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Attorney Josh Borsellino, Bailey & Galyen

Josh Borsellino

Arlington, Texas
Managing Attorney, Business Litigation
phone (817) 276-6000
fax     (817) 276-6010



Josh Borsellino is the Managing Attorney of Business Litigation at Bailey & Galyen. He represents businesses and consumers in a wide variety of matters, including the prosecution and defense of claims for fraud, breach of contract, and negligence, as well as violations of the DTPA and intellectual property statutes. Mr. Borsellino has worked on many complex business disputes across the state of Texas. These matters have included:

  • Representing a chemical company in a suit by a former customer for allegedly defective goods, in which the former customer sought more than $10 million in damages. Summary judgment was granted in favor of the client, and this ruling was affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
  • Representing a royalty interest owner against an operator that claimed that the lease was held by “force majeure.” The district court granted summary judgment against the operator, resulting in the release of the lease.
  • Representing a nursing home provider against a subcontractor for faulty design and installation of a sprinkler system, resulting in a favorable settlement.
  • Representing a company that had been defrauded through a Ponzi scheme, resulting in an arbitration award in excess of $1 million.

Mr. Borsellino received his undergraduate degree from Southwestern University. He received his law degree from Tulane Law School. Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Borsellino completed a two-year term as a briefing attorney for the Honorable Walter S. Smith, Jr., U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas. While clerking for Judge Smith, Mr. Borsellino drafted countless briefs focusing on evidentiary rulings and dispositive motions under state and federal law. Prior to working at Bailey Galyen, Mr. Borsellino was a commercial litigation attorney at Haynes and Boone, LLP.

Bar Addmissions

  • Texas
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas

Education

  • Tulane Law School, 2004
    JD
    Honors: Cum Laude
  • Southwestern University, 2001
    JD
    Honors: With Honors

Published Works

  • “Proportionate Responsibility, Joint and Several Liability, and the Jury Charge”, State Bar of Text 34th Annual Advanced Civil Trial Course, July, 2011
  • “Proportionate Responsibility, Joint and Several Liability, and the Jury Charge”, (Co-Author), State Bar of Texas 34th Annual Advanced Civil Trial Course, May, 2011
  • Running an Olympian Gauntlet: the Chapter 33 Decathlon, 31st Annual Advanced Civil Trial Course, August, 2008
  • An Intersection or the End of the Road? Impact of Chapter 33 on Indemnity in Texas, Texas College for Judicial Studies, April, 2008
  • An Annotated “Model” Settlement Agreement, The Advocate, the State Bar of Texas Litigation Section Report, Fall, 2007
  • Chapter 33 and Indemnity, 30th Annual Advanced Civil Trial Course, August, 2007
  • Chapter 33: Immunity, Indemnity and Other Emerging Issues, Texas College for Judicial Studies, April, 2007
  • Chapter 33: Proportionate Responsibility and Other Frights, 23rd Annual Litigation Update, February, 2007
  • Chapter 33: Proportionate Responsibility and Other Frights, 29th Annual Advanced Civil Trial Course, August, 2006

Honors and Awards:

  • “Rising Star” in the 2008Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star Edition published by Law & Politics and Texas Monthly

Professional Associations and Memberships:

  • State Bar of Texas
    Member
  • American Bar Association
    Member
  • Tarrant County Bar Association
    Member
  • Tarrant County Young Lawyers’ Association
    Member