Legal Opinion
Nawracaj v. Genesys Software Systems, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 7, 2017No. 14-15-00602-CVPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
J. Brett Busby, Justice
This interlocutory appeal from the denial of a special appearance presents the following question: when a lawyer who is not a Texas resident appears in a Texas court to represent a nonresident client, and the client wishes to sue the lawyer for malpractice and other claims related, to the representation, do Texas courts have specific personal jurisdiction over the lawyer with regard to those claims? We conclude that the answer is yes.
Appellant Richard Nawraeaj is an attorney licensed to practice law in Illinois. He represented appellees PeopleStrategy, Inc. and…
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