Arthur A. Email & Phone Number

Responding to a call to public service in 2022, Art assumed a senior litigation role with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), a 90-year-old federal banking regulatory agency charged with ensuring stability and confidence in the Nation's financial system. Working primarily in the closed bank litigation group since that time, Art has represented, and managed complex litigation for, the FDIC in its capacity as receiver in state and federal commercial, bankruptcy and related matters across multiple jurisdictions in connection with the resolution of failed banks - including two of the largest failed banks in United States history - consistent with the Federal Deposit Insurance Act of 1950 (FDI Act), the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA) and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank), as codified in Title 12 of the United States Code. Art has also assisted in defending the FDIC against challenges to the constitutionality of its administrative enforcement framework, among other work. Prior to joining the FDIC, Art practiced for more than two decades at Locke Lord LLP, where he was an equity partner, headed the Pro Bono Committee and served on the Board of Directors. While in private practice, Art handled complex matters in state and federal courts throughout Texas, the Fifth Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court, from injunction hearings, pre-trial discovery (including managing voluminous document productions) as well as mediation through dispositive motions, trial, post-judgment enforcement and appeals. Moreover, from the beginning of his legal career, Art has always been active in the community, serving as President of the J.L. Turner Legal Association, Chair of the JLTLA Foundation, a 2014 Fellow of Leadership Dallas, a Board Member of the Dallas Bar Association, a Board Member of March to the Polls, a Master of the Higginbotham Inn of Court, and General Counsel of the Alpha Epsilon Boule Education Foundation. He also invested significant time over the years as a member of the Dallas Committee for International Visitors and the Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations.