Ileana M. Blanco

Representative Matters

Energy Company Cases

• Javier Alvarez del Castillo, et al. v. P.M.I. Holdings North America, Inc., et al.; Civil Action No. 4:14-cv-03435; United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division
• Pemex Exploración y Producción v. BASF Corporation, et al., No. 4:10-cv-01977; United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division
• Petrobras America Inc. et al. v. Vicinay Cadenas, S.A.; United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division
• Laguna Tubular Products Corporation and LTP Real Estate, LLC f/k/a LTP Real Estate, Inc. v. O.C.T.G., L.L.P. and Sojourn Partners, L.L.C.; Cause No. 2013-44749; In the 190th Judicial District Court, Harris County, Texas
• Fairways Offshore Exploration, Inc. v. Patterson Services, Inc. and Cudd Pressure Control, Inc.; No. 2007-59388; 215th Judicial District Court, Harris County, Texas
• New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and The Administrator of the New Jersey Spill Compensation Fund v. Occidental Chemical Corporation, Tierra Solutions, Inc., Maxus Energy Corporation, Repsol YPF, S.A., YPF, S.A., YPF Holdings, Inc. and CLH Holdings; No. L-009868 05; Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Essex County

Financial Institutions Cases

• Prosperity Bank v. ETS Oilfield Services, L.P., ETS Services Management, L.L.C., and Devin Nevilles v. Roy E. Aguilar; No. 2017-DCV-5030-B; 117th Judicial District Court, Nueces County, Texas
• David & Sharae Pettit, et al. v. Texas Capital Bank, N.A., et al.; No. 2015-13583; 281st Judicial District Court, Harris County, Texas
• Patrick Finn and Lighthouse Management Group, Inc., as Receiver for First United Funding, LLC and Corey N. Johnston v. Alliant Bank, et al., No. 19HA-CV-11-2212; First Judicial District Court, Dakota County, Minnesota
• FH Partners, L.L.C. v. Superior Funding, Inc., Wave Tec Pools, Inc., Nations Pool Supply, Inc., Jason B. Herring, and Kimberly McCormick a/k/a Kimberly A. Herring, No. D-1-GN-07-003455; 53rd Judicial District Court, Travis County, Texas
• Superior Funding, Inc., Wave Tec Pools, Inc., and Nations Pool Supply, Inc. v. Prosperity Bank, et al., No. D-1-GN-07-00366; 98th Judicial District Court, Travis County, Texas

Arbitrations

• Successfully represented an international cement manufacturer in AAA arbitration involving a construction dispute arising from the modernization and expansion of an existing facility
• Successfully represented two global EPC contractors in a confidential US$120+ million arbitration against the owner resulting from delays to the project and increased project costs

• New Perimeter International Business Transactions Training, Instructor for TDB (Trade & Development Bank), Nairobi, Kenya April 29-May 3, 2024
• National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) Course Instructor for Deposition Skills: Online, March 28, 2024
• National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) Course Instructor for Deposition Skills: Online, December 13, 2023
• Panelist at Hispanic National Bar Association Region XII Summit on "Pound Sand: The Art of Negotiating," May 18, 2023 
• University of Houston Law Center, Adjunct Professor, Legal Negotiations, 2021-2022
• Judge for Semifinal and Championship Rounds of the University of Houston Law Center National Mediator Competition, October 2022
• American Bar Association, TIPS/ABOTA Trial Academy Instructor, September 2022
• Moderator for Implicit Bias Panel, Texas State Bar Annual Advanced Civil Trial Course, Houston, July 6, 2022; Dallas, August 17, 2022
• National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) Course Instructor for Deposition Skills: Online, February 16-18, 2022
• American Bar Association TIPS/ABOTA Trial Academy Instructor, September 2021
• National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) Course Instructor for Building Trial Skills Online: Module 2-Exhibits and Impeachment, August 13, 2021
• National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) Course Instructor for Deposition Skills: Houston, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, July 22-23, 2021
• National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) Course Instructor for Center of Arkansas Legal Services Trial Skills, May 18-19, 2021
• University of Houston Bilingual Dispute Resolution Competition Judge, April 7-8, 2021
• DLA Piper Trial Practice Conservatory Webinar: Opening Statement Pointers, October 27, 2020
• DLA Litigation Practice Group Training: "Oral Advocacy Best Practices" webinar, May 6, 2020
• National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) Course Instructor for Deposition Skills: Online, April 3-5, 2020
• Legal Ethics & Professional Responsibility and Trial Advocacy, Trainer for Nepal Bar Association International Training for Women Lawyers, November 17-22, 2019
• Client presentation, Lump Sum Contracts: The Whole Pie and Some Avoidable Crumbles, October 1, 2019
• American Bar Association 2019 TIPS/ABOTA National Trial Academy Instructor, April 12-17, 2019
• Texas Supreme Court Updates: Contract Clauses Transactional Lawyers Should Kill and Contract Clauses Transactional Lawyers Should Love, April 11, 2019
• Client presentation, Lump Sum Contracts: The Whole Pie and Some Avoidable Crumbles, April 4, 2019, February 2, 2019, October 18, 2018
• Professional Liability: Updates on Attorney and Accountant Liability in Texas, January 24, 2017