"As our counsel, Mitchell Milby has steered our architectural design firm through all kinds of legal issues. Our work can be local or international, and Mitchell has the knowledge to meet our needs on every level."
Diren W. Singhe
Associate
dsinghe@milbyfirm.com
A native of London and six year resident of Dallas by way of California, New York and Houston, Diren has, throughout a fourteen year career representing a broad range of clients from startups and individual professionals to Fortune 500 companies, been trusted counsel to a number of innovative and dynamic companies all over the country.
With Milby PLLC, Diren focuses on commercial, construction and energy law as well as the protection of licensed design and financial professionals. His recent work includes protecting accounting, engineering, architecture, technology and construction companies in complex multiparty professional negligence, deceptive trade practice, fiduciary duty, intellectual property, environmental liability and breach of contract suits in Texas state courts, in federal courts across the U.S., and before specialized arbitration tribunals. He also regularly advises on transactional matters ranging from partnerships, corporate formation, and executive compensation to technology transfers and licensing agreements.
Verdicts and Settlements:
Las Ventanas HOA v. Ashford Glass, Inc., et al., 444th District Court, Cameron County, Texas
Las Ventanas HOA v. Ashford Glass, Inc., et al., 444th District Court, Cameron County, Texas
- Defended subcontractor in multi-party high-rise condominium construction defect and water infiltration suit
- Obtained favorable settlement
Blackard v. Fairview Farms Land Company, Ltd, 219th District Court, Collin County, Texas
- Defended commercial landlord against Plaintiff' tenant’s environmental toxicity claims
- Won summary judgment dismissing all claims; no monies paid
Morgan, Shoaf, Sanders, et al v. RRJ Investments, LLC, Atchison Family Revocable Trust, et al, 146th District Court, Bell County, Texas
- Defense of multiple homeowners’ trespass and negligence per se suit against adjacent commercial developer for alleged point source and runoff pollution including alleged TPDES violations.
- Obtained favorable settlement
- Defended industrial equipment manufacturer against injured workers’ design and manufacturing defect claims
- Won summary judgment dismissing all claims; no monies paid
- Defended accounting firm by establishing that an accountant's obligations during company valuation did not include any duty to detect and report to any shareholder any alleged wrongdoing on the part of any other shareholder.
- Won dismissal; no monies paid
- Defended curtain wall design firm against subrogated claim for water infiltration to high rise office building during renovations underway when Hurricane Ike struck Houston
- Won dismissal; no settlement monies paid
Professional Affiliations:
- State Bar of Texas, Energy Section
- Supreme Court of Texas and all Courts, State of Texas
- United States District Court, Northern District of Texas
- United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas
- United States District Court, Western District of Texas
- Defense Research Institute
- Dallas Bar Association, Construction Section
Education:
CORNELL LAW SCHOOL, Ithaca, New York
1997 Juris Doctor
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Irvine, California
1994 Bachelor of Arts with Honors; Political Science
1997 Juris Doctor
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Irvine, California
1994 Bachelor of Arts with Honors; Political Science
Diren is also an active USAC licensed bicycle road racer and a member of the newly-formed Dallas-based AIA-TEXO cycling club.