Sawyer Neely is a Dallas trial lawyer who has been trying cases in state and federal courts and arbitrations for more than 20 years. His practice is primarily focused on business and commercial litigation, partnership and majority-minority shareholder disputes, business divorce, and employment law. He represents publicly traded and privately held companies, as well as individuals and families facing internal and external threats to their business interests.
Sawyer has extensive experience in matters involving complex business disputes, employee and physician non-compete agreements, wrongful termination, breach of contract, fraud, misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of fiduciary duty, and direct and derivative shareholder claims. He routinely handles all phases of litigation through trial, including preliminary issues like the enforcement of arbitration and forum selection clauses, venue disputes, and personal jurisdiction challenges.
Sawyer also has been retained by businesses to conduct independent internal investigations regarding workplace safety, sexual, gender or racial discrimination and/or harassment and environmental compliance.
Sawyer acts as local counsel for out-of-state companies and lawyers with Texas litigation. His knowledge of local judges and local rules has proven invaluable to out-of-state lawyers.
Sawyer began his career in Washington, D.C., at one of the largest law firms in the world. He returned to Texas in 2005 and became a partner at Sayles Werbner, P.C., a Dallas litigation boutique. Sawyer joined Bradley in 2019 and has since expanded his practice. His skill set is comprehensive, and he works tirelessly on behalf of his clients to solve their problems in the most efficient and strategic manner possible. Whatever the dispute, Sawyer works closely with clients to understand their objectives and develop the right strategy to achieve them. To that end, he regularly works with corporate and transactional attorneys to try to resolve these disputes with business solutions rather than litigation.