Holli V. Pryor-Baze - Lufkin, TX

Overview

Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, 1999
    J.D.
    Honors: cum laude
    Law Review: Houston Law Review, Articles Editor

• Non Legal Education

  • Austin College, 1994
    B.A.
    Honors: cum laude
    Major: History / Political Science

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Representative Cases

• Defeated insurer’s summary judgment based on pollution exclusion for insured sand mine. Atain Specialty Ins. Co. v. Triple PG Sand Dev., 4:21-cv-02122 (S.D. Tex. Mar. 1, 2023); Atain Specialty Ins. Co. v. Triple PG Sand Dev., LLC, No. 4:21-CV-02122, 2023 WL 4878902 (S.D. Tex. Mar. 22, 2023), motion to certify appeal denied, No. 4:21-CV-02122, 2023 WL 4878905 (S.D. Tex. Apr. 24, 2023).
• Successfully represented an international oil and gas exploration and production company in a confidential arbitration arising from the breach of a gas gathering and processing agreement.
• Obtained a significant arbitration award for a client in a confidential ICC construction arbitration involving the construction of liquefied petroleum gas (power plants in the Virgin Islands. Contractor asserted numerous delay-based claims and our client asserted numerous counterclaims for breach of contract.
• Obtained a jury verdict for $29.8 million for Lufkin Industries, an oil and gas services company, against defendant International Business Machines Corporation for fraudulent inducement, fraud, negligent misrepresentation and breach of contract in a software implementation case. IBM v. Lufkin, 564 S.W.3d 15 (Tex. App. – Tyler 2017); reversed Int’l Bus. Machines Corp. v. Lufkin Indus., LLC, 573 S.W.3d 224 (Tex. 2019), reh’g denied (May 31, 2019)).
• Obtained a jury verdict for $39 million for Jewelry Television in a fraud claim arising from failed business software. Am.'s Collectibles Network, Inc. v. Sterling Commerce (Am.), Inc., Case No. 3:09-cv-143 (E.D. Tenn. May. 6, 2019), affirmed Am.'s Collectibles Network, Inc. v. Sterling Commerce (Am.), Inc., No. 19-5625 (6th Cir. Jul. 24, 2020)).
• Venequip v. Mustang Mach. Co., No. 22-20520 (5th Cir. Aug. 7, 2023) (affirming 21-MC-2391 (S.D. Tex. Aug. 30, 2022).
• Pisharodi v. Columbia Valley Healthcare Sys., 622 S.W.3d 74 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 2020, no pet.).
• Columbia Valley Healthcare Sys., L.P. v. Pisharodi, No. 13-16-00613-CV, 2017 WL 4416334 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi Oct. 5, 2017, no pet.).
• Rawson v. Oxea, 557 S.W.3d 17 (Tex. App. – Houston).

Published Works

Articles

• “Overview of Common Law Contract Damages and Practice Tips,” The Advocate, Fall 2024
  

Bar Admissions

• Texas
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas

Other Affiliations

• Texas Bar Association (Member)
• Federal Bar Association (Member)
• Texas Bar Foundation (Member)
• Houston Law Review Board of Directors (Member)