As lead trial counsel, he defended claims of discrimination and retaliation arising from an insurance company’s termination of an employee.  The employer was completely vindicated by the jury.  He successfully challenged a trial court’s exercise of jurisdiction over a church on constitutional grounds where the underlying claims arose from the conduct and content of a worship service.  He favorably resolved an inter-related series of multi-party mortuary malpractice cases that had been litigated by prior counsel for more than eight years.

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He was trial counsel in a multi-party lawsuit involving allegations of substantial damage to a downtown office tower complex arising from light-rail construction activities.  The case resolved favorably for the client.  He has secured summary judgments for his clients on matters as diverse as construction fatalities to the death of a promising thoroughbred while in the stable owner’s care

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He successfully represented a steel erection company for claims arising from the death of its employee as a result of a third-party crane operator’s loss of control of a 64,000 pound wall panel.  As well as successfully defending several construction clients in cases alleging product and construction defects which compromised the building envelopes of commercial and residential structures.

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Mr. Wright joined the firm in 1999.  He is admitted to practice in all trial and appellate courts of the State of Texas, as well as all federal trial courts in Texas and Colorado.  Mr. Wright participated in the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program, serving on its conflicts panel for many years, and continues to actively support DVAP.  DVAP provides pro bono civil legal services to individuals and families in need who could not otherwise afford legal services.

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He is a 1990 graduate of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.   While an undergraduate, Mr. Wright worked extensively in television production for the local CBS and PBS affiliates as well as the Texas A&M University Athletic Department.  Following his graduation, Mr. Wright spent several years in the sports television field, working throughout the United States and Europe.

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Mr. Wright then returned to school and earned his Juris Doctor from Drake University in 1998.  While at Drake, he was a research assistant to Professor James A. Albert.

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Education

• Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas – Bachelor of Arts (1990)

• Drake University School of Law – Juris Doctor (1998)

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Professional Licenses

• State Bar of Texas

• U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas

• U.S. District Court, District of Colorado

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Professional Associations and Recent Activities

• Dallas Bar Association

• Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program Conflicts Panel (2000-2013)

• Texas Bar College

• Federal Bar Association

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Publications

• Co-author, Jury Trial v. Arbitration, State Bar of Texas 2013

• Lead author, Pretrial Detention Based Solely on Community Danger: A Practical Dilemma, 1999 Fed. Cts. L. Rev. 2.

• Does Free Exercise Equal a Free Pass?  April 24, 2014

• Do I Really Need to Keep That?  March 28, 2014

• Arbitration in Ascendance,  February 27, 2014

• Reason Carries the Day:  Court Limits Contractual Liability Exclusion,  January 31, 2014

• Abuse Reporting,  November 20, 2012