What others say about Ms. Treistman:
It has been a pleasure working with you and getting to know you. You are the epitome of what a fine lawyer should be, and I feel very fortunate to have had you and Yvonne handle my case.
-Morton A. Cohn
Katherine has done a good job on a difficult and complicated matter, and from my vantage point has managed her team well. Her personality, manner and instinct also enable her to interact well with company personnel, all the way up to the CEO.
-Donald Wayne, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, EXTERRAN HOLDINGS, INC.
Katherine Treistman is one heck of a lawyer...a real winner!
-Jill Simeone, General Counsel for North American, CEMEX
I wanted to thank-you for your professionalism in handling our dispute. I have always thought that lawyers can handle disputes in a courteous, honorable and fair way while still representing their clients interest...you demonstrated this quality.
-Defendant in a confidential arbitration proceeding
Katherine is a smart, decisive, and tireless legal mind, who plays to win. Definitely the "A Team".
-Robert Stearns, plaintiff in a case against Compaq Computer Corporation.
Ms. Treistman's significant current and past representative matters include:
- In 2009, prosecuting for minority shareholders a multi-million dollar dispute with NL Industries, involving its improper depletion of company stock to artificially reduce the value to be paid minority shareholders as compensation for sale of their company stock. View press release.
In October 2008, successfully obtained a TRO against defendants before Judge Hittner for a private equity firm, suing defendants for breach of contract and tortious interference, arising out of defendants' attempt to destabilize the plaintiff's company. Upon one of the defendant's departure as President of the plaintiff's company, that defendant joined a financial institution and persuaded another defendant to violate his employment agreement with the plaintiff, by taking its confidential information and using it to solicit clients on its behalf.
CEMEX in various disputes, involving breach of contract and construction issues in El Paso, Texas.
Construction company in its multi million dollar dispute against Con Edison Communications, pending in New York state court. Trial will be set for the Spring-Summer 2009.
Successful settlement, weeks prior to commencement of a lengthy and hotly contested arbitration proceeding for Exterran, Inc. formerly known as Universal Compression, Inc. in an arbitration with CenterPoint Energy, concerning breach of compressor monitoring and compression contracts.
Represented a NASDAQ life sciences technology company in a professional malpractice case against the firm's prior outside auditors based on their negligent work in connection with our client's IPO and SEC registration. We settled the case on favorable terms on the eve of one of the client's depositions. At the defendant's insistence, the identity of the parties and the amount of settlement are confidential.
Successful confidential settlement after commencement of trial, in representation of LunarEye Inc. in patent infringement and other claims against British Petroleum and Independent Witness Inc. in the Eastern District of Texas (Judge Clark).
Successful confidential settlement prior to trial of a patent infringement case against American Express Corp. in the Eastern District of Texas (Judge Ward).
- Toronto Dominion v. PricewaterhouseCoopers. Represented more than ninety banks and other financial institution in connection with their claims against Pricewaterhouse Coopers, alleging that the plaintiffs provided a $2.1 billion credit facility to a company called Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc, later known as Safety-Kleen, in reliance on PwC audited and certified financial statements for the company. The case settled for a confidential amount two days before jury selection. View news article at: http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1106573717062.
- Patent holders, such as LunarEye Inc. in patent infringement and other claims against British Petroleum and Independent Witness Inc. in the Eastern District of Texas (Judge Clark) and patent holders against American Express Corp. in the Eastern District of Texas (Judge Ward).
Hilcorp Energy Co. in a confidential arbitration proceeding, involving a sale of oil and gas properties in Louisiana. Following a hearing on the merits, our client prevailed on every issue in the arbitration.
Universal Compression, Inc. in state and federal courts nationwide in breach of contract disputes, relating to sales of gas compressors.
Defense of a class action and mass action, involving alleged injuries from an ammonia leak in Louisiana state court.
Prosecution of accounting malpractice case against a nationally prominent accounting firm, along with related fraud claims against financial institution defendants.
Duramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories. Represented plaintiff Duramed in this lawsuit alleging monopolization of the market for estrogen replacement and hormone replacement drugs. Among other accomplishments, responsible for defeating a motion to dismiss all plaintiff's claims, filed by defendant. The parties reached a confidential settlement providing favorable terms for Duramed.
Enron Corp: Represented Enron in a derivative shareholder class action claim. Case dismissed by agreement after SG's filing of Rule 13 motion, seeking dismissal for groundless case.
I look forward to listing your matter in these successful results. Please contact me if you would like references about my performance on these and other cases from current and former clients, co-counsel and opposing counsel.
PROFESSIONAL HONORS
- "Rising Star" by Texas Monthly magazine (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010)
- "Houston's Professionals on the Fast Track " by H Texas magazine (2006)
- "Top Lawyer" by H Texas magazine (2008)
- Member, Texas Law Review, 1994-1996
- Order of the Coif, 1996
- Law Clerk to The Honorable Rose Spector, Texas Supreme Court, Spring 1996
- Winner and Best Advocate, Locke Purnell Rain & Harrell Mock Trial Competition, 1995
- Finalist and Best Brief, Gibbs & Bruns Moot Court Competition, 1994
- University of Texas School of Law Mentor, 2007
- Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND - University of Texas Law School (J.D., with honors, 1996), admitted to Texas Bar, 1996
- Tufts University (B.A., International Relations and Soviet Studies, magna cum laude, 1993)
- Columbia University (Study Abroad in Paris, 1992)
- Georgetown University (School of Foreign Service, 1991)
- The White House, Office of Presidential Speechwriting, 1991
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION - American Bar Association
- State Bar of Texas
- Houston Bar Association
- Association of Women Attorneys
- Houston Young Lawyers Association
- Houston Trial Lawyers Association
PUBLICATION I am married to Carlos Treistman, a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, and we have two children.
I am fluent in Russian and Spanish.
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