Tom Kirkendall

I have been involved in the planning, trial and appeal of complex business litigation matters for the past 30 years.

I have represented a wide variety of clients in complex business litigation in state and federal courts throughout Texas and the United States. My practice has involved trials and appeals in such diverse litigation areas as corporate reorganization and bankruptcy, securities and business fraud, white collar-business criminal cases, anti-trust, real estate, construction, oil and gas, insurance disputes, civil rights, First Amendment issues, defense of civil and criminal contempt matters, and defense of individuals in NCAA Infractions Committee hearings. I maintain an AV rating from the Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory.

After working for one of Houston's oldest downtown law firms for two years immediately after law school, I was one of the founding partners in 1981 of the Houston business litigation boutique firm that bore my name and became prominent over the next 20 years in complex business litigation matters in Houston and throughout Texas.

In 2000, I established a solo practice in my home, The Woodlands, Texas (30 miles north of downtown Houston), in which I concentrate on personalized representation of clients in complex business litigation matters and utilization of technology applications in such representation.

I was born born and raised in Iowa City, Iowa and moved to Houston in 1972, where I worked my way through college and law school. I received a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, in 1975 from the University of Houston and a Doctor of Jurisprudence in 1979 from the University of Houston Law Center.

I have been a lecturer at the University of Houston Law Center and the University of Texas Law School, and an author and lecturer for the State Bar of Texas Advanced Bankruptcy Seminar and the Houston Bar Association in various areas of business litigation and corporate reorganization law, as well as on the subject of legal research and weblogs.

Since February 2004, I have also maintained the popular Houston's Clear Thinkers weblog, which addresses issues of interest for the Houston legal, business, medical and academic communities. I frequently lecture on a variety of business litigation topics for private companies and citizen groups.

• Counseling, Trials and Appeals in Complex Business Litigation
• General Civil

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  Rates and fees based on nature of representation. See website for further information.

Texas

Since 1979

5th Circuit

Since 1980

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Since 2008

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Since 1982

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Since 1981

Owner

Law Office of Tom Kirkendall

2000 - Current

Managing Partner

Kirkendall & Isgur, LLP

1992 - 2000

Partner

Maddox, Perrin & Kirkendall

1981 - 1992

Associate

Hirsch & Westheimer

1979 - 1981

University of Houston - Main Campus

J.D (1979)

1977 - 1979

University of Houston - Main Campus

B.A | Political Science & Economics

1973 - 1975

Honors: Cum Laude

University of Houston Law Foundation

Director

2007 - Current

Fifth Circuit Bar Association

Member

1995 - Current

A.A. White Association of the University of Houston Law Center

Sustaining Life Member

1990 - Current

State Bar of Texas Computer and Technology Section

Member

1990 - Current

Houston Bar Foundation

Sustaining Life Fellow

1985 - Current

American Bar Association

Member

1980 - Current

American Bar Association Litigation Section

Member

1980 - Current

American Bar Association Business Law Section

Member

1980 - Current

State Bar of Texas Litigation Section

Member

1980 - Current

State Bar of Texas Appellate Section

Member

1980 - Current

State Bar of Texas Bankruptcy Law Section

Member

1980 - Current

State Bar of Texas Antitrust and Business Litigation Section

Member

1980 - Current

Houston Bar Association Litigation Section

Member

1980 - Current

Houston Bar Association Appellate Section

Member

1980 - Current

Houston Bar Association Bankruptcy Section

Member

1980 - Current

State Bar of Texas  # 11517300

Member

1979 - Current

University of Houston Alumni Association

Life Member

1979 - Current

Houston Bar Association

Member

1979 - Current

Houston Bar Association Federal Practice Litigation

Member

1979 - Current

University of Houston Athletics Foundation

Founding Board Member

1995 - 2002