Automotive Dealership Law

Padfield & Stout, LLP represents both franchise and independent automobile dealers throughout Texas. The firm’s attorneys have experience assisting dealerships with their legal needs arising from all aspects of dealership operations including their relationships with manufacturers, distributors, floorplan lenders, retail lenders and service providers. When the need for litigation arises, the firm’s attorneys are experienced in all venues including both state and federal court as well as administrative proceedings. 

The legal services the firm provides to dealerships relate to all aspects of a dealership’s operations including:

• • Dealership financing and floor planning
  • Retail lender relationships
  • Manufacturer and Distributor relationships
  • DMS and other service provider relationships
  • Finance and Insurance compliance and products

• F&I Product reinsurance and risk transfer

• Consumer claims and disputes

• Mechanic’s and storage liens

• Litigation and administrative proceedings