Josh Sandler has a track record of successful results. Recognized as among the Top 100 Attorneys in Dallas/Ft. Worth by Thomson Reuters, Josh is also consistently named to D Magazine’s list of top trial lawyers and honored as a Texas "Super Lawyer." Nationally, he has been honored as one of the Best Lawyers in America for his work in litigation. Josh is sought after for his talented advocacy as well as his utilization of creative solutions and innovative courtroom strategies. 

Known for relentless preparation, creative courtroom strategy, and tenacious advocacy, Josh has secured multi‑million‑dollar verdicts, high‑stakes arbitration victories, and complex appellate wins. His work spans fiduciary and trust disputes, major business litigation, and real estate conflicts. 

Josh has successfully tried bench and jury trials, arbitrations, appeals, and injunction hearings, and handled more than 200 depositions. Clients trust him as a seasoned trial lawyer for his deep experience, strategic insight, and the measurable value he brings to every case.

Relentless preparation. Tenacious advocacy. The will to win.

Josh represents plaintiffs and defendants in cases involving:

• Probate, trust, estate, and fiduciary litigation
• Complex commercial and business litigation
• Commercial real estate litigation
• Trade secret litigation and breach of non-competition agreements
• Breach of contract and other aspects of commercial litigation
• Breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, tortious interference, business disparagement, defamation, and Anti-SLAPP
• Shareholder and partnership disputes
• Employment discrimination, wage and hour disputes, retaliation claims, wrongful discharge, negligent hiring, and other employment litigation
• Deceptive trade practices
• Breach of warranties and other commercial litigation
• Energy, oil, and gas litigation
• Personal injury defense, negligence, and premises liability

What Josh's clients say

“I would highly recommend Josh Sandler. My entire business and professional life was on the line when I hired Josh in a lawsuit involving allegations of misappropriation of trade secrets and violations of a covenant not to compete. Josh represented us with a high degree of professional excellence. Not only did he regularly counsel us about litigation strategy, he turned the ship around and put us in an offensive, winning footing. His sincerity and competence were always present. Josh is prepared, focus, personable, and obtains great results.”

– Owner and Chief Doctor, Prominent North Texas Medical Practice

“Despite the toughness of the case and the numerous parties involved, Josh obtained a fantastic result. He is a superb litigation strategist, outstanding advocate, and was respected by the judge. I was very impressed by his ability to quickly understand a complex subject matter and present it in a simple and persuasive manner. Josh is an excellent value for the nature of the work, passionate, and dedicated to resolving the problem at hand.”

– Executive Vice President, Fortune 500 Energy Company

“Josh understands the client. He has the ability to place himself in his client’s shoes and help them deal with the conflicting emotions so they can stay the course.”

– Former Co-Owner, Startup Company

Representative Experience

Trial Litigation

High-Value Business and Fiduciary Verdicts

• $12.5M Jury Win – Breach of contract & breach of implied duty of good faith and fair dealing against one of the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturers (week-long trial).
• $5M+ Verdict – Represented an off-road vehicle manufacturer against a distributor in a breach of contract dispute.
• Multi-Million Fiduciary Win – Jury trial holding a co‑trustee accountable for breaching fiduciary duties and misappropriating trust and estate funds while serving as co‑trustee and power of attorney.
• $1M Federal Jury Verdict – Against a Texas school district for abuse and mistreatment of a disabled, non‑verbal student.

Business & Fiduciary Arbitration Successes

• Multi-million dollar arbitration victory involving a business divorce and breach of duty of good faith claims.
• Dismissal from multi-million dollar arbitrations involving breach of fiduciary duty and Department of Defense contract disputes (including conspiracy and fraud allegations).
• Secured dismissal from a multi-million-dollar arbitration involving breach of fiduciary duty allegations against a trustee.

Defensive Wins & Dismissals

• Achieved dismissal of high-profile, politically charged environmental case brought by the City of Dallas against a fifth‑generation Dallas business.
• Numerous multi-million dollar dismissals on behalf of individuals, trustees, trust companies, executors, beneficiaries, guardians, and wards.
• Numerous multi-million dollar dismissals for companies in breach of contract, fraud, negligence, conspiracy, and employment discrimination cases — including global cosmetics firm, national dental group, family businesses, and multinational manufacturing companies.
• Resolution for one of the largest privately held companies in the United States in a multi-million-dollar dispute involving breach of fiduciary duty and tortious interference.
• Dismissal of a lawsuit for a multinational box and recycled paper manufacturing company in case involving allegations of fraud and tortious interference.
• Numerous summary judgments on behalf of law firm accused of conspiracy and malicious prosecution, local teacher in employment discrimination matter, fraud case involving popular reality television show, Dallas regulatory compliance company in trade secret violation case, and Texas real estate development company accused of negligence.

Injunctions & Emergency Relief

• Numerous temporary injunctions for national healthcare, multi-state real estate development, and private trust companies.
• Permanent injunction + judgment for one of the world’s largest direct selling companies in a trademark infringement and unfair competition case.
• Temporary injunction halting waste of trust funds by a trustee.
• TRO for a trustee to stop ongoing breaches of fiduciary duty, leading to favorable settlement.

Special Recognition Matters

• Jury trial verdict for celebrity client in multi-million dollar contract dispute.
• Summary judgment for popular pizza franchise in fraud and breach of contract case.
• “Bet-the-company” litigation resolutions for leading energy provider, top wind turbine supplier, rapidly growing tech company, numerous commercial real estate entities,
• Trial verdict for a large cell phone recycling company against a former employee who breached her contract.
• Secured a finding of contempt in federal court for a large, worldwide cosmetics company against a company who violated settlement agreement and who infringed on trademarks.
• Secured contempt of court finding for cryotherapy company who did not abide by federally imposed temporary injunction.
• Secured a finding of contempt in state court for a large, national executive employee search firm against a company who violated a confidentiality agreement and covenant not to compete.

Appellate Litigation

• Hyde v. GACP Fin. Co., LLC, No. 05-23-00873-CV, 2024 WL 4562695 (Tex. App.—Dallas Oct. 24, 2024, pet. denied) (achieved a complete reversal of a nearly $2M judgment, including $380,000 in punitive damages, against two executives of a credit card processing company accused of fraud) (Sandler served as lead appellate counsel and joined the matter after trial).
• Qualizeal, Inc., et al., v. Cigniti Technologies, Inc., No. 05-22-00923-CV, 2024 WL 833439 (Tex. App.—Dallas Feb. 28, 2024) (in bet-the-company litigation, obtained reversal of temporary injunction issued by the trial court)
• Encore Int'l Inv. Funds, LLC v. 2608 Inwood, Ltd., No. 05-19-00070-CV, 2020 WL 1685420 (Tex. App.—Dallas Apr. 7, 2020, no pet.)
• Stanton v. Gloersen, No. 05-16-00214-CV, 2016 WL 7166550 (Tex. App.—Dallas Nov. 30, 2016, no pet.) (obtained appellate court victory when court of appeals affirmed trial court’s grant of special appearance issued against co-independent executor)
• Transfirst Holdings, Inc., et al. v. Magliarditi and DII Investments, Inc., No. 13-10436 (5th Cir. 2013)
• In re Family Dollar Stores of Texas, LLC, No. 09-11-00432-CV (Tex. App.—Beaumont Nov. 3, 2011, orig. proceeding) (mand. conditionally granted)
• Lewis v. Family Dollar, Inc., No. 01-10-00472-CV, 2011 WL 346290 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] Feb. 3, 2011) (affirmed)