One of the largest conglomerates in the Caribbean, CL Financial, and its Chairman, Lawrence Duprey, hired our partners, Timothy F. Lee and Dennis Barrow to defend a claim in excess of $1 billion filed by two Canadian citizens, a Canadian company, and a Texas company.  The Canadian plaintiffs asserted claims for breach of contract, fraud, and intentional interference with contract.  CL Financial and Lawrence Duprey filed a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction.  The trial court dismissed the $1,000,000,000 in claims for lack of personal jurisdiction.  On appeal, Ware, Jackson, Lee, O’Neill, Smith & Barrow, LLP attorney Tim Lee obtained a precedent-setting opinion affirming the dismissal. Greenfield Energy Inc., et al. v. Lawrence Duprey and CL Financial,  252 S.W.3d 721 (Tex.App.-Houston [14 Dist.] 2008, no writ.).