Trevor Paul
Associate, Fort Worth
Practice Areas
Experience
- Appellate
- Business Litigation
- Corporate & Securities Litigation
- Financial Institution Litigation
- Labor & Employment Litigation
- Media Litigation
- Real Estate Litigation
Biography
Trevor Paul is a Fort Worth–based litigator who practices in federal and state courts. He is frequently engaged as local counsel in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (Fort Worth Division), assisting lead counsel on aspects such as the local rules, judge‑specific practices, short-notice hearings, and pro hac vice admissions. Because of his extensive experience working for and in front of Judges Mark T. Pittman and Reed O’Connor, he possesses a deep understanding of the court system, local rules, and judge-specific preferences and procedures.
Trevor joined Jackson Walker after clerking for Judges Mark T. Pittman and Judge Reed O’Connor for several years, drafting opinions in several high-profile and complex cases and finishing in the top 1% of the 2021 nationwide federal clerkship writing competition. Before clerking, he earned his J.D. from Texas A&M University School of Law and an undergraduate degree from Mississippi State University, where he played on the men’s soccer team.
Education
B.A., summa cum laude, Mississippi State University
J.D., Texas A&M University School of Law
- Texas A&M Law Journal of Property Law
- Moot Court
- Equal Justice Award (Most pro bono hours in graduating class)
Bar Admissions
Texas
Court Admissions
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern, Northern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
- P.H. v. Carroll ISD, No. 4:24-CV-00951 (N.D. Tex.—Fort Worth Division): secured dismissal of student’s substantive due process and disability discrimination claims against school district.
- Carroll ISD v. U.S. Dep’t of Educ., No. 4:24-CV-00461 (N.D. Tex.—Fort Worth Division): successfully obtained summary judgment for school district on its claims that Title IX violates the APA and First Amendment.
- Sabal v. Anti-Defamation League (ADL), No. 4:23-CV-1002 (N.D. Tex. —Fort Worth Division): secured summary-judgment dismissal of defamation claims asserted against ADL for published statements that the plaintiff is antisemitic.
- Trade Group, Inc. v. BTC Media, LLC, No. 4:23-CV-00555 (N.D. Tex.—Fort Worth Division): successfully obtained a $4.5 million jury verdict for a trade show company’s breach of contract claim for non-payment of goods and services and jury finding of no liability on the opposing party’s fraud claim for $4.9 million in lost profits.
- In re Tri-County Electric Cooperative, Inc., No. 2-24-00337 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth): successfully obtained mandamus relief compelling the trial court to vacate its order denying eight Tri-County Electric Cooperative board members’ motion for protective order.
- Hagenbuch v. De Moor, No. 2-24-00038 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth): represented a candidate for the Republican nomination for Texas Senate District 30 concerning the eligibility of another candidate under the Texas Constitution’s requirement that a candidate must reside in the district in which he seeks nomination. But the district run-off election took place before the appeal could be decided.
- McReynolds v. Bell Textron, Inc., No. 23-10510 (5th Cir.): drafted Bell Textron’s appellate brief in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and successfully obtained affirmance of the trial court’s judgment for Bell Textron against the plaintiff’s employment claims on all grounds.
- Treetops Sun RV Communities v. Whitlock, No. 153-364955-25 (Tarrant Cnty. Dist. Ct.): successfully obtained temporary restraining order, temporary injunction, and permanent injunction against holdover tenant threatening to harm residents and employees.
- 4M Equine Ranch v. Rowland, No. 25-05-377 (Wise Cnty. Dist. Ct.): successfully obtained temporary restraining order, temporary injunction, and permanent injunction against former employee threatening the disclosure of trade secrets and proprietary information of well-known equine ranch.
- Boismier v. Walters, No. 5:23-CV-767 (W.D. Okla.): secured dismissal of defamation claims asserted against client for public statements he made during his tenure as Oklahoma’s Secretary of Education.
- Equinox Preston Hollow, Inc. v. CFO DT, LLC, No. 22-04888 (Dallas Cnty. Dist. Ct.): represented landlord in lease dispute with a luxury gym, secured dismissal of the gym’s claims, and obtained $1.8 million judgment for the landlord’s counterclaim.
- Bean, et al. v. ECM Eden Terrace, L.P., No. 48-351593-24 (Tarrant Cnty. Dist. Ct.): represent developer against homeowner’s negligence claims based on water erosion and successfully obtain an order granting developer’s motion to quash its consulting expert’s deposition.
- Wilson v. American Airlines, No. JS22-00287N (Dallas County Just. Ct.): successfully defended American Airlines against claims for breach of contract and fraud and secured dismissal of all claims.
- Schriver v. Tri-County Electric Co-Op, Inc., et al., No. 23-1593 (Parker Cnty. Dist. Ct): represent eight Tri-County Electric Cooperative board members against defamation and conspiracy claims and successfully obtained a special exceptions order against those claims.
