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Sean E. Breen

sbreen@hermanhowry.com
(512) 474-9484

Practice Areas

Mr. Breen has extensive litigation and trial experience aggressively handling and winning a broad range of cases. He has dedicated his trial practice to serving a wide variety of clients and handles cases involving damages to people and businesses, including catastrophic accidents and injuries; class actions; defective products and drugs; medical and other professional malpractice; insurance company bad faith; officer/director, shareholder and corporate liability; contract, commercial and employment disputes; real estate and real property disputes, including easement, boundary and adverse possession issues; technology related disputes including trade secrets and covenants not to compete; construction litigation; transportation and trucking litigation; toxic tort and environmental suits; media law and defamation; and litigation involving governmental entities. He served as an attorney for an appellate court and now handles appeals in private practice. Mr. Breen is also a licensed mediator.

Licenses and Admissions

State Bar of Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
U.S. District Court, Western and Southern Districts and before all Texas State Courts

Education

J.D. South Texas College of Law, 1992
B.A., University of Texas, 1988

At South Texas College of Law, Mr. Breen focused on developing his advocacy skills through the finest and most successful Advocacy Program in the nation. Victories included:

National Champion- American Bar Association Appellate Advocacy Competition-(One of Top 2 Speakers in Nation).
National Champion - J. Braxton Craven National Moot Court Competition- (Best Speaker in Nation)
State Champion - TYLA State Moot Court Tournament (Best Speaker in State)

Mr. Breen also won other Honors, including The Order of Barristers for High Honor in the Art of Courtroom Advocacy; The Dean's Student Service Award; The George T. Barrow Outstanding Student Award; The Student Bar Association Award for Outstanding Male Graduate; and American Jurisprudence Awards for excellence in Torts and Appellate Advocacy

Recognition

Selected: Texas Monthly Magazine, Super Lawyer
Selected: Preeminent Lawyers in America
Selected: Austin Business Journal, Best of the Bar

Professional Affiliations

Founding Fellow of the Austin Bar Foundation
Briefing attorney to the First Court of Appeals in Texas from 1992-93
Adjunct Professor at South Texas College of Law in Trial and Appellate Advocacy from 1993-Present
Writer and speaker for continuing legal education courses in Texas including papers and presentations on Trial Tactics, Oral Argument on Appeal, Summary Judgment Practice, Insurance Bad Faith, Mold Litigation, and Employment Issues such as Trade Secrets and Covenants not to Compete
Fellow of the State Bar Foundation
Texas Young Lawyers Association
Austin Bar Association
American Bar Association
Texas Supreme Court Historical Society
Eagle Scout and former Assistant Scoutmaster

 

 

Sean Breen
Media Mentions:

News Releases

AUSTIN , TX (May 2008) – Randy Howry and Sean Breen featured in Forbes magazine.

AUSTIN , TX (Oct. 2, 2007) – Courtroom Attorneys who can try any case, Tim Herman, Randy Howry and Sean Breen are Recognized by their Peers in Texas and Nationwide for their Successes in Business and Commercial litigation, Intellectual Property litigation, Employment and Labor Litigation, General litigation and Personal Injury litigation.

October 11, 2006; Austin, TX; -Fall 2006 has marked various recognitions for attorneys at Herman Howry & Breen L.L.P. In the 2006 edition of the Texas Super Lawyers publication, Randy Howry was chosen as one of the top 50 lawyers in Central and West Texas receiving the highest point totals in scoring among his peers. Joining Mr. Howry as 2006 Super Lawyers are partners Tim Herman and Sean Breen.

June 2, 2005; Austin, TX; -Herman, Howry & Breen, LLP is pleased to announce that Tim Herman, Randy Howry and Sean Breen were once again selected for the Super Lawyers List of 2005-2006.

Articles

AUSTIN , TX (May 2008) – Sean Breen featured on KXAN news: Death: It's not something we like to talk about, but it is something we need to prepare for.

Forbes, May, 2008– Magazine Feature: Fearless Trial Attorneys Deliver Breadth of Success in Commercial Litigation

Austin American Statesman, Saturday, September 10, 2005: Judge dismisses most of personal assistant's claims against Lance Armstrong. Claim about whether Armstrong owes assistant $300,000 is still pending. by Claire Osborn

Austin Business Journal, May 21, 2004: Attention to Details and Thoughtful Management Strategies are Key to Protection Your Company from Lawsuits by Sean Breen

The Austin American Statesman
(Texas), April 24, 2004 Saturday - Fire chief fails in bid to keep job; Without explanation, board votes for ouster; chief's lawyer claims open meetings violation, by Kate Alexander, AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF

Austin Business Journal, July 6, 2001: Building owners want to `get the mold out' by Maria Arrellaga, Special To The Austin Business Journal

Austin Business Journal, October 12, 2001: State, insurers continue debate on mold coverage, by Maria Mcgivney Arrellaga, Special To The Austin Business Journal

TV News

KXAN: Last Will and
Testament



AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) -- Death: It's not something we like to talk about, but it is something we need to prepare for.

Mold and Home Owner Insurance Coverage:



In June, 2001 before the Texas Department of Insurance public hearing on mold and home owner insurance coverage, the media called on Sean Breen of Herman, Howry and Breen to comment on the hearing and what it meant to consumers and the industry.
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Keeping Kids Out of Trouble:




Herman Howry and Breen came to the assistance of East Austin boxing gym, Austin Boxing Against Drugs, when a dispute with their landlord almost closed the gym. June 2001.
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