Cameron Byrd - AZA Law

Cameron Byrd

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Cameron Byrd is a trial lawyer who handles commercial, intellectual property, and insolvency disputes. As lead counsel, he has won in state and federal court, bankruptcy court, and arbitration. He has handled over $1 billion in disputes involving contracts, secured lending, fraudulent transfers, financial services, oil and gas, construction, trade secrets, business torts, healthcare, injunctive relief, and large lost-profits damages models.

Peer-reviewed publications recognize Mr. Byrd as a top lawyer, including The National Law Journal’s Top 100 Verdicts, Best Lawyers in America Ones to Watch, Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars, Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators, Lawdragon 500 Global Leaders in Energy, and BTI Client Service All-Stars. Mr. Byrd is also a Sustaining Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation.

Representative Matters

On the eve of trial, Mr. Byrd took over a $290 million fraud and fiduciary dispute involving an engineering, procurement, and construction project for a new refinery in Mexico. After a three-week trial in state court, the jury returned a take-nothing verdict and answered every question in favor of Mr. Byrd’s client.
On the eve of trial, Mr. Byrd took over an eight-year-old case and obtained a unanimous $44 million jury verdict in state court for two upstream companies with trespass claims against a midstream company for injecting acid gas into the subsurface.
Mr. Byrd tried a nine-week final arbitration hearing that resulted in the arbitrator rejecting the claimants’ $130 million damages model and awarding zero recovery against his reinsurance client on claims for fraud, RICO, malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, and veil-piercing.
On the eve of trial, Mr. Byrd took over a twelve-year-old case and won a unanimous jury verdict in federal court on questions of priority under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, fraudulent transfer, and veil piercing. As a result, his clients recovered their collateral and obtained the dismissal of $60 million of fraudulent-transfer and veil-piercing claims.
Mr. Byrd is currently lead counsel for secured creditors pursuing claims for over $350 million in multiple state, federal, and bankruptcy court proceedings.
Mr. Byrd is currently lead counsel for the bankruptcy estate of a national construction firm on claims for over $200 million.
Mr. Byrd obtained declaratory relief and $82 million in damages and attorney’s fees on summary judgment in state court for a secured creditor.
Mr. Byrd obtained a temporary injunction in state court for a secured creditor after the borrower attempted to fraudulently transfer the collateral. The borrower then filed a sham Chapter 11 bankruptcy. After multiple evidentiary hearings, Mr. Byrd defeated the borrower’s cash collateral and Section 552 motions and obtained dismissal of the Chapter 11 case.
On the eve of trial, Mr. Byrd took over a thirteen-year-old case and won a bench trial in state court that resulted in a declaratory judgment, full attorney’s fees for his clients, and the dismissal of related fraudulent-transfer and veil-piercing claims.
In the last three years, Mr. Byrd has obtained over $100 million in pretrial settlements for plaintiffs and creditors in cases involving secured loans, fraudulent transfers, covenants not to compete, and misappropriation of trade secrets across industries including financial services, oil and gas, and healthcare.

Education

University of Texas School of Law, J.D., with honors
- Dean’s Achievement Award
Baylor University, B.A., magna cum laude, Honors Program with Distinction
- Most Outstanding University Scholars Major

Publications and Presentations

“Old Trial Tips That Are No Longer True,” April 2024
“Lost Profits in Commercial Litigation: Proving and Defending Damages,” March 2023
“Trade Secrets Theft: How to Protect Your Company,” October 2019
“Trying Your First Jury Trial: Lessons Learned,” December 2018

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