Jesse Z. Weiss
Fiduciary & Trust Litigation Experience
Derivative lawsuits were filed in state or federal court against the directors and officers of many of the securities class actions Jesse has defended, and Jesse represented the same clients in those cases as well, where the claims were typically alleged breaches of fiduciary duties. Jesse also has significant experience in disputes involving Texas (and other) trusts, where the trustees act as fiduciaries to the trust beneficiaries. Select fiduciary representations include:
- CFO of public oil services company in federal derivative actions alleging waste and mismanagement
- Beneficiary against trustees of multimillion trust for fiduciary breaches
- Interested parties against trustees of large charitable trust
- Counseling trust beneficiaries of their rights vis-à-vis trustees and third parties
- Minority LLC members against majority and controlling members (many cases)
- Former executive and shareholder in derivative action against directors and officers of private company for fiduciary breaches
- Payments processor in derivative litigation arising from failed acquisition