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
No caucus information on file.
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)