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Craig L. Reese 
Dallas, Texas
Partner
phone 214-987-9600
fax 214-987-9866
email craig.reese@fletcherfarley.com

Craig Reese leads the firm's appellate practice.  He has 18 years practice experience including appeals at the federal and state level, insurance coverage/defense, and commercial litigation. Craig has represented clients in a wide variety of litigation including insurance coverage, general insurance defense, bad faith litigation, and commercial matters. His appellate experience includes cases before every level of the state courts of appeals and appeals to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. 

In addition, Craig is a former briefing attorney to the Honorable H.M. Lattimore for the Second Court of Appeals in Fort Worth.

Areas of Practice:
Appellate practice
Insurance coverage/defense
Commercial litigation
Certification/Specialties:
Board Certified, Civil Appellate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization


Bar Admissions:
Texas
U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
Education:
South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas, 1990
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: Order of the Lytae
Law Review: South Texas Law Review, Articles Editor


The University of Texas of the Permian Basin, Odessa, Texas, 1983
B.A.


Representative Cases:
Lopez v. Ross Stores, Inc., 2007 WL 2974054 (5th Cir. 2007)
FDIC v. Patel, 46 F.3d (5th Cir. 2007)
Gulistan Carpet, Inc. v. Porter, 4 S.W.3d 891 (Tex. App. - Dallas 1999)
Spivey v. James, 1 S.W.3d 380 (Tex. App. - Texarkana 1999)
Nationwide of Forth Worth, Inc., v. Wigington, 945 S.W.2d 883 (Tex.App-Waco) (  1997)
Pro-Tech Coatings, Inc. v. Union Standard Ins. Co, 897 S.W.2d 885 (Tex.App-Dallas) (  1995)
Texas Farmers Ins. Co. v. Gerdes, 880 S.W.2d 215 (Tex.App-Fort Worth) (  1994)
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Bar Association of the Federal Fifth Circuit


State Bar of Texas


College of the State Bar of Texas


Texas Association of Defense Counsel


Dallas Bar Association


Defense Research Institute


Rapid Response

Dallas Office

8750 North Central Expressway
Suite 1600
Dallas, TX 75231
Tel: 214-987-9600
Fax: 214-987-9866


Austin Office

823 Congress Avenue
Suite 1300
Austin, Texas 78701
Tel: 512-476-5300
Fax: 512-476-5771

The law firm of Fletcher, Farley, Shipman & Salinas, LLP, serves the legal needs of businesses and individual clients in Texas communities statewide, including Dallas, Austin, Fort Worth, Plano, Denton, Irving, Tyler, Longview, San Antonio, Houston, El Paso and Amarillo.

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