Christian Sweeney handles complex commercial litigation matters with a focus on oil and gas disputes. Christian has handled royalties disputes, washout cases, frac hits, lease termination, and lien disputes, along with transactional fraud and a wide variety of general business litigation. He previously served as a law clerk for the Hon. Matthew Kacsmaryk in the Northern District of Texas, where he managed the court’s civil docket. During law school, Christian served as a summer law clerk for the Office of the Solicitor General in the Texas Attorney General’s office and as an intern for Judge Willett on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Locations
Fort Worth
301 Commerce St. | Ste 3635
Fort Worth, TX 76102
Representative Experience
- Obtained summary judgment in a purported whistleblower dispute under the National Defense Authorization Act, affirmed on appeal. Monden v. Consol. Nuclear Sec., LLC, No. 23-10553, 2024 WL 1007458 (5th Cir. Mar. 8, 2024).
- Won summary judgment and complete dismissal of all claims for an oil and gas operator who was defending against claims for breach of contract, bad faith washout, fraud, and conspiracy.
- Representing oil and gas operator in a suit by former executive claiming that he is entitled to millions of dollars worth of incentive units based on an alleged oral contract.
- Representing oil and gas operator in a suit against a competitor who fracked into the client’s well and misappropriated client’s trade secrets.
- Representing oil and gas operator in royalty underpayment dispute.
- Negotiated a favorable settlement for a leading health care insurer in arbitration against a health care provider for a breach of contract to recover overpayments to the provider, after obtaining complete dismissal of the health care provider’s counterclaims and obtaining partial summary judgment in client’s favor.
- Represented a leading health care insurer in a complex contract dispute with a health care provider regarding the adjudication of claims and reimbursement rates.
- Won a federal bench trial on all claims in a pro bono case for a Italian father who was seeking to be reunited with his daughter after she was unlawfully removed to the U.S. without his knowledge or consent. Moretti v. Braga, No. 3:23-CV-0586-L, 2023 WL 3590690, at *1 (N.D. Tex. May 22, 2023).
- Obtained a favorable decision by a Texas court of appeals dismissing all claims against the client for lack of personal jurisdiction in a suit arising out of a shooting that occurred outside a subdealer’s retail store. MetroPCS Tex., LLC v. Amiri, No. 05-22-00188-CV, 2022 WL 16569603 (Tex. App.—Dallas Nov. 1, 2022, no pet.).
- Obtained complete dismissal of all claims on appeal for lack of personal jurisdiction over Swedish parent company in wrongful death products liability case. ASSA ABLOY AB v. Damian, No. 03-21-00598-CV, 2023 WL 2696689 (Tex. App.—Austin Mar. 30, 2023, no pet.).
- Won summary judgment in wrongful death case related to allegations that an ornamental metal picket fence is defective under a products liability theory under Texas law.
Credentials
Admissions
- Texas
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
Clerkships/Judicial Internships
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Federal law clerk for the Hon. Matthew Kacsmaryk, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
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Judicial intern for the Hon. Don Willett of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Education
- University of Texas (J.D., 2020)
- With Honors
- Order of the Coif
- Texas Review of Law & Politics, Editorial Board
- Supreme Court Clinic (Fall 2019)
- University of Texas at Dallas (B.A., 2017)
- International Political Economy and Political Science (Double Major)
- Magna Cum Laude
- Hobson Wildenthal Honors College, Phi Kappa Phi, and Golden Key Honor Society member
- Archer Fellow
Memberships
- The Federalist Society