Russell Alan Devenport

Work Experience

• Briefing Attorney
• United States District Court, Northern District of Texas
• 1998 - 2000

Education

• Texas Tech University School of Law
• JD - Juris Doctor
• 1998

• University of Texas System, Arlington
• BA - Bachelor of Arts
• 1992

Legal Cases

• Alexander v. Holden Business Forms, Inc., Slip Copy 2009 WL 3818149, Civil Action No. 4:08-CV-614-Y (N.D.Tex. Novemebr 6, 2009)
• Representing the subtenant after dismissal of the owner, we fought to reduced future damages claimed by the landlord against the subtennant.

• Fort Worth & W. R.R. Co. v. Enbridge Gathering, 298 S.W.3d 392 (Tex.App.-Fort Worth 2009, no pet.)
• The Fort Worth Court of Appeals held that a gas corporation could condemn property belonging to a rail district because the rail district was a "person" under the Code Construction Act.

• Alexander v. Holden Business Forms, Inc., 2009 WL 2176582 (N.D. Tex. July 20, 2009).
• Won dismissal of the indvidual owner of the defendant subtenant.

Associations

• Tarrant County Bar Association
• Member
• N/A

• American Bar Association
• Member
• N/A

• Federal Bar Association
• Member
• N/A

Awards

• Top Lawyer
• Fort Worth, Texas Magazine
• 2013

• Top Lawyer
• Fort Worth, Texas Magazine
• 2012

• Top Lawyer
• Fort Worth, Texas Magazine
• 2011

Speaking Engagements

• Member Meeting: Texas Courier & Logistics Association
• Creditor's Rights & Bankruptcy
• 2014

• Disposition Without a Jury: Preserving Error in Bench Trials and Dispositive Motion Practice
• Dispositive Motion Practice in Federal Trial Courts
• 2011

• Judgment Enforcement in Texas
• Post-Judgment Discovery and Collection
• 2008