The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX; J.D. with honors 2012

• Texas Law Review, Articles Editor
• The Order of Barristers, National Member, inducted 2012

The University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; B.A. 2008

Law Clerk for the Honorable Morrison C. England, Jr., U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Law Clerk for the Garland E. Burrell, Jr., U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Law Clerk for the Honorable Edward C. Prado, U.S. Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

The State Bar of Texas
The State Bar of California
N.D. Texas; S.D. Texas; W.D. Texas; E.D. Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Federal Bar Association; William Mac Taylor American Inn of Court

George Padis is an experienced trial and appellate attorney who joined Sbaiti & Company after serving as the Deputy Civil Chief at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas. In that role, he managed a team of seven assistant U.S. attorneys and oversaw civil litigation filed against the federal government and federal officials.  George has tried numerous cases to verdict and handled several appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

With over twelve years of experience, George’s practice spans Federal Tort Claims Act matters, commercial disputes, healthcare fraud matters, anti-kickback statute litigation, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, corporate-governance, and securities disputes.

• (N.D. Tex.) — Investigated qui tam complaint alleging kickbacks and violations of the False Claims Act resulting in the company and two top executives paying the United States $12 million to settle allegations of improper payments to physicians: https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/medical-device-manufacturer-innovasis-inc-and-two-top-executives-agree-pay-12m-settle
• (N.D. Tex.) — First-chair trial counsel in a complex medical-malpractice case, securing a defense verdict for the United States affirmed on appeal: Madrid v. United States, No. 3:22-CV-0982-D, 2024 WL 1894347 (N.D. Tex. Apr. 30, 2024), appeal dismissed, 24-10568, 2024 WL 5265307 (5th Cir. July 12, 2024)
• (N.D. Tex.) — Lead trial counsel in a marriage-fraud case, obtaining a defense verdict affirmed on appeal: Horak v. U.S. Citizenship & Immigr. Servs., No. 23-10437, 2024 WL 2827943 (5th Cir. June 4, 2024)
• (N.D. Tex.) — Lead trial counsel in a medical-malpractice case, securing a defense verdict for the United States and the individual physicians that was affirmed on appeal; the plaintiff was represented at trial by appointed counsel from an Am Law 50 law firm: Blank v. United States, No. 22-10120, 2023 WL 1299238 (5th Cir. Jan. 31, 2023), denied, 143 S. Ct. 2674 (2023)
• (N.D. Tex.) — Obtained summary judgment in favor of a federal agency on Medicare-related claims arising from the Merit-based Incentive Payment System; the plaintiff was represented by an Am Law 20 law firm; the district court’s decision was affirmed on appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit: U.S. Anesthesia Partners of Texas, P.A. v. United States Dep’t of Health & Hum. Servs., No. 2:23-CV-206, 2024 WL 1257491 (N.D. Tex. Mar. 25, 2024), aff’d, 126 F.4th 1057 (5th Cir. 2025)
• (N.D. Tex.) — Obtained summary judgment in favor of a federal agency as a “furnisher of information” provided to consumer reporting agencies under the Fair Credit Report Act: Bond v. Def. Fin. & Acct. Serv., No. 3:21-CV-1304, 2024 WL 1097176 (N.D. Tex. Feb. 27, 2024), R&R adopted, 2024 WL 1094693 (N.D. Tex. Mar. 13, 2024)
• (N.D. Tex.) — Obtained summary judgment in favor of the federal government in an employment-discrimination lawsuit brought by a psychologist at Federal Medical Center Fort Worth; the district court’s decision was affirmed on appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals to the Fifth Circuit: Dixon v. Garland, No. 24-10215, 2024 WL 4948843 (5th Cir. Dec. 3, 2024)
• (N.D. Tex.) — Obtained summary judgment in favor of the federal government in an employment-discrimination lawsuit brought by a former nurse at the Dallas VA medical Center; the district court’s decision was affirmed on appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals to the Fifth Circuit: Reed v. McDonough, No. 21-10380, 2021 WL 4452357 (5th Cir. Sept. 28, 2021)
• (Colo. Dist. Ct. – Denver Cty.) — Obtained dismissal with prejudice on behalf of an exploration & production company’s directors and officers alleging material misstatements and omissions in connection with an initial public offering in violation of Sections 11, 12(a)(2), and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933 (lead associate)
• (S.D.N.Y.) — Obtained dismissal under Rule 12(b)(6) on behalf of an exploration & production company’s directors and officers of a class action complaint alleging material misstatements and omissions in connection with a public offering in violation of Sections 11, 12(a)(2), and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933
• (Del. Ch.) — Obtained post-trial judgment denying unitholders’ request to enjoin and rescind a private issuance of convertible preferred securities on behalf of a Fortune 100 midstream energy company (member of trial team)
• (Okla. Dist. Ct. – Tulsa Cty.) — Obtained dismissal based on a forum-selection clause on behalf of an exploration & production company’s former directors and officers of breach of fiduciary lawsuit alleging mismanagement leading to company’s bankruptcy (lead associate)
• (Del. Ch.) — Obtained dismissal of a books and records lawsuit, seeking documents pertaining to alleged breaches of fiduciary duty (lead associate)
• (Del. Ch.) — Obtained a favorable settlement of a breach-of-fiduciary duty claim premised on a shareholder-rights plan and change-of-control severance benefits in the executive-compensation agreements of an exploration and production company’s CEO and CFO (lead associate)
• (Del. Ch.) — Obtained a favorable settlement for a satellite-imaging company in post-merger appraisal action filed by common stockholders
• (Del. Ch.) — Defended a midstream energy company in expedited trial in which the plaintiff sought to block an imminently contemplated initial public offering (member of trial team)
• (Del. Sup. Ct.) — Appealed from Delaware Chancery Court ruling in a breach-of-contract action arising from a spinoff and merger of a diagnostic biotechnology company
• (Pa. Ct. Common Pleas – Allegheny County Commerce & Complex Litig. Ctr.) — Assisted an exploration & production company in obtaining a favorable settlement of a breach-of-contract and implied-covenant lawsuit after a bench trial (member of trial team)
• (S.D. Tex.) — Authored a motion to dismiss or, in the alternative, for summary judgment that persuaded the plaintiff to voluntarily dismiss with prejudice a federal age-discrimination lawsuit involving an exploration & production company’s overseas offshore operations (lead associate)
• (Tex. Dist. – Dallas and Collin Cty.) — Defended a Fortune 100 nonalcoholic beverage company against three breach-of-contract lawsuits filed by a large restaurant group holding company; the parties reached a favorable global settlement (lead associate)
• (Tex. Dist. – Tom Green Cty.) — Assisted in obtaining a favorable multimillion dollar (net) settlement on behalf of the owner of a luxury hunting resort in its lawsuit against the general contractor for breach of contract in connection with the construction of the hunting lodge, luxury cabins, and related facilities (lead associate)
• (5th Cir.) — Obtained asylum following remand from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit for a domestic violence survivor and her juvenile son in a pro bono immigration matter

Arbitration Under Siege: Reforming Consumer and Employment Arbitration and Class Actions, 91 Texas Law Review 665 (2013)
Overcoming the “Energy Paradox” in the Built Environment,  42 Texas Environmental Law Journal 85 (2011)