Profile

Jay Madrid served Winstead with distinction during the first 16 years of his tenure, spending several years as head of the Litigation Section and a member of the firm's Management and Compensation Committees. He left for a brief time between 1994 and 1998 but returned to provide a senior litigation presence to the firm. As a respected trial lawyer and arbitrator, Jay's experiences have paralleled the firm's success during his tenure.

Jay has represented clients in federal and state courts throughout the United States with consistently favorable results.

Representative Experience

• Successfully defended claims brought by real estate promoter against investors in multi-week jury trial
• Successfully defended national bank against wrongful foreclosure claims and prevailed on counterclaims for deficiency amounts
• Served as lead counsel for savings and loan association in obtaining $53 million jury verdict after five-week trial in case involving illegal transfers of real and personal property 
• Lead defense counsel in multimillion-dollar lawsuit alleging product defect (jury found no defect, thus avoiding a potential worldwide product recall) 
• Successfully defended largest owner/operator of apartment complexes in U.S. (at the time) in federal court, San Francisco, against multimillion dollar claims of fraud, civil theft liability and breach of fiduciary duties 
• Prosecuted challenge to Dallas Appraisal District reassessment of historic private residence, with jury reducing assessment from approximately $10 million to $2.9 million 
• Successfully defended several related corporate entities in California Superior Court in case involving alleged breaches of ground lease provisions, tortious interference, conversion and fiduciary duty breaches 
• Handled complex litigation matters, including several notable jury trials, defending or prosecuting client's claims, several of which cases have involved securities fraud and related litigation