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| | Address | | 100 Main Street | | Fort Worth, Texas 76102 | | (Tarrant Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | Phone: 817-338-1700
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| Brackett & Ellis,
A Professional Corporation practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Practice. Corporations, Taxation, Real Estate, Banking, Antitrust, Trust, Estate Planning, Probate, Bankruptcy, Creditors' Rights, Insurance Defense, Healthcare, School and Employment Law. Alternative Dispute Resolution. Trial and Appeal of Civil Cases in all Courts. | | Year Established: 1978 | | Firm Size: 29 | Representative Clients:
Adesa, Inc.; Adventist Health Systems; All Saints Episcopal School; American Golf Corporation; Assurant Group; Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Texas, Inc.; BNSF Railway Company; Burleson Independent School District; Cook Children's Medical Foundation; Corphealth, Inc.; Chrysler Corp.; Delta Lloyds Insurance Company of Houston; Eagle Mountain-Saginaw Independent School District; Employers General Insurance Group; Fort Worth Independent School District; Grand Prairie Independent School District; Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District; Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District; JaGee Holdings; Keller Independent School District; Lasko Products, Inc.; LifeCare Hospitals; Regions Bank; St. Paul Insurance Co.; Texas Association of School Boards Risk Management Fund; Texas Property & Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association; Trinity Valley School; Underwriters At Lloyds; Vermeer Equipment of Texas, Inc.; Weaver and Tidwell, L.L.P., Certified Public Accountants; William C. Jennings Companies; Worthington National Bank. References: Wells Fargo Bank Texas, N.A.; The Frost National Bank. | | Ronald L. Adams born Tyler, Texas, May 26, 1948; admitted to bar, 1975, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., 1971); Baylor University (J.D., cum laude, 1975). Phi Delta Phi. Associate Editor, Baylor Law Review, 1974-1975. Briefing Attorney, Supreme Court of Texas, 1975-1976. Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation. (Board Certified, Estate Planning and Probate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate Law; Corporate Law. Email: Ronald L. Adams | | A. William Brackett born Fort Worth, Texas, May 13, 1940; admitted to bar, 1965, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Texas Christian University (B.A., 1962); University of Texas (LL.B., 1965). Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Bank Counsel. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Banking Law; Real Estate Law; Oil and Gas Law. Email: A. William Brackett | | Harry M. Brants born Fort Worth, Texas, July 19, 1941; admitted to bar, 1966, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1963); University of Texas (LL.B., with honors, 1966). Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, Texas Law Review, 1965-1966. Law Clerk to Judge Joseph C. Hutcheson, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1966-1967. Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation. (Board Certified, Estate Planning and Probate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Estate Planning and Probate Law; Tax Law; Corporate Law. Email: Harry M. Brants | | Janet Sobey Bubert (Associate) born Corpus Christi, Texas, August 29, 1964; admitted to bar, 2002, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.S., 1986); Southern Methodist University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2002). Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi. Briefing Attorney, Hon. Michael Schneider, Supreme Court of Texas, 2002-2003. Member: Tarrant County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; National School Board Association Council of School Attorneys; Texas Association of School Boards Council of School Attorneys. Practice Areas: Public Law; Education Law. Email: Janet Sobey Bubert | | Bruce S. Campbell born Fort Worth, Texas, June 5, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Texas at Arlington (B.A., 1982), Alpha Chi, Pi Sigma Alpha; University of Texas (J.D., 1985). Phi Delta Phi. Staff Member, Review of Litigation, 1984-1985. Member: Tarrant County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel (District Director, 2001-2004); Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Bruce S. Campbell | | Joseph F. Cleveland, Jr. born Fort Worth, Texas, September 1, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third, Fifth and Ninth Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Texas Christian University (B.A., cum laude, with honors, 1987); Mississippi College (J.D., with honors, 1990). Phi Delta Phi. Outstanding Young Lawyer of Fort Worth/Tarrant County, 2002. Law Clerk, Honorable Eldon B. Mahon, Senior United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, 1990-1992. Member: Tarrant County and Federal (President, Fort Worth Chapter, 2004—) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; College of the State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Joseph F. Cleveland, Jr. | | J. Heath Coffman born Wichita Falls, Texas, October 1, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: Texas Christian University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2004); Baylor University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Member: State Bar of Texas; Tarrant County Bar Association; Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: J. Heath Coffman | | Andrea S. Cottrell born Fort Worth, Texas, January 2, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., 2003); Texas Wesleyan University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Texas Wesleyan Law Review. Member: State Bar of Texas; Tarrant County Bar Association; Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association; Texas Young Lawyers Association; National School Boards Association (Council of School Attorneys). Practice Areas: Insurance Litigation; School Law. Email: Andrea S. Cottrell | | James A. Creel born Dallas, Texas, July 25, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.B.A., 1969); University of Texas (J.D., 1972). Member: Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants. Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation. (Board Certified, Tax Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization).. Practice Areas: Tax Law; Estate Planning and Probate Law; Corporate Law. Email: James A. Creel | | Laura W. Docker born Fort Worth, Texas, April 27, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas. Education: Texas Christian University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2002); Southern Methodist University (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Order of the Coif. Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association (Board of Directors, 2008); Texas Association of Defense Counsel; National School Boards Association (Council of School Attorneys). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense. Email: Laura W. Docker | | Kelly M. Dodson born Bloomington, Indiana, February 14, 1972; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1994); University of Houston (J.D., 2005). Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Probate; Estate Planning. Email: Kelly M. Dodson | | Joseph A. Drago born Fort Worth, Texas, December 19, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Texas, U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1990); Baylor University (J.D., 1993). Baylor Order of Barristers. Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Joseph A. Drago | | Henri J. Dussault born El Paso, Texas, April 22, 1957; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas. Education: Niagara University (B.A., 1979); Texas Tech School of Law (J.D., 1985). Member: Tarrant County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Litigation; Health Care Law. Email: Henri J. Dussault | | Luther W. Ellis born Wichita Falls, Texas, January 14, 1943; admitted to bar, 1971, Texas. Education: Texas Christian University (B.A., 1965); University of Texas (J.D., 1971). Phi Delta Phi. Moot Court Board. Senior Teaching Quizmaster. Member, Texas College of Real Estate Attorneys. Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Tax Collection. Email: Luther W. Ellis | | Carter L. Ferguson born Monterey, California, November 26, 1949; admitted to bar, 1976, Texas, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1971); Texas Tech University (J.D., with honors, 1976). Phi Delta Phi. Member, The Order of Barristers. Chairman, Moot Court Board. Member: Tarrant County and Federal Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation; Texas Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Commercial Transactions; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Coverage. Email: Carter L. Ferguson | | Richard H. Gateley born Ft. Worth, Texas, September 16, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Austin College (B.A., 1969); Southern Methodist University (J.D., with honors, 1972). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif. Recipient, Younger Federal Lawyer Award by Federal Bar Association, 1980. Managing Editor, The Journal of Air Law and Commerce, 1971-1972. Moot Court Student Instructor and Judge, 1971. NITA Trial Advocacy Instructor. Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Insurance Defense. Email: Richard H. Gateley | | D. Alexander Harrell (Associate) born Fort Worth, Texas, February 3, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Texas. Education: Texas Christian University (B.B.A., cum laude, 2003); Texas Tech University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2006). Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Creditor Rights Litigation. Email: D. Alexander Harrell | | Claudine Germain Jackson born Troy, New York, August 27, 1971; admitted to bar, 1995, Texas, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Bennington College; Baylor University (J.D., 1995). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1997-1999; President, 2000-2001); West Texas Legal Services Private Attorney Involvement Board; Texas Legal Services Center (Member, Board of Directors, 1998-2001; Vice President, 2001-2002); Legal Aid of Northwest Texas Private Attorney Involvement Board (2005—). Practice Areas: Litigation; Professional Negligence; Employment Litigation. Email: Claudine Germain Jackson | | Theodore Mack born Fort Worth, Texas, March 5, 1936; admitted to bar, 1961, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Harvard University (A.B., with honors, 1958; J.D., 1961). Listed in the Best Lawyers in America (1st-6th eds.) and Who's Who in American Law (9th-12th eds.). Author: "Manna From Heaven: The Virginia Company Litigation," 26 Texas Bar Journal, #4, p. 295, April, 1963; "Some Thoughts on Mentoring," The Bencher, Jan. Feb. 2004. President, Harvard Law School Association of Texas, 1976-1977. Vice President, Fort Worth-Tarrant County Junior Bar Association, 1963. Certified Mediator. Sustaining Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Member: Tarrant County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Chairman, 7th District Grievance Committee, 1972-1973); Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; John C. Ford Inn, American Inns of Court (Master of the Bench Emeritus). Fellow, Tarrant Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Antitrust Law; Business Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution. Email: Theodore Mack | | R. Bruce Moon born Galveston, Texas, December 19, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1981); University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 1984). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Big Brothers Big Sisters (Member, Board of Directors, 1988—). Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel. (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Transportation; Health Care Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Litigation. Email: R. Bruce Moon | | Elaine S. Morris born Fort Worth, Texas, April 25, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.A., 1988); Texas Tech University (J.D., 1992). Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Insurance. Email: Elaine S. Morris | | Thomas E. Myers born Lubbock, Texas, August 26, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Baylor University (B.S., cum laude, 1976; J.D., 1979). Associate Editor, Baylor Law Review. Author: "Contemporary Community Standards' in Obscenity Prosecutions- Smith v. United States," Baylor Law Review, Vol. 30, pg. 317, Spring, 1978. Assistant District Attorney, Tarrant County, Texas, 1979-1984. Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Tarrant County and Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; National School Board Association Council of School Attorneys; Texas Association of School Boards Council of School Attorneys (Chairman, 2007-2008; Chairman, Construction Contract Drafting Committee). (Board Certified, Consumer and Commercial Law and Criminal Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: School Law; General Civil; Consumer; Criminal Litigation. Email: Thomas E. Myers | | Russell J. Norment born Paris, Texas, April 30, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., with highest honors, 1980; J.D., with honors, 1983). Beta Gamma Sigma; Phi Kappa Phi. Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Corporate Law; Real Estate Law. Email: Russell J. Norment | | Daniel O'Brien (Associate) born Webster, Texas, September 18, 1972; admitted to bar, 2001, Texas; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 1996); Baylor University (J.D., 2001). Phi Delta Phi; Order of Barristers. Briefing Attorney to the Hon. Davie L. Wilson, First Court of Appeals, Houston, Texas, 2001-2002. Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation; Appellate Practice. Email: Daniel O'Brien | | Brandon Scot Pierce born Fort Worth, Texas, January 12, 1970; admitted to bar, 1997, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1992); University of Texas (J.D., 1997). Founding Fellow, Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Foundation; John C. Ford Inn of Court; Commercial Law League; National Association of Credit Managers. Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Commercial Litigation; Creditor Rights. Email: Brandon Scot Pierce | | Tom B. Renfro born Fort Worth, Texas, March 2, 1936; admitted to bar, 1963, Texas, U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits, U.S. Court of Claims and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1959; LL.B., 1963). Phi Alpha Delta. Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Member: Tarrant County Bar Association (Director, 1968-1970); State Bar of Texas; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; American Board of Trial Advocates. Practice Areas: Professional Negligence Law; Antitrust Law; General Civil Litigation. Email: Tom B. Renfro | | April F. Robbins born Brownwood, Texas, August 20, 1962; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 2008, Oklahoma. Education: Tarleton State University (B.B.A., summa cum laude, 1987); Baylor University (J.D., 1990). Alpha Chi Omega. Member, Harvey M. Richey Moot Court Society, 1989. Adjunct Professor, Legal Writing, University of Texas at Arlington, 1995-1996. Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Women in Aviation, International; Aviation Insurance Association. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Complex Litigation; Aviation Litigation; Employment Law; Insurance Defense; Commercial Litigation. Email: April F. Robbins | | Michael L. Schneiderman (Associate) born New York, N.Y., June 3, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Texas Christian University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1998); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 2001). Phi Beta Kappa. Case Note Editor, Computer Law Review and Technology Journal, 2000-2001. Member: Dallas and Tarrant County Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association; Texas Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Insurance Litigation. Email: Michael L. Schneiderman | | Lynn Rossi Scott (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, July 30, 1955; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas. Education: Alvin Community College (A.A., 1975); Texas A & M University (B.A., 1977); University of Houston at Clear Lake (M.S., 1980); The University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 1985). Member: Dallas and Tarrant County Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on: School Law; Government Law); National School Board Association (Member, Council of School Attorneys); Texas Association of School Boards Council of School Attorneys (Director); Education Law Association; National Association of College and University Attorneys; Texas Association of Community College Attorneys. Practice Areas: Education Law; Public Law. Email: Lynn Rossi Scott | | Richard U. Simon, Jr. born Fort Worth, Texas, September 4, 1934; admitted to bar, 1957, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1955; LL.B., 1957). Recipient, Blackstone Award, Tarrant County Bar Association, 2004. Listed in the Best Lawyers in America (4th-7th eds). Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Richard U. Simon, Jr. | | Coby D. Smith born Fort Worth, Texas, April 21, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas. Education: Angelo State University (B.B.A., cum laude, 1989); Texas Tech University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1993). Order of the Coif. Member, Texas Tech Law Review. Runner-up, ABA National Moot Court Competition, 1993. Author: "Statute of Limitation is Tolled on Legal Malpractice Case Until all Appeals of Underlying Suit are Exhausted: Hughes v. Mahaney & Higgins," 23 Texas Tech Law review 1093 (1992). Briefing Attorney, Honorable H. Tod Weaver, Fort Worth Court of Appeals, 1993-1994. Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Litigation; Appellate. Email: Coby D. Smith | | Aimee L. Stone (Associate) born Waco, Texas, July 7, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Texas; 2003, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Texas A & M University (B.B.A., 1999); Baylor University (J.D., 2002); Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law (LL.M., Taxation, 2004). Member: State Bar of Texas (Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section, Taxation Section, and The College of the State Bar of Texas; Contributing Editor, Probate Law Section, General Practice Digest, 2007—); American Bar Association (Real Property, Probate and Trust Section, and Young Lawyers Division); Tarrant County Bar Association (Treasurer, 2005-2006 and Secretary, 2006-2007, Tax and Estate Planning Section; Business and Estate Section); Tarrant County Probate Bar Association (Director, 2007—; Co-Chair, Probate Litigation Seminar, 2006; Committee Member, Probate Litigation Seminar, 2005); Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association; Texas Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Business Law; Taxation. Email: Aimee L. Stone | | James M. Whitton born Rising Star, Texas, October 30, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Texas, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1976); University of Houston (J.D., 1979). Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of School Boards Council of School Attorneys; National School Boards Association Council of School Attorneys; Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: School Law; Commercial Real Estate Law; Employment Law. Email: James M. Whitton |
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