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REPRESENTATION DISCLOSURE. QSLWM’s own materials describe a client base weighted toward “some of the nation’s largest financial institutions, insurance companies, and construction companies,” including explicitly defending lender-liability claims brought against banks — alongside representation of “small to mid-size businesses” in disputes generally, which can include plaintiff-side matters. This profile discloses that mixed, institutionally-weighted representation directly, consistent with Awesome Attorneys’ editorial policy for adversarial, non-personal-injury practice areas.

Quilling, Selander, Lownds, Winslett & Moser: The Dallas Business Litigation Attorney Firm Whose Bankruptcy Trustee Once Ran a 300-Horse Farm

QSLWM is a roughly 50-lawyer Dallas litigation and bankruptcy firm, founded in 1993, whose institutional client roster includes some of the nation’s largest financial institutions — and whose bankruptcy practice chair has, as a court-appointed trustee, personally operated businesses ranging from an online dating company to a 300-horse ranch.

QSLWM — Dallas Business Litigation Attorney At a Glance

Sources: qslwm.com (firm website), Texas Super Lawyers attorney profiles, FindLaw firm directory, State Bar of Texas member directory. Compiled August 2026.

Origin: Three Attorneys in 1993 to Roughly Fifty Today

QSLWM traces to 1993, when the firm launched as Quilling, Selander, Cummiskey & Lownds with three founding attorneys. By 2019, the firm had grown enough — and the contributions of two additional name partners had become significant enough — that it renamed itself to add Gregory K. Winslett and Christopher J. Moser, reaching its current name. The firm’s own account of that growth credits “personal service, reasonable fees and excellent results” for a “consistent pattern of growth” from three attorneys to roughly fifty. Christopher Moser has headed the firm’s Bankruptcy/Financial Institutions Section since 1993 — effectively since the firm’s founding — and is Board Certified in both Business Bankruptcy Law and Consumer Bankruptcy Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, a certification he has held since 1990. Beyond his bankruptcy litigation practice, Moser has served as a court-appointed Chapter 7 Trustee in the Eastern District of Texas and Chapter 11 Trustee in both the Eastern and Northern Districts, and in that trustee role has personally operated a range of seized businesses since 1986 — including, per the firm’s own attorney biography, an online dating company, a real estate brokerage, a telecommunications company, several oil and gas companies, and a horse farm with more than 300 horses. Michael J. Quilling, another name partner, is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and multiple federal appellate circuits.

Where the Firm Concentrates

The firm describes business litigation as “the true strength of our firm,” covering contract disputes, fraud claims, deceptive trade practices, trademark infringement, real estate and construction disputes, and lender-liability and financial-institution/securities matters. The firm’s own marketing states that “many” of its attorneys are Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization; this profile independently confirmed Christopher Moser’s bankruptcy-specific board certifications but did not independently verify Civil Trial Law certification for each individual attorney the firm’s marketing refers to, and is noting that distinction directly. The firm’s financial institutions practice specifically defends banks against lender-liability claims arising from commercial and residential real estate loans, business loans, and consumer credit, and its bankruptcy group works to protect institutional clients’ interests when debtors file bankruptcy. Readers comparing options can see how this profile fits alongside other Business & Corporate Litigation attorneys covered on Awesome Attorneys.

Notable Work

Michael Quilling’s reported case history includes serving as court-appointed receiver in SEC v. ABC Viaticals, Inc., a Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement action in the Northern District of Texas involving approximately 4,000 claimants and roughly $120 million in investor funds — a matter of a scale well beyond a typical business dispute, and independently identifiable through the case’s federal docket citation (Civil Action No. 3:06-CV-2136-P). Christopher Moser’s trustee work, described above, is drawn from the firm’s own attorney biography rather than an independently verified court record for each individual business operated, and is presented as the firm’s own account.

Client Voice

Awesome Attorneys did not locate consumer-facing client reviews for QSLWM; FindLaw’s firm listing explicitly notes no reviews have been submitted. For an institutional-client firm of this type — representing banks, insurers, and construction companies rather than individual consumers — a thin public consumer review record is not unusual, but it is disclosed here directly rather than omitted.

Beyond the Courtroom

Christopher Moser’s decades-long run operating businesses as a bankruptcy trustee — a list that the firm’s own materials describe as including a sizable online dating company and a 300-plus-horse ranch — is an unusually concrete, verifiable window into a bankruptcy practice that goes well beyond courtroom filings.

Recognition

Best Lawyers in America selection is a peer-review-based credential, and QSLWM’s seven 2025 selections (including Moser and Quilling) reflect a broadly recognized firm rather than a single-attorney distinction. Moser’s Texas Board of Legal Specialization certifications in Business Bankruptcy Law and Consumer Bankruptcy Law are genuine, examination-based credentials independently confirmed for this profile — but they certify bankruptcy law specifically, not civil trial law or business litigation, and this profile does not extend “specialist” language to the firm’s business litigation practice based on Moser’s bankruptcy certification. The firm’s claim that “many” attorneys hold Civil Trial Law board certification is presented here as the firm’s own claim, not independently verified attorney-by-attorney for this profile.

Texas Legal Backdrop

Readers considering Texas business or commercial litigation should understand a few structural rules, presented as general information and not legal advice. Breach of contract claims in Texas generally carry a four-year statute of limitations under Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.004 and the residual four-year period at § 16.051, while fraud and breach-of-fiduciary-duty claims also generally fall under the four-year period in § 16.004(a). Lender-liability claims against financial institutions typically sound in either contract or tort depending on the theory pled, which affects which limitations period applies. For businesses navigating a counterparty’s bankruptcy, the automatic stay under 11 U.S.C. § 362 halts most collection actions and litigation against the debtor the moment a bankruptcy petition is filed — a federal rule that frequently intersects with Texas business litigation when a defendant or business partner files for bankruptcy mid-dispute.

Awesome Attorneys Assessment

QSLWM’s clearest fit is an institutional client — a bank, insurer, or construction company — facing business litigation or lender-liability claims, where the firm’s three-decade relationship with “some of the nation’s largest financial institutions” and Moser’s specific bankruptcy board certifications provide real, documented depth. The firm’s bankruptcy trustee work, in particular, reflects genuine, unusual operational experience running businesses under financial distress that a purely litigation-focused firm would not have.

The honest trade-off: this is an institutionally-oriented firm whose public marketing leans toward defending large financial and construction clients rather than representing individual business owners or plaintiffs, and its consumer-facing review record is effectively nonexistent. A smaller, owner-operated business considering the firm for a plaintiff-side dispute should confirm directly whether the specific attorney handling the matter has genuine experience representing businesses of that size, rather than assuming institutional-defense experience transfers automatically.

Methodology & Sourcing

This profile was researched and written independently by Awesome Attorneys’ editorial team in August 2026. Primary source: the firm’s own published website (qslwm.com), including attorney biography pages and practice-area descriptions. Secondary sources: Texas Super Lawyers attorney profiles, FindLaw’s firm directory (which showed no submitted client reviews), and the State Bar of Texas member directory, which showed no public disciplinary history for Christopher Moser or Michael Quilling as of this research. The firm did not commission, pay for, or pre-approve this article. All credentials and claims are attributed to their sources; past results do not guarantee or predict future outcomes. This article is general information, not legal advice.

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