Ben A. Baring Jr. - Houston, TX

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, 1980
    J.D.
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Honors: Order of the Barons
    Law Review: Houston Law Review, 1978 - 1980

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 1977
    B.B.A.
    Honors: With Honors
    Major: Accounting

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• Fourteenth Court of Appeals of the State of Texas, Briefing Attorney, 1980 - 1981

Classes and Seminars

• Adjunct Professor, Legal Research & Writing, University of Houston Law Center, 1997 - 2000
  
• Panel Speaker, Is Lehmann v. Har-Con the Final Word on Summary Judgment Finality?, HBA Appellate Practice Section, 2001

Representative Cases

• Chase Home Finance, L.L.C. v. Cal Western Reconveyance Corp.
  • Citation: 309 S.W.3d 619
  • Court: Tex. App. - Houston [14th Dist.]
  • Year: 2010
• Choice Acquistions No. Two, Inc. v. Noesi
  • Citation: 2007 WL 2239206
  • Court: Tex. App. - Houston [14th Dist.]
  • Year: 2007
• Dahl V. Commonwealth Land Title Ins. Co.
  • Citation: 2006 WL 916150
  • Court: Tex. App. - Houston [14th Dist.]
  • Year: 2006
• In Re Davis
  • Citation: 152 B.R. 133
  • Court: S.D. Tex
  • Year: 1992
  • Serial Number: 1993072695
• LaCoure v. LaCoure
  • Citation: 820 S.W. 2d 228
  • Court: Tex. App. - El Paso -writ denied
  • Year: 1991
  • Serial Number: 1991195601
• Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp
  • Citation: 39 S.W.3d 191
  • Court: Tex
  • Year: 2001
  • Serial Number: 2001112168
• Lozano v. Lozano
  • Citation: 2000 WL 33216152
  • Court: Tex.
  • Year: 2001
  • Serial Number: 2001194329
• Mack v. Landry
  • Citation: 22 S.W.3d 524
  • Court: Tex. App. - Houston [14th Dist.]
  • Year: 2000
• MBP v. Board of Trustees of Galveston Wharves
  • Citation: 297 S.W.2d 483
  • Court: Tex. App. - Houston [14th Dist.]
  • Year: 2009
• Merry Homes, Inc. v. Chi Hung Luu
  • Citation: 312 S.W.3d 938
  • Court: Tex. App. - Houston [1st Dist.]
  • Year: 2010
• Olshan v. Angleton Ind. Sch. Dist
  • Citation: 684 S.W. 2d 179
  • Court: Tex. Civ. App. - Houston [14th Dist.] 1984, writ ref'd n.r.e.
  • Serial Number: 1985106365
• RHS Interests, Inc. v. 2727 Kirby Ltd.
  • Citation: 994 S.W.2d 895
  • Court: Tex. App. - Houston [14th Dist.]
  • Year: 2000
• Riner v. Allstate Life Ins. Co.
  • Citation: 131 F.3d 530
  • Court: 5th Cir.
  • Year: 1997
  • Serial Number: 1997244955
• Stewart Title Guar. Co. v. Aiello
  • Citation: 941 S.W. 2d 68
  • Court: Tex.
  • Year: 1997
  • Serial Number: 1997043322
• Wolter v. Donaldson
  • Citation: 79 S.W.3d
  • Court: Tex. App. - Texarkana
  • Year: 2002
• Wasserberg v. Flooring Services of Texas, LLC
  • Citation: 376 S.W.3d 202, Tex. App. -- Houston [14th Dist.] 2012, no pet.)
  • Court: 14th Court of Appeals
  • Year: 2012
• K2M3, LLC v. Cocoon Data Holding Pty. Ltd. ACN 127 993 300
  • Citation: 2012 WL 469705, Tex. App. -- Corpus Christi, June 28, 2012, pet. denied)
  • Year: 2012
• Ardmore, Inc. v. Rex Group, Inc.
  • Citation: 377 S.W.3d 45, Tex. App. -- Houston [1st Dist.] 2012, no pet.)
  • Year: 2012
• Khan v. GBAK Properties, Inc.
  • Citation: 371 S.W.3d 347, Tex. App. -- Houston [1st Dist.] 2012, no pet.)
  • Year: 2012
• Sanchez v. Southampton Civic Club, Inc.
  • Citation: 367 S.W.3d 429, Tex. App. -- Houston [14th Dist.] 2012, no pet.)
  • Year: 2012
• Stewart Title Guaranty Co. v. Sugar Land Settler's Way/Ponderosa, Ltd
  • Citation: 2012 WL 195527, Tex.App. -- Houston [14th Dist.], January 24, 2012
  • Year: 2012
• Seber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.
  • Citation: 350 S.W.3d 640, (Tex. App. -- Houston [14th Dist.] 2011, no pet.)
  • Year: 2011
• Ardmore, Inc. v. Rex Group, Inc.
  • Citation: 2011 WL 486588, Tex. App. -- Houston [1st Dist.], no pet.
  • Year: 2011

Published Works

Articles

• Note, Implying Damages Under the Fifth Amendment, Univ. of Houston Law Rev., 16 Hous. L. Rev. 1007, 1979
  
• Opinions and Memorandum Opinions in Civil Cases
  

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1980
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1981
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1981
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1984

Specialties and Certifications

• Civil Appellate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1987

Other Affiliations

• State Bar of Texas, 1980 - Present (Member)
• State Bar Appellate Practice and Advocacy Section, 1987 - Present (Member)
• Houston Appellate Practice Section, 1990 - Present (Member)
• The American Society of Writers on Legal Subjects, 1996 - Present (Member)
• Houston Bar Association, 1980 - Present (Member)
• "The Appellate Advocate," Newsletter of the Appellate Practice Section of the Houston Bar Association, Editorial Board, 1998 - 1999 (Committee Member)