Joshua J. Newcomer

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Joshua Newcomer is Managing Principal in the Houston office of McKool Smith. He handles complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on financial, fiduciary, construction, and bankruptcy-related disputes.

Josh currently represents numerous post-bankruptcy trustees and their counterparties arising out of the bankruptcies of Tops, Millennium, KP Engineering, Basic Energy, and other entities. He recently defended Zachry entities in fiduciary duty and fraudulent transfer claims arising out of construction of a billion-dollar public-private partnership toll road. He also recently represented TiVo subsidiaries Rovi and Veveo adverse to Comcast in an International Trade Commission investigation involving the economic activities of the parties.

Prior to joining McKool Smith, Josh clerked for the Honorable Carolyn Dineen King of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the Honorable William H. Yohn Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Before attending law school, Joshua was an associate consultant for L.E.K. Consulting in Boston and Singapore, where he focused on business strategy and shareholder valuation.

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