Artoush Varshosaz

Practice Areas

Artoush Varshosaz co-leads the nearly 400 lawyers in the firm’s global Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice and is a member of the firm’s global advisory committee. He advises large and middle market companies and non-profit organizations to minimize legal risk arising from threatened or pending litigation. Artoush is an experienced litigator with a concentration on complex commercial disputes, internal investigations on behalf of boards and board committees, and financial services litigation. He has significant experience with state and federal law actions related to fiduciary duties, fraud, commercial contracts, negligence, and violation of various state and federal regulatory statutes. Artoush also has significant experience with class action defense, alternative dispute resolution, and insolvency-related actions, such as fraudulent transfers and preferences. He is both a balanced advisor in the boardroom and zealous advocate in the courtroom.

Artoush represents a multitude of clients, including Fortune 50 companies, non-profit organizations, boards of directors, special investigatory committees, startups, financial institutions, health care providers and pharmacies, retailers, entrepreneurs, family offices, residential and commercial property owners and operators, and high wealth individuals in complex disputes in federal, state, and bankruptcy court all over the country.

Professional Memberships

University of Oklahoma, College of Law - Member of the Board of Visitors

Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce - Board Member

Dallas Urban Debate Alliance - Board Member

South Asian Bar Association, Dallas Chapter - Former Board Member

National Asian Pacific American Bar Association

The Patrick E. Higginbotham American Inn of Court - alumnus

Inductee to the Pro Bono College of the State Bar of Texas

Publications

Applicability of Force Majeure Clauses in the United States, K&L Gates Publication, March 2020

“New Spate of Class Action Lawsuits, an update on Texas Water Code class actions,” TAA Newsletter (co-contributor with T. Schroeter and G. Sapire), 5 August 2015

Standing to File an Involuntary Petition, materials presented to firmwide audience, 11 September 2014

“Estate and Derivative Litigation: Gold Mine or Shaft?”, 26th Annual Jay L. Westbrook Bankruptcy Conference, Austin November 2009 (co-authored with Judith Ross)

Education