Ken Alexander has over twenty years of experience representing publicly-held corporations, private companies, and individuals in complex federal and state court litigation, arbitrations, antitrust compliance, merger negotiations, pre-merger notification, and government investigations. He has extensive experience in:

• Construction industry, environmental, and real estate litigation
• Insurance coverage for directors and officers and environmental claims
• Antitrust and mergers
• Lender liability
• Strategies for efficient representation in multiparty litigation
• Defense of professionals in liability litigation
• Directors' and officers' liability

Mr. Alexander joined Porter & Hedges in 1993. From 1978 to 1993, he practiced at Baker Botts, L.L.P.

Representative Experience

• Lead trial counsel for KBR in CERCLA and fraud litigation over pipeline spill.
• Lead trial counsel for Formosa Plastics in litigation over construction of multi-billion dollar chemical plant.
• Lead trial counsel for ICO, Inc., in environmental insurance coverage dispute with AIG Insurance.
• Lead counsel on behalf of insureds in disputes with insurers over directors' and officers' coverage.
• Lead counsel in complex construction contract and interpleader action involving over 40 claimants to retainage funds of $2 million, successfully negotiating settlement with all parties.
• Lead trial counsel for environmental services firm in multiparty lawsuit seeking $200 million recovery of Superfund site cleanup costs.
• Lead trial counsel for a target defendant in antitrust lawsuit alleging conspiracy and monopolization in credit reporting industry.
• Lead counsel in numerous pre-merger investigations by the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission in a wide variety of industries, including plastics, milk, gas pipeline, oil services, and credit reporting industries.
• Lead trial counsel for NKK Corporation in arbitration over construction of offshore ore transfer station off coast of Venezuela.
• Lead trial counsel for publicly held corporation in fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract claims against former CEO and CFO of the corporation.
• Lead trial counsel defending former shareholder against $100 million fraud and breach of contract lawsuit brought by First Data Corporation which had purchased and later written off the acquired company.
• Lead trial counsel for private company in arbitration of dispute with software development firm.
• Lead trial counsel for advanced technology environmental services firm in antitrust litigation brought by a competitor.
• Lead trial counsel in defense of large national bank in litigation with former borrowers.
• Lead trial counsel in litigation between civil engineering firm and the City of Houston.
• Lead trial counsel representing real estate development and management company in breach of contract and fraud litigation over developments and leases.
• Lead counsel for defendant in multiparty litigation alleging antitrust violations in laboratory equipment industry.
• Lead trial counsel for TEPPCO in tax indemnity litigation with ConocoPhillips and BP.
• Lead trial counsel for publicly-held corporation in fraud litigation over purchase of gas processing plant.
• Lead trial counsel for former officers and directors of publicly-held corporation against breach of fiduciary duty litigation brought by shareholders.

Professional / Civic Affiliations

• Martindale Hubbell AV Rated Attorney
• Member of the State Bar of Texas
• Past Chairman of the Houston Bar Association Antitrust Section
• Member of the American Bar Association and Houston Bar Association Antitrust, Construction, and Litigation Sections
• Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation
• Scoutmaster of Troop 55 Houston
• Former vestry member of his church

News

• Ken Alexander Named Scoutmaster of Troop 55, One of the Largest in the U.S. (7/21/2006)
• Porter & Hedges Obtains Partial Summary Judgment in Highly Important Insurance Coverage Dispute (5/24/2006)

Publications

• "Avoiding Contracts That Make You Sick," The Corporate Counselor (10/15/2007)
• "Ten Bad Business Contract Decisions," SmartBusiness Houston (9/1/2007)
• Don't Let Records Policy Be Used Against Firm In Litigation (10/1/2004)
• Avoiding Having Your Document Retention Policy Used Against You In Civil And Criminal Litigation (8/24/2004)
• Companies Prepare To Overcome Legal, Physical Effects Of Disaster (10/26/2001)
• When is a Breach of Contract Also a Tort? (4/1/2001)
• Clash of the Titans - 1999's Most Significant Antitrust Case (12/1/1999)
• Merger Mania: Will Bigger Be Cheaper in Houston? (1/1/1999)
• Why Your Antitrust Compliance Program Doesn't Work, (3/1/1995)

Events

• "Document Retention and Destruction,” American Society of Women Accountants (9/27/2005)
• "Avoiding Having Your Document Retention Policy Used Against You In Civil And Criminal Litigation," Document Retention and Destruction in Texas, Lorman Education Seminar (8/26/2005)
• "Avoiding Having Your Document Retention Policy Used Against You In Civil And Criminal Litigation," Document Retention and Destruction in Texas, Lorman Education Seminar (8/24/2004)
• "When is a Breach of Contract Also a Tort?" Houston Bar Association, Section of Construction Law (4/1/2001)
• "Why Your Antitrust Compliance Program Doesn't Work," Houston Bar Association, Section of Antitrust Law (3/1/1995)