Patrick Short

Board Certified Personal Injury and Board Certified Criminal Trial Lawyer Patrick Short is a trial lawyer based in Rockwall County, Texas, the county east of Dallas County with over 32 years of experience representing clients in East and North Texas in personal injury, wrongful death, criminal defense, and selected civil litigation matters. Patrick is Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and in Criminal Trial Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He is also Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Patrick is one of eight lawyers in the State of Texas that are double Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in both Personal Injury Trial Law and Criminal Law. Patrick has been selected as a Texas Super Lawyer every year since 2006 in addition to his invitation-only selection of the American Trial Lawyers Association’s Top 100 Trial Lawyers in 2009 and 2011. He has been selected to the invitation-only Best Attorneys of America. Patrick is admitted to practice law before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the U.S. District Court for the Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas, as well as Texas state courts. He earned his J.D. (Juris Doctorate) from California Western Law School in 1982 and his B.A. in psychology from Baylor University in 1979. He graduated from the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming in July 2009. Currently, Patrick is serving his fourth two-year term on the McLendon-Chisholm City Council, Place 3. A Spanish-speaker, he served as interim Hispanic pastor from 2004 to 2007 at Lake Pointe Church, where he has remained a member since 1985. Prior to starting his own law firm, Patrick served as the Assistant Criminal District Attorney in Rockwall County, Texas from 1985 to 1986. He is a member of many associations, including: Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, The National Trial Lawyers, the Christian Legal Society, the Christian Trial Lawyers Association, the Rockwall County Bar Association, Rockwall County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Collin County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the Dallas County Bar, and the Texas Bar Association. Patrick represents injured persons in personal injury and wrongful death claims in the North Texas and East Texas area and throughout the entire state of Texas. Defense of citizens accused, investigated or arrested for criminal law violations in Texas counties, such as: Rockwall, Dallas, Collin, Denton, Kaufman, Hopkins, Hunt, Tarrant, Grayson, Ellis and all counties in Texas. Patrick believes in the right to trial by jury. Texas Super Lawyer, every year since 2006 to present. Top 100 Trial Lawyers, 2009, 2011 American Trial Lawyers Association Top 100 Trial Lawyers. Best Attorneys of America. Board Certified Personal Injury Trial Law, by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Criminal Law, Board Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in Criminal Law. In 2014 of 97,000 active attorneys in Texas, there are 7,225 who are board certified in one of the twenty-three specialized areas of law in Texas. Patrick Short is one (1) of eight (8) lawyers in Texas who are Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Personal Injury Trial Law and Criminal Law. Less than 1.5% of active lawyers in Texas are Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law and less that 1% is Board Certified in Criminal Law. Patrick believes in the right to trial by jury as afforded to all citizens under the 6th and 7th Amendments to the United States Constitution. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Patrick Short included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Texas Super Lawyer, 2006 - Present Best Attorneys of America Top 100 Trial Lawyers, American Trial Lawyers Association Other Sources of Feedback About Patrick Short Included on the 2026Texas Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Texas Super Lawyers list 2024 Texas Super Lawyers list 2023 Texas Super Lawyers list 2022 Texas Super Lawyers list 2021 Texas Super Lawyers list 2020 Texas Super Lawyers list 2019 Texas Super Lawyers list 2018 Texas Super Lawyers list 2017 Texas Super Lawyers list 2016 Texas Super Lawyers list 2015 Texas Super Lawyers list 2014 Texas Super Lawyers list 2013 Texas Super Lawyers list 2012 Texas Super Lawyers list 2011 Texas Super Lawyers list 2010 Texas Super Lawyers list 2009 Texas Super Lawyers list 2008 Texas Super Lawyers list 2007 Texas Super Lawyers list 2006 Texas Super Lawyers list

• Attorney at Law

• Rockwall County, Texas, Assistant Criminal District Attorney, 1985 - 1986
• Languages
• Spanish

• Christian Legal Society, Member
• McLendon-Chisholm City Council, Place 3, 2009 - 2017
• Lake Pointe Church, Interim Hispanic Pastor, 2004 - 2007
• Lake Pointe Church, Member, 1985 - Present

• Texas, 1984
• U.S. Federal Courts, 1988
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
• Specialties and Certifications
• Personal Injury Trial Law and Criminal Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
• Criminal Law Trial Advocacy, National Board of Trial Advocacy

• Texas Criminal Trial Lawyers Association
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• Texas Bar College (Member)
• Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (Member)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member)
• Christian Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• Rockwall County Bar Association (Member)
• Collin County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (Member)
• Dallas County Bar Association (Member)
• Texas Bar Association (Member)