Fernando M. Bustos
Top rated Business Litigation attorney in Lubbock, Texas
Practice Areas:
Business Litigation,
Appellate,
Constitutional Law,
Intellectual Property,
Employment Law - Employee,
Employment Law - Employer,
Patents,
Sexual Harassment,
Trademarks,
Wage & Hour Laws,
Whistleblower,
Wrongful Termination
Education Qualification:
Texas Tech University School of Law
Practice Areas:
Business litigation,
Appellate,
Constitutional law,
Intellectual property,
Employment law - employee,
Employment law - employer,
Patents,
Sexual harassment,
Trademarks,
Wage & hour laws,
Whistleblower,
Wrongful termination
5504 114th StLubbock, Texas, 79424
First Admitted: 1997, Texas
Professional Webpage: https://www.bustoslawfirm.com/attorneys/fernando-m-bustos/
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Member, Court Advisory Committee, United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, 2008
- Bar Association for the Fifth Federal Circuit Lubbock County Bar Association
- Texas Board of Disciplinary Appeals, 2024-2027
- Treasurer, Lubbock County Republican Party, 2006-2008
- Member, Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel for the Reappointment of United States Magistrate Judge Nancy M. Koenig, 2006
- Chairman, United States Magistrate Judge Selection Panel, Northern District of Texas, 2016
- Member, Federal Court Advisory Committee, United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, 2006-2008
- Texas, 1997
- New Mexico, 2018
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 2017
- United States District Court of New Mexico, 2016
- United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, 1998
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, 1998
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, 1998
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, 1998
- United States Tax Court, 2006
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1999
- Supreme Court of the United States, 2001
- American Board of Trial Advocates, President, Lubbock Chapter, 2019
- Chairman, Court Advisory Committee, United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, 2009 - 2011
- Director, Lubbock County Bar Association, 2004-2007
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
- Jose Miguel Guemez v. Charles Hodges, et al; No. 017-233898-08
- Nutrition Physiology Corp. v. Enviros Ltd., 87 F. Supp.2d 648 (N.D. Tex. 2000)
- Nat’l Horsemen’s Benevolent & Protective Ass’n v. Black, 107 F.4th 415, No. 23-10520, 2024 WL 3311366 (5th Cir. Jul. 5, 2024)
- Williams v. Viswanathan, 64 S.W.3d 624 (Tex. App. C Amarillo, 2001, no. pet.)
- Williams v. Viswanathan, 65 S.W.3d 685 (Tex. App. C Amarillo, 2001, no. pet.)
- Galindo v. Dean, 69 S.W.3d 623 (Tex. App.C Eastland, 2002, no pet.)
- Dow AgroSciences LLC v. Bates, et al., 205 F. Supp. 2d 623 (N.D. Tex. 2002)
- Wamco XXVIII, Ltd. v. Casa Grande Cotton Finance Co.; Chickasaw Cotton Oil Co. and Michael D. Hicks, Substitute Trustee, 314 F. Supp. 2d 655 (N.D. Tex. 2004)
- Lentz v. Spanky’s Restaurant II, Ltd., d/b/a Double Nickel Steakhouse, 491 F. Supp. 2d 661 (N.D. Tex. 2007)
- Teague v. Norcold, Inc., 774 F. Supp. 2d 817 (N.D. Tex. 2011)
- Venture Cotton Cooperative et al. v. Freeman, et al., 435 S.W.3d 222 (Tex. 2014)
- Nat’l Fed. Of Indep. Bus. v. Perez, No. 5:16-CV-00066-C, 2016 WL 3766121 (N.D. Tex. June 27, 2016)
- Wetherbe v. Tex. Tech Univ. Sys., 699 F. App’x 297 (5th Cir. 2017)
- Wetherbe v. Goebel, No. 07-16-00179-CV, 2018 Tex. App. LEXIS 1676 (Tex. App. – Amarillo, Mar. 6, 2018)
- Wagner v. FedEx Freight, Inc., No. 5:17-CV-264 M-BQ, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 80264 (Apr. 17, 2018)
- In re Gilbreath, No. 07-20-00244-CV, 2021 WL 450970 (Tex. App.— Amarillo Feb. 8, 2021, orig. proceeding.)
- Nat’l Horsemen’s Benevolent & Protective Ass’n v. Black, 53 F.4th 869, No. 22-10387, 2022 WL 17075011 (5th Cir. Nov. 18, 2022)
- In re Westchester Surplus Lines Ins. Co., No. 07-22-00329-CV, 2023 WL 4488269 (Tex. App.—Amarillo Jul. 10, 2023)
Honors/Awards:
- Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, Lubbock County Bar Association, 2003
- Lubbock Magazine Top Attorney 2019
- 2005-2011 Texas Monthly “Texas Rising Star” Attorney
- 2014-2023 Texas Monthly “Super Lawyer”
- 2016 Lubbock Business Person of the Year – Lubbock Chamber of Commerce
Educational Background:
- Brigham Young University, Kennedy School of International Studies, Provo, Utah, Bachelor of Arts major in International Relations & minor in Spanish, 1994
- · Texas Tech University School of Law, Doctor of Jurisprudence, Lubbock, Texas (1997)
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- Voir Dire, American Board of Trial Advocates – Texas Chapter, September 13, 2022, Lubbock, Texas, .5-hour seminar
- Fifth Circuit Survey—Civil Rights Law, 33 Tex. Tech. L. Rev.756 (2002)
- Fifth Circuit Survey—Civil Rights Law, 38 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 743 (2006
- Fifth Circuit Survey—Civil Rights Law, 39 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 719 (2007)
- 2001 Suing and Defending Governmental Entities MCLE Course, State Bar of Texas, July 26–27, 2001, San Antonio, Texas, “Making a Federal Case of It: Pleadings in Federal Court”, .5 hour seminar/paper presented
- 17th Annual Advanced Evidence and Discovery Course, State Bar of Texas, April 29, 2004, Houston, Texas, “Cookin’ With HB 4”, .5 hour seminar/paper presented
- Demystifying the Fifth Circuit and Federal Practice Bar Association of the Fifth Federal, Circuit September 24, 2010, Lubbock, Texas, 1 hour seminar
- 35th Annual Advanced Civil Trial Course, State Bar of Texas, August 24, 2012, Dallas, Texas & October 19, 2012, Houston, Texas, Federal Law Update
- Firearms Seminar, Amarillo Bar Association, April 19, 2013, Amarillo, Texas, Constitutional Law/Second Amendment, .5 hour seminar/Paper presented
- The Seventh Amendment Right to a Jury Trial and Legal News You Can Use, American Board of Trial Advocates, October 24, 2019, Lubbock, Texas, Academic First Amendment Issues, .5-hour seminar/Paper presented
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