Meet the Commercial Litigators Attorney in Austin, Texas
Meet John R. McConnell
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so i became a lawyer because i want to
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make a difference in people’s lives
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and i didn’t know exactly how i was
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going to do that but after law school i
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was brand new out of law school and my
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father was involved in a lawsuit
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essentially his business partners had
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shut him out of a deal locked the doors
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and started operating a new business
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basically you know stole the business
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out from under him and he filed a
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lawsuit
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i went to that trial and i didn’t know
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anything i was fresh out of law school
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but um
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in my opinion that attorney did a
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terrible job at trial and as a result
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what i thought were really good claims
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uh ended up being poured out by the jury
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he didn’t win a single dime and as a
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result you know he suffered uh
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physically his health suffered and for
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the rest of his days his livelihood was
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affected and his his quality of life was
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just not as good as it could have been
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uh if his claims were successfully
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prosecuted and that’s when i really got
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the passion for commercial litigation
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because
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business is personal and our cases are
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often make or break high stakes cases
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involving businesses where it’s a real
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world tangible benefit to our clients uh
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you know when we win and it’s going to
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make a big difference to those clients
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whether or not that case is successfully
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handled so that’s that’s why i got into
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the law to make a difference in that
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area
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i have a thirst for knowledge and in our
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in commercial litigation we are able to
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grab on to whole new fact patterns for
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each case and really sink our teeth into
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it and become an expert in a variety of
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different cases you know i had a case
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involving um the faa and jet engines and
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i got to learn everything about the faa
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and jet engines and that whole industry
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you know i have another case involving a
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health care home health care business i
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got to really learn all the facts and
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law related to those different
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industries and so it’s uh being a
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detective you know solving a mystery
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figuring out what the facts are about in
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each individual case and then
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after you’ve
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figured out all that being able to
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decipher it and filter it so it’s a
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persuasive story for a jury and just
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being able to simplify everything and
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tell that story for a jury is is just is
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very rewarding
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so a successful trial lawyer in my
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opinion is someone who can fully grasp
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all the details about your case so you
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want someone who is uh curious and asks
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the right question and gets to the real
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meat of the matter once they’ve seen you
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know all the leaves of that forest they
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need to be able to take a step back and
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look at it like a judge or jury would
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and be able to persuade the judge or a
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jury about that case in a simple and
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simple way so they need to construct a
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narrative that’s persuasive that’s
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compelling that gives the jury or the
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judge a reason why emotionally they
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should vote for uh for your case you
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know being able to listen being able to
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take it all in and be able to ask those
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searing questions and think on your feet
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um
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is really important
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so when i’m not practicing law which is
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which is rare
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but when i have some time off i love to
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spend time with my son he’s just a
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toddler so
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but he loves being outside if he could
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just be outside all day every day it
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would it would be his best life so i
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love spending time with him you know
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chasing him around and and trying to
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take rocks out of his mouth and
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stuff like that so uh spending time with
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him you know trying out new restaurants
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is great
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and i love live music
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and austin is a great place for that as
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well so that’s what i like to do outside
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the office
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Austin, TX commercial litigation attorney John R. McConnell talks about why he became a lawyer, what it takes to be successful in the courtroom and more.
