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Greg W. Curry: Lawyer with Thompson & Knight LLP

Greg W. Curry

Practice Leader Energy Litigation
 
Thompson & Knight LLP
One Arts Plaza, 1722 Routh Street, Suite 1500
Dallas, Texas  75201
(Collin, Dallas & Denton Cos.)

Telephone: 214.969.1252
Fax: 214.880.3228
http://www.tklaw.com



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Practice AreasBusiness Litigation; Civil Litigation; Oil and Gas Litigation; Securities Litigation; Complex Litigation; Class Action Defense; Oil Pollution; Climate Change and Renewable Energy
 
EducationTexas Tech University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1989, University of Oklahoma, B.B.A. in Petroleum Land Management, 1983
 
Admitted1989, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1990, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1993, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1994, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1996, Oklahoma; 2003, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma
 
MembershipsDallas (Member, Board of Directors, 2004-2005; Chairman, Membership Committee, 2003; Chairman, Media Relations Committee, 2001; Chairman, Entertainment Committee, 1999; Chairman, Law Day 1997; Member, Business Litigation, Environmental, and Energy Sections) and Collin County Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on: Litigation, Environmental and Natural Resources; Oil and Gas); Texas Association of Defense Counsel (President Elect, 2008-2009; Chair, Political Action Committee, PAC, 2008-2009; Executive Vice President, 2007-2008; Secretary-Treasurer, 2005; Vice President, Board of Directors, 2004); Dallas Inn of Court; Defense Research Institute (Member, Young Lawyers Committee); College of the State Bar of Texas. Fellow: Dallas Bar Foundation; Texas Bar Foundation; Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Foundation. Trustee, Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Foundation.
 
BiographyTexas Tech University School of Law, graduated third in class. Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi. Managing Editor, "Law Review". Member, Board of Barristers, Phi Alpha Delta. Moot Court Champion. Negotiation Competition Champion. Recipient: Outstanding Law Review Member Award; Outstanding Law Review Editor Award; American Jurisprudence Awards in Real Property, Business Entities, and Criminal Law. University of Oklahoma: Recipient, Outstanding Graduate Award; Top Ten Freshmen; Top Ten Greekmen; Gamma Gamma; Sigma Phi Epsilon. Listed: Texas Super Lawyers (Business Litigation, Energy and Natural Resources, Securities and Corporate Finance), 2003-2009; Leading Lawyers in America, Lawdragon 500, 2006. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation, 2007-2010 and Oil and Gas Law, 2009-2010. Marketing Partner of the Year (national) 2006. Trustee, Alumni Foundation, Texas Tech Law School. Volunteer and Service Award Recipient, North Texas Legal Services. Volunteer Judge of Advocacy Competitions, Southern Methodist Law School. Author, "Down the Block But Outside Jurisdiction: Personal Jurisdiction in a Modern World," 29 Texas Tech Law Rev. 977 (1998). Lecturer: "Oil and Gas Disputes - From a Trial Lawyer's Perspective," Texas Association of Defense Counsel 2009 Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, October 2009; "Has the Texas Supreme Court Changed the Rules for Defense Counsel?" Texas Bar CLE Advanced Civil Trial Course, San Antonio, Texas, July 2009; Panelist, "The Texas Legislature: Effects on the Civil Justice System," Texas Association of Defense Counsel Winter and Spring Meetings, January 2009, March 2009; "Joint Operating Agreements: Current Issues," University of Houston Advanced Oil & Gas Short Course, February 2009; "The Conflict You Save May Be Your Own," Texas Association of Defense Counsel Winter Meeting, January 2009; Surface Damage Presentation, Energy Law Institute, South Texas College of Law, September 2008; "Legal Issues in Emerging Resource Plays," Thompson & Knight Seminar, Dallas, September 2008; Houston, October 2008; "Joint Operating Agreements from a Trial Lawyer's Perspective," South Texas College of Law 21st Annual Energy Law Institute, September 2008; "Surface Issues Dealing with Landowners, Buyers, and Sellers," Thompson & Knight Annual Energy Industry Symposium, April 2008; Client Alert: United States Supreme Court Rejects Agreements to Expand Judicial Review of Arbitration Awards, Hall Street Assocs., L.L.C. v. Mattel, Inc., No. 06-989, 2008 WL 762537 (U.S. Mar. 25, 2008), April 09, 2008; "Arbitration-Is It the Best Forum for Oil and Gas and Disputes," Review of Oil and Gas Law, Energy Law Section, Dallas Bar Association, August 2007; "Operating Agreement: Observations, Ideas, and Insights," American Association of Petroleum Landmen (AAPL), Fort Worth Chapter, May 2007; "The Vanishing Jury Trial," Dallas Bar Association, December 2006; "Conflicting Rights Between Surface/Mineral Estates," Review of Oil and Gas Law, Energy Law Section, Dallas Bar Association, August 2006; "Conflicts of Interest: How They Arise, How to Assert Them, and How to Defend Them," Texas Association of Defense Counsel, July 2005; "The Major Impacts of HB4 on the Personal Injury Practice," State Bar of Texas Advanced Personal Injury Law Course, Dallas, July 2004, San Antonio, August 2004, Houston, August 2004, Midland County/Ector County Bar Association, October 2004; "HB4," Texas Center of Judiciary, Corpus Christi and Dallas, January and February 2004; "The Conflict You Save May Be Your Own," Texas Association of Defense Counsel Meeting, Fall 2003; "HB4 and Other Legislative Changes," Joint Program of the Dallas Association of Defense Counsel and the Texas Association of Defense Counsel, Fall 2003. Presenter: "Class Action Lawsuits," Texas Tort Liability and Coverage Seminar, October 9, 1997; "Preparing a Witness to Be Deposed," Texas Association of Defense Counsel, Fall 1994. Member: OU PLM Alumni Association; Sooner Club. Mentor, Sigma Phi Epsilon. Member, Board of Directors, Sequoia, Inc. Member, Cougar Dads Committee. Thompson & Knight-Marketing Partner, 2003-2007. New business Intake and Conflicts Committee Chair, 1999-2003. Pro Bono Chair, 1995-2002. Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America.
 
Reported CasesTownsend v. University Hospital - University of Colorado, 83 S.W.3d 913 (Tex.App.—Texarkana 2002); Star Enterprises v. Marze, 61 S.W.3d 449 (Tex.App.—San Antonio 2001); Hitzelberger v. Samedan Oil Corp., 948 S.W.2d 497 (Tex.App.—Waco 1997); Jones v. Texaco Inc., 945 F.Supp. 1037 (S.D. Tex. 1996); Brown v. Shwarts, 929 S.W.2d 609 (Tex.App.—Waco 1996); Bank One, Texas, Nat'l Assn v. Alexander, 910 S.W.2d 530 (Tex.App.—Austin 1995); Follette v. Clairol, Inc., 829 F.Supp. 840 (W.D.LA 1993).
 
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