Nicholas Bruno

His familiarity with the Texas appellate system began in law school. During law school, Bruno gained appellate experience serving as an intern for Texas Supreme Court Justice Jeff Boyd and as an intern in the appellate division of the Travis County Attorney’s Office. He was also a member of the University of Texas School of Law’s Supreme Court Clinic, in which time he helped research and draft briefs and petitions for writ of certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court.

Representative Experience

Supreme Courts & Federal Courts of Appeals

• 24-0853, 24-0854, 24-0742, 24-0351; In re Taylor Moss; in the Supreme Court of Texas and Nos. 14-24-00732-CV, 14-24-00733-CV, 14-24-00635-CV; In re Taylor Moss; in the Fourteenth Court of Appeals, Houston, Texas; successfully opposed mandamus and habeas corpus relief in the Texas Supreme Court and court of appeals with relation to efforts to stay post-judgment proceedings.
• 2023-CQ-01596; Angela Pickard, et al. v. Amazon.com, et al.; in the Supreme Court of Louisiana; Beck Redden LLP served as lead appellate counsel for Plaintiffs in a case in which the Louisiana Supreme Court held that Amazon is a seller under the Louisiana Products Liability Act and that Amazon may be liable for injuries if, subject to standards established by standard undertaking law, Amazon assumed a duty to identify and remove unreasonably dangerous products from its marketplace.
• 23-3265; Smith v. Atlantic City; in the United States Third Circuit Court of Appeals: filed amicus brief in the Third Circuit on behalf of a various organizations interested in religious liberty.
• 24-1261; Cambridge Christian School, Inc. v. Florida High School Athletic Association, Inc.; in the United States Supreme Court; filed an amicus brief on behalf of Christian school organizations in a case involving the protections of free exercise of religion and free speech rights of students to engage in prayer.
• No. 20-0066; Haynes and Boone LLP et al. v. NFTD LLC et al.; in the Supreme Court of Texas: Represented an attorney in case involving attorney immunity’s application to transactional law practice.
• No. 19-0872; Miguel A Gomez, III v Memorial Hermann Health System, in the Supreme Court of Texas: Represented a hospital in a case involving jury charge, expert, and other legal issues related to a defamation claim.
• No. 21-0936; ExxonMobil Corporation v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA, and
  Starr Indemnity & Liability Insurance Company; in the Supreme Court of Texas: Successfully obtained a reversal of a court of appeals’ opinion related to insurance coverage.
• No. 21-0644; In re Schindler; in the Supreme Court of Texas; Successfully opposed mandamus relief at both the Texas Supreme Court and court of appeals regarding an alleged final judgment.
• No. 19-20039; Younas Chaudhary and Bushra Chaudhary v. Chubb & Son, Inc., et al.; In the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals: Represent plaintiffs in a case involving whether federal law preempted state liability claims against an insurance agent related to representations regarding private excess flood insurance coverage. The Fifth Circuit reversed the district court’s judgment dismissing the claims brought by our client and remanded for further proceedings.
• No. 24-427; in the United States Supreme Court and No. 22-15485; Ronald Hittle v. City of Stockton, In the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals: represented several organizations who argued that Title VII protections are important not only to the employee in this case, but also for members of minority religions.
• Participated in briefing in several other Fifth Circuit and Texas Supreme Court matters, including briefing at the petition for review stage and the briefing on the merits stage.
• 24-0798; In re David Michael Lance Cooke; in the Supreme Court of Texas; Texas Supreme Court abated/remanded a mandamus proceeding and obtained a favorable ruling in the trial court overturning the grant of a new trial in a family law matter.

