O. Rey Rodriguez
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Business Litigation Lawyers in Dallas, TX in Dallas, TX
About O. Rey Rodriguez
Rey is a thirty-year courtroom and appellate lawyer. He is Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and served as a Briefing Attorney to Retired Chief Justice Nathan L. Hecht of the Texas Supreme Court. Before becoming a boutique lawyer, Rey served as a litigation partner at both Fulbright & Jaworski and Norton Rose Fulbright. He is a college and law school valedictorian and earned the top score on the July 1994 Texas Bar Exam. He is also an award-winning semi-amateur actor and appeared in a local Sprite commercial to raise scholarship funds. Awards and Honors Honors Selected to the Texas Super Lawyers list, published by Texas Monthly Magazine, Civil Appeals, 2008 - 2024 Selected to The Best Lawyers in America® list, 2016 - 2024 Selected to U.S. News, Best Law Firms in Texas, First Tier - Appellate Boutique, 2017 - 2018 Selected to The Best Attorneys of America®, Lifetime Charter Member, Rue Ratings, 2015 Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Civil Appellate Law Life Fellow Texas Bar Foundation Life Fellow Dallas Bar Foundation National Institute of Trial Advocacy, National Trial Session, Boulder Co, Graduate Outstanding Faculty Member, SMU Dedman School of Law, APALSA Award 2017 “Most Improved Player Award” 1976 (now) Basketball Hall of Fame Coach Nolan Richarson’s El Paso TX Basketball “Camp of Stars” (while young Coach Richardson served as the basketball coach at Bowie High School, his alma mater)
Education
Legal Education
- Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas, 1993
- Juris Doctor
- Honors: Valedictorian/Standard Bearer
- Honors: Order of the Coif, SMU Law Review Association, Judge Sarah T. Hughes Diversity Scholar
- Honors: West Publishing Scholarly Achievement Award
Non Legal Education
- UT El Paso, 1989
- Bachelor of Business Administration
- Honors: summa cum laude
- Honors: Business School Accreditation Committee, Student Body Vice President
- Honors: Delta Sigma Pi Outstanding Business Student Award
- Honors: Harry S. Truman Scholar, National Hispanic Scholar
- Honors: Highest Honor, Honors Program Certificate, Presidential Scholar
- Honors: Senator and Public Defender, Co-Caption CX Debate Team
- Honors: Top Ten Senior and "Men of Mines" Award (University's highest award)
- Honors: Valedictorian/Standard Bearer
Current Employment Position(s)
- Suster Law Group Of Counsel
Bar Admissions
- Texas
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Specialties and Certifications
- Board Certified, Civil Appellate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Other Affiliations
- State Bar of Texax
- Dallas Bar Association
- Dallas Hispanic Bar Association and Dallas Mexican American Bar Association
- American Bar Association - Council of Appellate Lawyers
- State Bar of Texas and Appellate Section - Past Advisory Council and Pro Bono Committee Co-Chair
- Dallas Bar Foundation Past Chair, Chair, Vice-Chair, Executive Committee, Treasurer, Secretary, Grants and Clerkships Chair and Vice-Chair
- Dallas Bar Association - Past Appellate Advisory Council, Appellate Law Section Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, Chair Appellate Pro Bono/Joint Appellate Seminar Committees
- Dallas Hispanic Bar Association, Dallas Mexican American Bar Association
- Patrick E. Higginbotham American Inn of Court, Barrister, 2008 - 2011
- College of the State Bar of Texas and Pro Bono College of the State Bar of Texas, 2002 - 2003
Attorney Details
| Full Name | O. Rey Rodriguez |
| Firm | Law Office of O. Rey Rodriguez |
| Address | Dallas, TX, PO Box 703244, Dallas, TX |
| Phone | 972-380-0130 |
| New Clients | ✓ Currently accepting |
| Consultation | ✓ Free initial consultation |