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TROICE v. GREENBERG TRAURIG, L.L.P.

No. 17-11464.

921 F.3d 501 (2019)

Samuel TROICE, Individually and on behalf of a class of all others similarly situated; Michoacan Trust, Individually and on behalf of a class of all others similarly situated; Pam Reed, Putative Class Representative, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GREENBERG TRAURIG, L.L.P.; Yolanda Suarez, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED April 17, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward C. Snyder , Castillo Snyder, P.C., San Antonio, TX, Judith R. Blakeway , Clark Hill Strasburger, San Antonio, TX, Douglas J. Buncher , Neligan Foley, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Peter Michael Jung , Clark Hill Strasburger, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Roy Michael Northrup , James Edgar Cowles , Sim David Israeloff, Esq. , Cowles & Thompson, P.C., Dallas, TX, Sashi C. Bach , Stuart H. Singer, Esq. , Pascual Armando Oliu , Boies, Schiller & Flexner, L.L.P., Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Defendant-Appellee GREENBERG TRAURIG, L.L.P.

Richard Alan Sayles , Sayles Werbner, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Defendant-Appellee HUNTON & WILLIAMS, L.L.P.

Michael John Stanley , Stanley, Frank & Rose, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee YOLANDA SUAREZ.

Before JONES, CLEMENT, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

Under Texas law, an attorney is immune from civil suits brought by a non-client when the conduct at issue occurred within the scope of the attorney's representation of a client. This appeal concerns three purported exceptions to that doctrine. The district court held that none of them exists. We AFFIRM.

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