Biography

As Of-Counsel to Baron & Budd’s General Litigation Section, Mazin A. Sbaiti helps individuals and small businesses, private investors, public shareholders and government entities in cases involving:

• Fraud and misrepresentation;
• Breaches of fiduciary duties;
• Breaches of contract;
• Price fixing;
• Monopolization;
• Misappropriation of assets or moneys;
• Unfair or deceptive business practices; and
• Whistleblower actions.

In addition, Mr. Sbaiti has successfully represented defendants in merger agreement disputes, and has represented class action plaintiffs in antitrust, banking, and internet fraud and breach of contract matters.

Media Interviews

See here: Mazin talking about the impacts of “gripe sites” on small businesses.

Prior Experience

Before coming to Baron & Budd, P.C., Mr. Sbaiti was a partner in Hutcherson Sbaiti LLP, where he and his partner tried numerous cases on behalf of business and investor clients involving protecting their critical business and intellectual property assets.

Mr. Sbaiti began his career as a trial attorney at Susman Godfrey LLP, a litigation boutique in Dallas, Texas, representing plaintiffs and defendants primarily on “bet the business” matters.

Prior to that, Mr. Sbaiti served as a law clerk to the Honorable Eugene E. Siler, Jr., of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Before law school, Sbaiti was a high school teacher and debate coach in Carrollton, Texas.

Education

Mr. Sbaiti received his Juris Doctorate, with honors, from Columbia University School of Law in New York, New York. There he was recognized as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar for Academic Excellence. He also served as a Teaching Fellow for the Financial Statement Analysis courses, chaired the Moot Court Executive Board; sat on the Editorial Board of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review; served as a research & writing instructor for the First-Year Moot Court program, and coached the mock trial team.

Mr. Sbaiti received his B.A., cum laude, in Philosophy from Emory University where he was also on the Dean’s List, and was awarded the Michael F. Stanton Fellowship for writings in continental philosophy; he was also a Hall of Fame Member of the Barkley Forum, Emory’s debate society.

Bar & Court Admissions

Mr. Sbaiti passed the bars of, and is admitted to practice in the states of New York, Texas and California.
Mr. Sbaiti is also admitted to practice in the following federal courts:
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Professional Associations

American Bar Association
Texas Bar Association
New York Bar Association
California Bar Association

Languages

Arabic
German (spoken)

Publications

Administrative Oversight? Towards A Meaningful ‘Materiality’ Determination Procedure For Dual-Diagnosis Claimants Seeking Benefits Under Titles II and XVI of The Social Security Act, 35 Colum. Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 415 (2004).

Reported Cases

Bombardier Transportation GmbH v. DaimlerChrysler AG, Arbitration, Zurich, Switzerland (2004).
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. v. Allegheny Energy, Inc. (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2004).

Reported Opinions

AE Marketing LLC et a., v. Jenkins-Baldwin Corp., et al., __ F.Supp. 3d. __ (N.D. Tex. 2010).
Certain Approval et al. v. Xentric Ventures et al., __ F. Supp.3d __ (D. Ariz. 2009).
Freeman Industries Inc. v. Eastman Chemical Co. et al., 172 S.W.3d 512 (Tenn. 2005).
Eli Lilly & Co. v. Emisphere Techs., Inc., No. 03-cv-1504-DFH (S.D. Ind.).
Palisades Collections LLC v. Charlene Shorts v. AT&T Mobility Corp., 552 F.3d 327 (4th Cir. 2008).
Stockman v. Oakcrest Dental Ctr., 480 F.3d 791 (6th Cir. 2006).