Kai Hecker focuses his practice on advising and defending professionals.   He has represented a range of individuals and companies, including lawyers, healthcare providers, real estate agents & brokers, accountants, architects, engineers, oil & gas landmen, and insurance agents & brokers. 

He advises professionals with the goal of avoiding future disputes or litigation.  This advice includes the professional’s ethical & professional responsibilities, information/cyber security obligations, internal best practices, and their business transactions and contracts.  He has spoken on these topics nation-wide.

He defends professionals with the goal of obtaining a successful early resolution so they can get back to helping their clients.  He has resolved matters involving professional liability/malpractice, ethics violations & grievances, and traditional business disputes pre-suit, at arbitration, at mediation, and through litigation in Texas state and federal courts. 

• Obtained summary judgment for national plaintiff’s lawyer accused of malpractice in high profile MDL litigation.  Judgment affirmed on appeal.
• Obtained pre-discovery summary judgment for real estate agents against multi-million dollar federal fraudulent inducement claim.  Briefed and argued at USCA Fifth Circuit; judgment affirmed.
• Resolved malpractice claim against national law firm brought by international conglomerate involving the purchase price calculation in asset purchase agreements for several oil and gas pipelines.
• Advised accounting firm during trial on malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty claims related to failed out-of-state insurance company.  Accounting firm found not liable.
• Case non-suited by plaintiff after summary judgment hearing in legal malpractice case involving non-subscriber worker’s compensation claim.
• Defeated defense counsel’s eve-of-trial attempt to disqualify plaintiff’s counsel in federal court discrimination lawsuit.
• Represented numerous lawyers in grievance proceedings before the State Bar of Texas.
• Advised numerous lawyers on best ethical practices to comply with the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct in novel situations.
• Defended directors and officers in various industries from bankruptcy Trustee adversary proceedings involving fraudulent transfers, profit claw backs, and other allegations.
• Represented architects and engineers in state, national, and international transactions.
• Advised healthcare providers and revised their business associate agreements, notices of privacy practices, and training materials to be HIPAA/HITECH compliant.
• Advised law firms in several states on best practices for safeguarding PII and PHI under HIPAA/HITECH, the Texas Identify Theft Enforcement & Prevention Act (Chapter 521), the Texas medical records privacy statute (Chapter 181), the relevant Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, and their state cyber security statutes.
• Represented corporations and individuals in temporary injunction hearings to prevent the loss of trade secrets – including information on LinkedIn – or to enforce non-compete, non-solicitation, and confidentiality employment agreements.

• SMU Adjunct Professor for Undergraduate Mock Trial (2013 – current)
• Vice President Dallas Chapter of Claims & Litigation Management (CLM) (2012 – 2015); current member.
• Secretary Dallas Chapter – Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) (2011 – 2015); current member.
• State Bar of Texas
• Dallas Bar Association 
• Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit

• Ethics & Information Security: You may be disbarred for storing confidential information paper and presentation at select law firms (June/July 2015).
• Cyber Liability – Where are we and where are we headed?  Legislation, Litigation, and Crisis Management, paper and panel presentation at the Professional Liability Attorney Network (PLAN) New York regional meeting (June 2014).
• HIPAA Loves You – Final Rules, paper and presentation at Texas Association of Non-Subscribers (TXANS) Annual Conference (May 2013).
• The Exceptions Don’t Matter – Data Security, paper and presentation at Texas Association of Non-Subscribers (TXANS) Annual Conference (May 2013).
• Surprise: You may be Fined for Storing Information about an Insured, paper and presentation at Claims & Litigation Management (CLM) conference (November 2012).
• Press <Enter> to Bankrupt Your Company, paper and presentation at Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) conferences (September 2012).
• Electronic Discovery and Cyber Liability, paper and presentation at the annual “Risk Management” continuing legal education seminar (November 2011).
• Cyber Notification Liability, paper and panel presentation at the Southwest Chapter Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) annual “Insuring the Information Age” seminar (October 2011).
• Invoicing and Collecting for Your Services, paper and presentation at the Collin County Bar Association’s annual “Making your Practice Work” continuing legal education seminar (March 2011).