES
Mr. Towns is a frequent writer and lecturer on topics related to commercial and employment litigation.  He has for several years been a contributing editor to the American Bar Association Treatises: Covenants Not-to-Compete: A State-by-State Survey; Employee Duty of Loyalty; and Trade Secrets: A State-by-State Survey.  He was also a contributing author of the American Bar Association Antitrust Law Model Jury Instructions.  He frequently provides on-site training seminars and lectures for his clients as well as for attorney continuing legal education courses.

ADMISSIONS
Member of Texas and Oklahoma Bar.  United States Supreme Court. United States Courts of Appeal for the Fifth and Tenth Circuits.  United States District Courts for the Eastern, Northern, and Southern Districts of Texas; Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of Oklahoma and the Western District of Wisconsin.

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