Craig L. Reese Dallas, Texas
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| phone | 214-987-9600 |
| fax | 214-987-9866 |
| craig.reese@fletcherfarley.com |
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Craig Reese leads the firm's appellate practice. He has 18 years practice experience including appeals at the federal and state level, insurance coverage/defense, and commercial litigation. Craig has represented clients in a wide variety of litigation including insurance coverage, general insurance defense, bad faith litigation, and commercial matters. His appellate experience includes cases before every level of the state courts of appeals and appeals to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
In addition, Craig is a former briefing attorney to the Honorable H.M. Lattimore for the Second Court of Appeals in Fort Worth.
- Certification/Specialties:
- Board Certified, Civil Appellate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
- Bar Admissions:
- Texas
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- Education:
- South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas, 1990
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: Order of the Lytae
Law Review: South Texas Law Review, Articles Editor
- The University of Texas of the Permian Basin, Odessa, Texas, 1983
B.A.
- Representative Cases:
- Lopez v. Ross Stores, Inc., 2007 WL 2974054 (5th Cir. 2007)
- FDIC v. Patel, 46 F.3d (5th Cir. 2007)
- Gulistan Carpet, Inc. v. Porter, 4 S.W.3d 891 (Tex. App. - Dallas 1999)
- Spivey v. James, 1 S.W.3d 380 (Tex. App. - Texarkana 1999)
- Nationwide of Forth Worth, Inc., v. Wigington, 945 S.W.2d 883 (Tex.App-Waco) ( 1997)
- Pro-Tech Coatings, Inc. v. Union Standard Ins. Co, 897 S.W.2d 885 (Tex.App-Dallas) ( 1995)
- Texas Farmers Ins. Co. v. Gerdes, 880 S.W.2d 215 (Tex.App-Fort Worth) ( 1994)
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Bar Association of the Federal Fifth Circuit
- State Bar of Texas
- College of the State Bar of Texas
- Texas Association of Defense Counsel
Texas Construction Association
- Dallas Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute
