Background
Past Employment Positions
- Godfrey, Decker, McMackin, Shipman, McClane & Bourland and its successors (1971 - 1988)
- Bourland & Kirkman, L.L.P., and its predecessor firms (1988 - 2014)
Areas of Practice
Education/Admissions
Litigation Percentage
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1971
- U.S. Federal Courts, 1972
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
Education
- Baylor University School of Law, Waco, Texas
- J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence - 1971
- Baylor University, Waco, Texas
- B.B.A., Bachelor of Business Administration - 1967
Professional Associations & Memberships
Professional Associations and Memberships
- State Bar of Texas, Member (1971 - Present)
- American Bar Association, Member (1971 - Present)
- Tarrant County Bar Association, Member (1971 - Present)
- Texas Bar Foundation, Sustaining Life Fellow (2006 - Present)
- Tarrant County Bar Foundation, Fellow (2000 - 2004)
- Tarrant County Bar Foundation, Sustaining Life Fellow (2005 - Present)
Honors & Professional Recognitions
Honors and Awards
- AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell, a LexisNexis company (1984 - Current)
- Designated in the list of Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters service published in Texas Monthly (2003-2011 and 2013-2014)
- Designated as a Top Attorney in the Civil Law & Litigation category in Tarrant County by Fort Worth, Texas Magazine, a publication of Fort Worth, Texas the City's Magazine (2012 and 2015-2018)
