Professionals

Ken Alexander is a partner in the litigation practice group of Porter Hedges. He has over thirty 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
• Trade Secrets
• 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.

• Lead trial counsel for KBR in CERCLA and fraud litigation over pipeline spill.
• Lead trial counsel for Prospect Capital in defense of lender liability fraud claim.
• 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.

• Martindale Hubbell AV Rated Attorney
• State Bar of Texas, Member
• Houston Bar Association Antitrust Section, Chairman
• American Bar Association, Member
• Houston Bar Association Antitrust, Construction, and Litigation Sections, Member
• Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow
• Boy Scouts of America Troop 55 Houston, Scoutmaster
• Palmer Memorial Episcopal, Chancellor