- Shepherd v. Helen Painter & Co., No. 07-22-00314 (Tex. App.—Amarillo): successfully secured the affirmance of the trial court’s dismissal of claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and negligence against various real estate companies on all grounds and the affirmance of the trial court’s attorney’s fees award for the companies.
- Author, “Is a Website Subject to Title III of the ADA: Why the Text Applies to Only Websites ‘Of’ a Place of Public Accommodation,” Texas A&M Law Journal of Property Law (2022)
- Moderate 2024 Tarrant County Bar Association Judicial Panel, which included federal district court judges Reed C. O’Connor, Mark T. Pittman, Terry R. Means, and Hal R. Ray.
April 15, 2024
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Practice Experience
- P.H. v. Carroll ISD, No. 4:24-CV-00951 (N.D. Tex.—Fort Worth Division): secured dismissal of student’s substantive due process and disability discrimination claims against school district.
- Carroll ISD v. U.S. Dep’t of Educ., No. 4:24-CV-00461 (N.D. Tex.—Fort Worth Division): successfully obtained summary judgment for school district on its claims that Title IX violates the APA and First Amendment.
- Sabal v. Anti-Defamation League (ADL), No. 4:23-CV-1002 (N.D. Tex. —Fort Worth Division): secured summary-judgment dismissal of defamation claims asserted against ADL for published statements that the plaintiff is antisemitic.
- Trade Group, Inc. v. BTC Media, LLC, No. 4:23-CV-00555 (N.D. Tex.—Fort Worth Division): successfully obtained a $4.5 million jury verdict for a trade show company’s breach of contract claim for non-payment of goods and services and jury finding of no liability on the opposing party’s fraud claim for $4.9 million in lost profits.
- In re Tri-County Electric Cooperative, Inc., No. 2-24-00337 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth): successfully obtained mandamus relief compelling the trial court to vacate its order denying eight Tri-County Electric Cooperative board members’ motion for protective order.
- Hagenbuch v. De Moor, No. 2-24-00038 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth): represented a candidate for the Republican nomination for Texas Senate District 30 concerning the eligibility of another candidate under the Texas Constitution’s requirement that a candidate must reside in the district in which he seeks nomination. But the district run-off election took place before the appeal could be decided.
- McReynolds v. Bell Textron, Inc., No. 23-10510 (5th Cir.): drafted Bell Textron’s appellate brief in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and successfully obtained affirmance of the trial court’s judgment for Bell Textron against the plaintiff’s employment claims on all grounds.
- Treetops Sun RV Communities v. Whitlock, No. 153-364955-25 (Tarrant Cnty. Dist. Ct.): successfully obtained temporary restraining order, temporary injunction, and permanent injunction against holdover tenant threatening to harm residents and employees.
- 4M Equine Ranch v. Rowland, No. 25-05-377 (Wise Cnty. Dist. Ct.): successfully obtained temporary restraining order, temporary injunction, and permanent injunction against former employee threatening the disclosure of trade secrets and proprietary information of well-known equine ranch.
- Boismier v. Walters, No. 5:23-CV-767 (W.D. Okla.): secured dismissal of defamation claims asserted against client for public statements he made during his tenure as Oklahoma’s Secretary of Education.
- Equinox Preston Hollow, Inc. v. CFO DT, LLC, No. 22-04888 (Dallas Cnty. Dist. Ct.): represented landlord in lease dispute with a luxury gym, secured dismissal of the gym’s claims, and obtained $1.8 million judgment for the landlord’s counterclaim.
- Bean, et al. v. ECM Eden Terrace, L.P., No. 48-351593-24 (Tarrant Cnty. Dist. Ct.): represent developer against homeowner’s negligence claims based on water erosion and successfully obtain an order granting developer’s motion to quash its consulting expert’s deposition.
- Wilson v. American Airlines, No. JS22-00287N (Dallas County Just. Ct.): successfully defended American Airlines against claims for breach of contract and fraud and secured dismissal of all claims.
- Schriver v. Tri-County Electric Co-Op, Inc., et al., No. 23-1593 (Parker Cnty. Dist. Ct): represent eight Tri-County Electric Cooperative board members against defamation and conspiracy claims and successfully obtained a special exceptions order against those claims.
- Shepherd v. Helen Painter & Co., No. 07-22-00314 (Tex. App.—Amarillo): successfully secured the affirmance of the trial court’s dismissal of claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and negligence against various real estate companies on all grounds and the affirmance of the trial court’s attorney’s fees award for the companies.
Publications & Speeches
- Author, “Is a Website Subject to Title III of the ADA: Why the Text Applies to Only Websites ‘Of’ a Place of Public Accommodation,” Texas A&M Law Journal of Property Law (2022)
- Moderate 2024 Tarrant County Bar Association Judicial Panel, which included federal district court judges Reed C. O’Connor, Mark T. Pittman, Terry R. Means, and Hal R. Ray.