Texas Courts of Appeals

• 14-24-00266-CV (2025 WL 1225850); Moss v. Holzworth; in the Fourteenth Court of Appeals, Houston, Texas: Affirmed final judgment enforcing Rule 11 settlement agreement in probate trust dispute involving jury findings of fraud, management of family trusts, and undue influence. Also affirmed denial of a TCPA motion in a post-judgment context.
• 14-24-00266-CV (2024 WL 5116975, at *1); Moss v. Holzworth; in the Fourteenth Court of Appeals, Houston, Texas: Affirmed the trial court’s ruling setting a supersedeas bond of $9,748,892 after striking the trustee’s negative net worth affidavit as unreliable and enjoining asset dissipation pending appeal.
• 09-23-00044-CV; Interest of S.C.T.; in the Ninth Court of Appeals, Beaumont, Texas: Affirmed the trial court’s order modifying parent-child relationship.
• 14-23-00295-CV; Sidetrade, Inc. v. HighRadius Corporation; in the Fourteenth Court of Appeals of Texas; Represented a Texas Citizen’s Participation Act non-movant and prevailed at the Fourteenth Court of Appeals that the case did not fall under the TCPA.
• 14-23-00425-CV; BRCC Enterprises LLC v. Jesse Skie; in the Fourteenth Court of Appeals of Texas; Obtained reversal of judgment rendered after jury verdict because the oral contract, predicated upon a healthy harvest of 1,400 pounds of dry cannabis crop was held to be void for illegality.
• 14-24-00218-CV, In re C-Automation, in the Fourteenth Court of Appeals of Texas; Obtained mandamus relief from an order compelling discovery of the client’s trade secrets.
• 01-24-00397-CV, In re Houston Pipe Line Co., et al, in the First Court of Appeals of Texas; successfully opposed mandamus relief, after a request for a response to a petition for writ of mandamus that sought to compel discovery that the relators claimed was relevant in breach of contract claim in oil and gas dispute.
• 09-21-00223-CV, In re Jamison; in the Ninth Court of Appeals, Beaumont, Texas: Successfully obtained reversal of five-figure pre-trial discovery sanctions against attorney and show cause order directed to attorney.
• No. 01-20-00076-CV, Triple P.G. Sand Development LLC et al v. Eduardo Del Pino et al; in the First Court of Appeals, Houston, Texas: Represented parties in a permissive appeal from an MDL order that was affirmed on the basis of statutory tolling under Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code section 16.064.
• No. 01-20-00314-CV; Austin Housing Finance Corp. v. Friends of Brykerwoods LLC et al; in the First Court of Appeals, Houston, Texas: represented a group of property owners in defending a temporary injunction on appeal.
• No. 12-19-00412-CV; In re UPS Ground Freight, Inc.; in the Twelfth Court of Appeals, Tyler, Texas: Represented a party seeking mandamus relief from a discovery order granting discovery of confidential driver’s records. The Tyler Court of Appeals granted mandamus relief.
• No. 13-19-00492-CV; Mary H. Robledo v. Jose Luis Villarreal and Evelyn Ramos; in the Thirteenth Court of Appeals, Corpus Christi, Texas: Served as lead appellate counsel in successfully obtaining the reversal of a default judgment against our client.
• No. 01-19-00894-CV; In re Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas LLC, and McMoRan Oil & Gas, LLC; in the First Court of Appeals, Houston, Texas: After the court of appeals requested briefing, we successfully opposed mandamus relief in a proceeding involving discovery of documents between a third party (whose opinions Relators’ experts reviewed) and the Relators’ attorneys.
• No. 01-18-00984-CV; Belmont Village Hunters Creek TRS, LLC, et al. v. William Marshall, et al.; in the First Court of Appeals, Houston, Texas: Represent a plaintiff who was sexually assaulted at an assisted living facility in an appeal involving whether her claims against the assisted living facility are health care liability claims as defined under Chapter 74 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
• No. 01-19-00567-CV; In re Preston Marshall and Rusk Capital Management, L.L.C.; in the First Court of Appeals, Houston, Texas: After the court of appeals requested briefing, we successfully opposed mandamus relief in a proceeding involving whether the trial court correctly found that a jury waiver applied to that proceeding.
• No. 14-17-00818-CV; Lilian Garrick v. Autoliv ASP, Inc., Autoliv Safety Technology, Inc., Kia Motors America, Inc., and Kia Motors Corp.; in the Fourteenth Court of Appeals, Houston, Texas: Successfully obtained affirmance of summary judgment in favor of our client after aiding in drafting the briefing and presenting oral argument.
• No. 14-16-00537-CV; Garden Oaks Maintenance Organization v. Peter S. Chang and Katherine M. Chang; In the Fourteenth Court of Appeals, Houston, Texas: Obtained partial reversal of judgment against our client after aiding in drafting the briefing and presenting oral argument.

Other Courts

• Participated in briefing and hearings at Texas state trial courts on a wide array of issues, including summary judgment motions, TCPA motions to dismiss, and motions to exclude expert testimony.
• Participated in briefing cases across the country, including in various federal courts, the North Dakota Supreme Court, and the Ninth Circuit.