First Admitted: 1972, Texas

Bar/Professional Activity:

Tarrant County Bar Foundation, Fellow
Tarrant County Bar Association
American Board of Trial Advocates
Texas Bar Foundation

Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):

Successful prosecution of multi-million dollar claim for defective products against a major Japanese supplier
Successful defense of taxpayer charged with federal tax evasion aggregating into the billions of dollars
Successful defense of major law firms charged with legal malpractice
Successful defense of federal bribery charges (and related civil litigation) against public corporation engaged in government contracting work
Successful prosecution of multi-lawsuit claims on behalf of an independent producer resulting in two of the largest verdicts in the history of Potter County
Successful defense of numerous major antitrust claims against a major oil company in several jurisdictions

Honors/Awards:

Named to The 400 Most Influential by Fort Worth, Inc. magazine, 2018-2021, The 400 Most Influential, Fort Worth, Inc. magazine
Included in The Best Lawyers in America, 1997-2021, Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers in America
Texas Super Lawyer, 2003-2021, Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, published in Texas Monthly magazine
Top Attorney in Civil Law Litigation and Commercial Litigation, 360 West magazine, 2019, 2020, 2021, Top Attorney in Civil Law Litigation and Commercial Litigation, 360 West magazine
Top Attorney in Antitrust Law, Civil Law and Litigation, Commercial Litigation, and Professional Malpractice (Non-Medical) Defense, 360 West magazine, 2017-2018, 2021, Top Attorney in Antitrust Law, Civil Law and Litigation, Commercial Litigation, and Professional Malpractice (Non-Medical) Defense, 360 West magazine
Ronald D. Secrest Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award, 2013, Ronald D. Secrest Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award, Texas Bar Foundation
Selected as a "Top Attorney" by Fort Worth, Texas magazine, 2007-2019, Top Attorney, Fort Worth, Texas magazine
Blackstone Award Recipient, Tarrant County Bar Association, 2015, Blackstone Award Recipient, Tarrant County Bar Association
Honored as Power Attorney by Fort Worth Business Press, 2008, Power Attorney, Fort Worth Business Press
Named the "Go-To-Lawyer" in legal malpractice by Texas Super Lawyers, 2007, Go-To-Lawyer" in legal malpractice, Thomson Reuters
Selected as one of the Top 100 attorneys in Texas by Law & Politics, 2008, Top 100 Texas Attorney, Law & Politics
Selected as one of the Top 10 Attorneys in Texas by Texas Super Lawyers, 2006, Top 10 Texas Super Lawyer, Thomson Reuters, published in Texas Monthly magazine

Educational Background:

University of Texas, B.A., cum laude, 1969, 1969
University of Texas School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1972, 1972

Marshall M. Searcy