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J.R. Skrabanek, Esq.

John Robert "J.R." Skrabanek is a problem-solver for successful businesses and individuals.  J.R.’s practice focuses on all types of business and commercial litigation, including contracts, real estate, construction, debt and collections matters, copyright and IP disputes, arbitrations, partnership disputes, class actions, and consumer law, among many others. 

 

J.R. has distinguished himself as an exceptional trial advocate.  He has tried dozens of cases to verdict in state and federal courts. He has successfully settled or prevailed in hundreds of cases in his career, sometimes with millions of dollars at stake. He has obtained complete dismissal of complex, multi-party disputes, often with massive amounts at risk.

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A small sampling of J.R.'s representative engagements include: partnership disputes; foreclosure defense; architect and engineer defense; construction defect claims; boundary disputes; real estate development claims; employment discrimination claims and defense; wage and hour claims and defense; copyright prosecution and defense; and many others.

J.R. Skrabanek | New York Attorney | Thompson and Skrabanek
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EDUCATION

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PUBLICATIONS & SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

  • Featured in The Huffington Post, U.S. News & World Report, Entrepreneur Magazine, Reader’s Digest, CNBC, and Forbes, amongst other publications.

  • “Copyright and Trademark Basics Every Attorney Should Know,” Austin Bar Association (March 2019).

  • “What is Your Construction Law Practice Area? The Ugly and Complex,” Defense Research Institute, September 2013.

  • “Employees of a Certain Age,” Texas CEO Magazine, January 2013.

  • “Apparent Authority in Computer Searches: Sidestepping the Fourth Amendment,” Kentucky Law Journal, 97 Ky. L.J. 721 (2009), cited favorably
    in United States v. Griswold, 2011 WL 7473466 (W.D.N.Y. May 19, 2011).

FUN CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Once deposed an inmate behind glass who claimed to be a practicing vampire.

  • Separately sued the countries of Senegal and Argentina.

  • Lawsuit covered by the New York Post.

  • Foreclosed on a judgment debtor's upstate NY property and bought it at auction for creditor for pennies on the dollar.​​

  • On the trial team that brought claims against a then-sitting Texas judge, ultimately leading to a judgment for her extrajudicial fraud.

BAR ADMISSIONS

  • New York

  • Texas

LANGUAGES

  • English

  • Spanish

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