Shain A. Khoshbin is a partner in the firm's Dallas office. He is a complex business/commercial litigator who has represented companies, partnerships, insurance carriers and entrepreneurs across the country on both sides of the docket.
Mr. Khoshbin's earnest representation has led to substantial recoveries, successful defenses, and appeals before various Courts of Appeals - as well as the Texas Supreme Court - vindicating his clients' rights. It also has led to published opinions in State and Federal courts.
Mr. Khoshbin has been selected as a Texas "Super Lawyer" in business litigation in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010, as published by Thomson Reuters in Texas Monthly Magazine. In addition, Mr. Khoshbin has been recognized among the nation's top litigators in the 2008 (inaugural edition), 2009 and 2010 "Super Lawyers" Corporate Counsel editions, published by Thomson Reuters. Mr. Khoshbin is a Life Member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
Mr. Khoshbin has authored articles and presentations relating to litigation, and conducts seminars for clients in-house and at industry conferences concerning issues pertinent to litigation and lawsuit/claims management. In addition, Mr. Khoshbin has been a mentor in the DePaul University Law School Mentorship Program.
Graduating with cum laude distinction and highest honors, Mr. Khoshbin earned his bachelor of arts degree with a core concentration in Speech & Communications and majors in Law & Society and Philosophy, from Macalester College in 1987. Mr. Khoshbin was on the Dean's Honor Roll and also received highest honors for his thesis, Perjury and the Lawyer's Conflict of Duty. Upon graduation, Mr. Khoshbin was recognized as the Macalester Hill Scholar and won the Thomas E. Hill Award for outstanding work in Philosophy. He also was awarded the National Achievement Academy Collegiate Award.
Mr. Khoshbin received his juris doctor from DePaul University in 1990. While at DePaul, Mr. Khoshbin was a member of the DePaul University Law Review and won the American Jurisprudence Award for Legal Writing/Advocacy. Mr. Khoshbin also joined the Office of the Illinois Attorney General, where he completed the Access to Excellence Program and practiced as a Rule 711 attorney.
Mr. Khoshbin is licensed to practice law in both Texas and Illinois. He also is authorized to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the United States District Courts for the Northern District of Texas, Northern District of Illinois, Northern District of New York, Southern District of Texas, Eastern District of Texas, and Western District of Texas.
Mr. Khoshbin is a member of the American Bar Association, American Association for Justice, Federal Circuit Bar Association, Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit, Texas Bar Association, Illinois Bar Association, Dallas Bar Association (DBA), and Chicago Bar Association. As a DBA member, at various times, Mr. Khoshbin has been on the Legal Ethics Committee, Morris Harrell Professionalism Committee, Fee Disputes Committee, and Judiciary Committee, and been a member of the DBA Business Litigation, Intellectual Property Law, Appellate Law, and Tort & Insurance Sections.
Mr. Khoshbin has been selected as a Texas "Super Lawyer" in business litigation in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011, as published by Thomson Reuters in Texas Monthly. He also has been selected as one of the “Top 100” attorneys practicing in Dallas/Fort Worth in 2011 by Super Lawyers. In addition, Mr. Khoshbin has been recognized among the nation's top litigators in the 2008 (inaugural edition), 2009 and 2010 "Super Lawyers" Corporate Counsel editions, and the 2011 “Super Lawyers” Business Edition, published by Thomson Reuters. Mr. Khoshbin is a Life Member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
