Isaac Villarreal is a member in Dykema's Houston office. Isaac is an accomplished business and complex commercial litigation trial attorney representing clients in a wide array of industries. He helps his clients avoid, manage, fix, and/or resolve business and commercial disputes. Mr. Villarreal’s focus on various areas of litigation includes disputes involving contract claims and business torts, real estate matters, residential and commercial construction defects, mechanic’s and materialman’s liens and bond claims, probate and estate disputes, and commercial and consumer collections. He also provides advice to his clients on various transactional matters related to their businesses.

Understanding that his clients’ business goals and objectives come first, Mr. Villarreal utilizes his experience and successes to provide his clients with multiple options that might allow them to avoid and/or limit the time and expense typically associated with prolonged litigation.

Mr. Villarreal’s accomplishments include many successful bench and jury trials in Texas State and federal courts including claims asserted and/or defended that have been valued well into the many millions of dollars.

An example of Mr. Villarreal’s successes include a 2013 matter where Mr. Villarreal was recognized by The Texas Lawyer as the “Litigator of the Week” for the results that he obtained on behalf of his client, a Mexican legal entity, in a multi-day jury trial in a Federal District Court in the Southern District of Texas. In this “bet the company” lawsuit, Mr. Villarreal successfully obtained a take nothing judgment in defense of claims of approximately $1 million, but more importantly obtained a jury finding and declaration from the trial court that contracts that serve as the life-blood of his client’s business in Mexico remain valid and enforceable. As a cherry on top, Mr. Villarreal was also able to obtain an award of all of the attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by his client through trial and then also successfully defended the final judgment through an appeal to the 5^th Circuit Court of Appeals and collected 100% of the amounts awarded to his client.  5^th Cir. Decision is at 2014 WL 5462530.

Business clients of all shapes and sizes rely upon Mr. Villarreal’s skills and experience. His clients include locally owned businesses and their owners, mid-sized domestic companies, much larger international companies, and individuals. No business is too big or too small for Mr. Villarreal. He always strives to provide his clients with results that meet or exceed their specific business objectives.

Isaac Villarreal was named by Super Lawyers to their Texas Rising Stars list from 2017 through 2019 and to the Texas Super Lawyers list in 2020 and 2021. He was also named a Top Lawyer in Houston for Commercial Litigation for 2021-2022 by Houstonia Magazine.

Bar Admissions

Texas

Education

• Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University, J.D., magna cum laude, (Editor-in-Chief, Thurgood Marshall Law Review), 2008
• Southwest Texas State University, LL.M., 2004
• Southwest Texas State University, B.A., 2002