-Litigation & Trial-

Through hard and constant work over many years, we have developed a reputation for effective representation in litigation. We have experience in virtually every type of general litigation. Because we serve primarily insurance, business and industrial clients, a large part of our practice is devoted to the defense of clients.

Our litigation and trial attorneys are active in a variety of civil trial and appellate cases in state and federal courts throughout Texas and Eastern New Mexico with a primary geographical emphasis in the vast West Texas region extending from the El Paso area eastward through Midland/Odessa to Abilene and southward from Amarillo through Midland/Odessa to the Del Rio area.

We represent clients in state and federal trial and appellate matters involving:

• Insurance defense
• Medical malpractice
• Legal malpractice
• Hospital law and malpractice
• Personal injury and property damage
• Products liability defense
• Defense of municipalities and counties
• Occupational illness defense
• Workers’ compensation claims
• Real estate disputes
• Oil and gas
• Education
• Creditors rights and bankruptcy
• Commercial arbitrations
• Railroad litigation
• Employment defense
• Commercial and business litigation
• Appellate matters in all courts
• Mediations
• Toxic torts

As a result of this broad experience, we provide representation to virtually any insurance, business or industry client. On larger, more complex cases requiring various types and levels of expertise, we offer a comprehensive team support system.

– Business Law –

We maintain a substantial and widely varied general business practice, serving as state counsel and local counsel for numerous local, state, regional and national companies and banks involved in a wide range of commercial activities.

The practice includes organization of new business; corporate, business and commercial counseling; mergers and acquisitions; financing arrangements; and work on debt restructuring.

Services to general business clients include:

• Contracts
• Acquisitions
• Dispositions of assets & businesses
• Corporate reorganizations
• Leases
• Dispute resolution
• Financing
• Partnership formation
• Management structure

– General Practice –

Shafer Law is diversified.

The broad backgrounds of our attorneys offer years of experience in litigation and trials, business law and a general practice. We represent individuals in probate, estates, real property transactions and other such matters that typically confront an individual or company on a day-to-day basis.