ATTORNEY
LISTING
Ty Camp
Nicholas Canaday, III
Stuart D. Colburn
Jeremy J. Cook
Jay R. Downs
R. Christopher Esson
D. Rynn Freiling
John V. Fundis
Jon Godoy
T. Glenn Ingram
Tab H. Keener
Christopher M. Losey
Frances A. Lout
Darren Marlowe
Charles E. Morse
T.B. Nicholas, Jr.
David R. Pettineo
Philip P. Romero
Laura D. Schmidt
Andrew Z. Schreck
Wendy D. Schrock
Timothy U. Stanford
OF COUNSEL
M. Gaddy Wells
Carolyn Mitchell
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Nicholas Canaday, III
Shareholder
ncanaday@downsstanford.com
Mr. Canaday joins Downs * Stanford as a Shareholder after six
years with the Office of the Attorney General of Texas, where
he served as Chief of the Administrative Law Litigation Section.
In this position, he managed and litigated a variety of civil
disputes relating to state agency compliance and enforcement,
administrative contested cases and agency rules and rule-making.
Admitted to the practice of law in 1983, Mr. Canaday has represented
a broad spectrum of clients in general casualty, toxic exposure,
civil rights, and employment - related disputes; including workers’
compensation, Title VII, ADA and FMLA claims. Mr. Canaday presented
the landmark “same sex” harassment case to the United
States Supreme Court. Mr. Canaday offers first-chair trial and
related pre-trial and discovery experience, and governmental affairs
and legislative process experience.
Bar Admissions
- Texas State Bar Association (1994)
- The Supreme Court of the United States (1997)
- United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit (1995)
- United States District Court for the Eastern, Western and Southern Districts of Texas
- United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana
- Board Certified, Administrative Law, Texas Board of Legalization
Education
- Louisiana State University, JD, 1983
- University of Virginia, BA, 1980
Cases of Note
- Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore, Services, Inc., 83 F. 3rd 118 (5th Cir. 1996); cert. granted, June 9, 1997; reversed, 523 U.S. 75, 118 S.Ct. 998, 140 L. Ed. 2d 201 (1998).
- Tri-Con, Inc. v. Texas Alcoholic Beverage Comm'n, 2011 WL 2420992 (Tex.App-Beaumont 2011).
- Crain v. Hartford Ins. Co., 2010 WL 4670402 (Tex.App.-Austin 2010).
- Vista Healthcare, Inc. v. Texas Mut. Ins. Co., 324 S.W.3d 264 (Tex.App.-Austin 2010).
- Texas Mut. Ins. Co. v. Vista Comty. Med. Ctr., LLP, 275 S.W.3d 538 (Tex.App.-Austin 2008).
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