J. Wiley George
Partner
wileygeorge@andrewskurth.com

600 Travis
Suite 4200
Houston TX 77002
P: 713.220.3928
F: 713.238.7477

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Through the years, Wiley has resolved through trial, arbitration, motion practice and settlement a wide variety of complex commercial disputes. He has considerable first-chair experience handling cases involving commercial fraud, contract disputes, franchise disputes, lender liability, insurance coverage, legal malpractice, securities, trademark infringement and unfair competition. Wiley was named as a Texas Super Lawyer by Texas Monthly magazine in 2004, 2005 and 2006.

Representative Experience

Wiley has served as lead counsel in a variety of recent litigation and counseling matters. He has represented such clients as:

• a regional airline carrier in an arbitration against a major airline carrier over the interpretation of various aspects of the contracts governing the parties' relationship
• one of the country's fastest growing software companies in a suit brought by one of its investors in Delaware Chancery Court
• a publicly traded energy company in a Delaware Chancery Court trial over a failed merger with another publicly traded energy company
• an international property and casualty company as national counsel in connection with the cancellation of a nationwide insurance program
• the State of Texas in connection with the merger of two of the settling defendants in the State's tobacco litigation
• audit committees of the boards of publicly traded companies in connection with investigations of alleged accounting errors and other allegations of wrongdoing
• securities product providers, broker-dealers and/or registered representatives in NASD arbitrations over matters such as suitability of securities products, securities sales and terminations of registered representative agreements
• a national franchisor that faced fraud and unfair competition claims from several of its franchisees
• a Fortune 100 software company that sued the perpetrators of a fraudulent scheme that reached across the country
• a law firm accused of negligently structuring the tax aspects of a complex business transaction
• a fronting insurance company in connection with the placement of $80 million of reinsurance

Professional / Civic Affiliations

Member

• Houston Bar Foundation
• Texas Bar Foundation
• Houston Bar Association (Co-Chair, LegalLines Committee)

Listed - Texas Super Lawyer, Texas Monthly (2004-2006)

Headline News

• Andrews Kurth Announces Policy Committee Election (August 28, 2008)
• Andrews & Kurth Adds Litigation Partner to Houston Office (February 7, 2003)

Industries

• Insurance

Practice Areas

• Corporate Compliance, Investigations and Defense
• Litigation

Education

• JD, 1986, cum laude, Baylor University School of Law, Baylor Law Review
• BBA, 1983, with Honors, Baylor University

Admitted

• Texas 1986
• US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• US District Court for the Northern District of Texas
• US District Court for the Southern District of Texas
• US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas