Craig T. Enoch

Professional Background

Experience

• Devises effective trial and appellate strategy for representing clients in state and federal courts
• Facilitates alternative dispute resolution
• Advises clients on public/private partnership strategy and development
• Consults with businesses on partnership and corporate duties and professional ethics
• Represents businesses before courts and administrative bodies, as well as during investigations by state attorneys general, and assists those businesses with regulatory compliance
• Specializes in business strategy and representation in government relations
• Served as a Justice of the Texas Supreme Court, Chief Justice of Texas’s Fifth District Court of Appeals, and Presiding Judge of Texas’s 101st District Court, for a total of over 20 years in the judiciary
• Decided matters ranging from disputes over utility construction and purchase contracts to employee benefit agreements and estate claims
• Established specialized Appellate and Government Enforcement and Regulated Industries Litigation Practice groups for a major regional law firm headquartered in Dallas
• Developed noted expertise on the existence, nature, and extent of fiduciary obligations

Awards & Recognition

• Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization
• Best Lawyers in America, Appellate Practice, 2008–present
• Texas Super Lawyers, Appellate Law, 2005–present
• Volunteer of the Year: Economic Development, Austin Chamber of Commerce, 2018
• Chambers USA Guide, 2010-2015
• Marquis Who's Who Lifetime Acheivement Award, 2020
• Top Attorneys in Texas, Texas Monthly, 2011-2013
• Outstanding Lead Article Award, Texas Tech Law Review, 2006–2007
• Southern Methodist University, Distinguished Alum, 2006
• American Bar Association, J. Edward Finch Law Day Speech Award, 2001
• Texas Equal Access to Justice, Harold F. Kleinman Award, 2000
• SMU Dedman School of Law, Distinguished Law Alum, 1999

Admitted to Practice

• Texas
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth, Seventh, and Ninth Circuits
• U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern, and Western Districts of Texas

Education

• University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia
  - LL.M., 1992
• Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law, Dallas, Texas
  - J.D., 1975
• Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
  - B.A., Political Science, 1972

Publications & Presentations

• The Rule of Law
• Judicial Independence and Selection
• Public–Private Partnerships
• Texas Supreme Court decisions
• Fiduciary and Ethical Obligations
• Trial and Appellate Procedures and Best Practices
• The View from the Trenches: A Report on the Breakout Sessions at the 2005 National Conference on Appellate Justice

Professional & Community Activities

• State Bar of Texas
  - Appellate Section
  - Judicial Section
  - Litigation Section
      - Chair, 2016
      - Vice Chair, 2014
      - Treasurer, 2013
      - Secretary, 2012
      - Council Member, 2006-2012
• Austin Bar Association
  - Civil Appellate Section
• American Bar Association
  - Appellate Judges Conference
  - Litigation Section
• Appellate Judges Education Institute, Dallas, Texas, President Emeritus
• USPTO Pro Bono Patent Assistance Advisory Board, Texas Region, Chair
• Texas Judicial Districts Board, 2008–2019
• American Law Institute, Elected Member, 1996–present
• Texas Center for the Judiciary
• Texas Bar College
• Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law, Executive Board
• Helping Hand Home for Children, Community Advisory Board, 2012–present
• Austin Chamber of Commerce
  - Executive Committee, 2011; 2017-2021
  - Board of Directors, 2012-2018
       - Chair-Elect, 2019
       - Chair, 2020
       - Immediate Past Chair, 2021
• City of Austin Bond Election Advisory Task Force, 2012