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Paul Stafford's Biography

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Full Name:

Paul Keith Stafford

Gender:

Male

JD, Texas Tech School of Law, 1991-1994

BS, Political Science, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, 1986-1990

Candidate, Texas State House of Representatives, District 115, 2014

Counsel, Thompson & Knight Limited Liability Partner, 2017-present

Adjunct Professor, Texas Tech University School of Law, 2003-present

Adjunct Professor, Texas A&M University School of Law, 2019

Founding Member/Managing Partner, Stafford Barrow, Professional Limited Liability Company, 2014-2017

Founding Member/Partner, Carter Stafford Arnett Hamada & Mockler, Professional Limited Liability Company, 2012-2014

Proprietor/Managing Partner, Stafford Law Firm, 2008-2012

Counsel, K&L Gates, 2004-2008

Trial Attorney, Werstein, Smith & Wilson, 2002-2004

Trial Attorney, Amis & Bell, 1998-2002

Assistant Criminal District Attorney, Office of Dallas County Criminal District Attorney, 1996-1998

Assistant Criminal District Attorney, Office of Denton County Criminal District Attorney, 1994-1996

Volunteer, Big Brother Big Sister

Board Member, Carrollton Library

Board Chair, Farmers Branch Business Community Advisory

Member, Saint Andrews Episcopal Church

Member, Board of Trustees, Texas Tech Law School Foundation, 2012-2019

Coach, Booker T. Washington Mock Trial Team, 2016-2019

Board Member, Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas, 2017-2019

Co-Founder, Texas A&M University Black Former Students, 2001-2019

Founder, Communities Organized for Fairness, Equity & Empowerment, 2018

Member, Board of Trustees, German Marshall Fund, 2009-2017

Member, Business & Advisory Council, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, 2012-2014

Member, Board of Trustees, Dallas Bar Foundation, 2005-2013

President, Dallas Bar Association, 2012

President, J.L. Turner Legal Association, 2002

Co-Founder, Texas Tech Law School Black Law Students Association, 1991

Awards:

Honoree (D Magazine Best Lawyer, 2019)
Honoree, Top-Five Commercial Litigator (Texas Lawyer, 2012)
Honoree (Thomson Reuters Super Lawyers, 2010, 2012)
Honoree (Thomson Reuters Texas Super Lawyer, 2008-2019)
Honoree (Eclipses Magazine Most Dynamic Lawyers in Dallas, 2008)
Honoree (Thompson Reuters Rising Stars, 2005-2007)
Honoree, Texas A&M Presidential Achievement Award (1990)
Honoree, Who's Who Among Texas A&M Greeks (Alpha Phi Alpha, 1990)

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