Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation
Construction Litigation
Employment Litigation
Government Contracts

Practice Emphasis

Mr. Massad practices in the areas of commercial litigation, construction law, government contracts law and employment law. He has first-chair representation of clients in multi-million dollar construction-related lawsuits and employment-related lawsuits. He has a thorough working knowledge of FAR, federal and Texas common law relating to construction, procurement issues, Texas lien law and practical working knowledge of CPM and Primavera scheduling techniques.

Prior to joining Scheef & Stone, he served as First Assistant General Counsel for the Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport Board, Sr. Legal Counsel for S & A Restaurant Corporation (The Pillsbury Company) and Legal Counsel, Labor Relations Representative for Frito-Lay, Inc. (PepsiCo, Inc.).

Mr. Massad is an AV rated attorney having achieved the highest level of professional excellence.

Reported Decisions

Successfully represented the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Board in a case involving prevailing wage statute (Tex. Gov’t Code Ann §2258.052) and whether the trial court was correct when it ordered the Airport Board to make determinations of wage violations for thousands of former subcontract employees and whether the plaintiffs could maintain class standing for those thousands of employees. The Court of Appeals found in favor of the Airport Board on all issues affirming the trial court’s judgment dismissing the class action and reversing the trial court and rendering judgment that the plaintiffs were not entitled to mandamus relief.

Representative Matters

• Recovered nearly $1 million for a governmental entity for faulty concrete construction of runways at the nation’s third busiest airport.

• Successfully defended mass transit agency in multi-million dollar differing site condition claim.

• Successfully defended Fortune 100 snack food manufacturer/distributor in over 150 EEOC claims of unlawful employment discrimination without a single probable cause determination.

• Awarded summary judgment on $2.5 million claim by subcontractor relative to soil remediation differing site condition claim.

• Awarded a directed verdict in favor of governmental entity in a lawsuit by a former employee alleging Americans With Disabilities Act violations.

• Significant first-chair trial experience handling multi-million dollar construction-related lawsuits involving delay, impact, acceleration and differing site conditions claims.

• Significant first-chair trial experience representing governmental entities and Fortune 500 companies in employment discrimination-related lawsuits.

• Successfully defended several employers regarding alleged violations of Fair Labor Standards Act, Davis Bacon Act, Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act and McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act.

Representative Clients

• Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Board

• Dallas Area Rapid Transit

• Meridian Commercial, L.P.

• N.E. Construction, Ltd.

• Nelson Bros. Ready Mix, Ltd.

• Paragon Project Resources, Inc.

• Yarbrough Mechanical, Inc.

• Overly Custom Pools, Inc.

• Gulf Coast Partners, LLC


Professional Involvement

• Member, State Bar of Texas

        • Construction Law Section

        • Employment Law Section

• Member, Dallas Bar Association

        • Construction Law Section

            • Director, 2002 to present

Honors and Awards

• While in law school, received the Best Speaker Award - Practice Court Mini Trial Competition, and served as the faculty-designated law school representative to Baylor Student Congress.

Education and Professional Background

• Admitted in Texas

• U.S. District Court for the Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas

• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

• J.D., Baylor University School of Law, 1978

• B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1975