Bruce Wilkin Email & Phone Number

Bruce Wilkin is a trial and appellate lawyer who has successfully tried cases to jury verdicts and to the bench as the first-chair lawyer, argued before various state courts of appeal, the Texas Supreme Court, and the federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in commercial, energy, environmental, and first party insurance lawsuits.Advocate: Handling cases on both sides of the docket, Bruce’s achievements include obtaining a seven-figure judgment on the plaintiff side, and many take-nothing judgments on the defense side. The Texas Supreme Court has quoted Bruce’s cross-examination of an opposing expert, holding that the expert’s trial testimony was legally insufficient, and rendering a take-nothing judgment in favor of Bruce’s client.Author: Bruce is an author of a major treatise on business and commercial litigation in federal courts, which was described in the Texas Bar Journal as a “monumental achievement” by “the minds of some of the most well-established thought leaders in today’s legal community” and in the New York Law Journal as: “There is nothing like it. It is the single most useful tool for the federal litigator in existence, except possibly the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.” He is also published in the areas of energy litigation, evidentiary issues at trial, and first-party insurance disputes.Acknowledgments: Bruce is Board Certified in Insurance Law as part of the Texas Board of Legal Specialization’s inaugural group of lawyers selected for this area of law. Among his peers, he was voted a Rising Star in Texas Super Lawyers Magazine as a young attorney, and he has since been named a Texas Super Lawyer in the same publication, an honor bestowed on only 2.5% of the lawyers in Texas. He has also been honored as one of Houston’s Top Lawyers in H Texas and in Environmental Law and Appeals by Lawdragon Leading Lawyers in America.Advisor: Due to his successes in the courtroom, clients often seek Bruce’s advice outside of it. His practice also includes providing pre-dispute guidance in commercial disputes, coverage analysis and advice for insurers, and general business counseling for oilfield services companies.Bruce primarily practices out of the firm’s Houston office, and he is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Colorado, as well as the Fifth Circuit and Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.

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