Mr. Tabolsky graduated with high honors from the University of Texas School of Law and clerked for Chief Judge Edith Jones of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. His practice focuses on appellate litigation in state and federal courts across the country.
He has represented plaintiffs and defendants in an array of cases involving claims alleging RICO violations, securities fraud, professional malpractice, product liability, antitrust violations, trade-secret misappropriation, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, defamation, and wrongful death. He has also worked on a number of appeals arising out of bankruptcy proceedings. He was one of the principal brief writers for the prevailing appellants in In re Napster Copyright Litigation, 479 F.3d 1078 (9th Cir. 2007).
In law school, he was Clerk of the Chancellors honor society, a member of the Order of the Coif, and the recipient of Dean's Achievement Awards in Constitutional Law and Civil Procedure. He also served as an intern to the Hon. Bea Ann Smith of the Third Court of Appeals in Austin, Texas.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Tabolsky was an associate in the appellate-litigation group of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, L.L.P. He was also an associate at Beck, Redden & Secrest, L.L.P, where he worked on cases at both the trial and appellate levels.
He is admitted to practice in the State of Texas, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fifth, Eighth, and Eleventh Circuits, and the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas.