Enoch

Craig T. Enoch, Justice (Ret.), has decades of both judicial and private practice experience in his specialty of complex litigation appeals and public policy legislative debates. His experience includes serving as Texas Trial Court Presiding Judge, Appellate Court Chief Justice, and Texas Supreme Court Justice. Since returning to private practice, he has over two decades of service representing sophisticated clients. His mission is to represent businesses navigating complex laws and regulations with effective advocacy.

• Administrative & Regulatory Law
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Appellate & Written Advocacy
• Business Torts & Unfair Competition
• Commercial Litigation
• Construction & Building Products Litigation
• Corporate Governance
• Economic Development
• Election & Campaign Finance
• Governmental Litigation
• Insurance
• Machinery & Recreational Product Litigation
• Redistricting & Voting Rights
• Tort, Transportation & Specialized Litigation
• White Collar, Compliance & Government Investigations

• Construction
• Energy

GENERAL

• Decades of private practice focused on complex Texas appellate and legislative public policy advocacy. Established Specialized Appellate and Government Enforcement and Regulated Industries Litigation Practice groups for a major regional law firm headquartered in Dallas,and carried that practice into a specialized firm founded in 2011.
• Previously served as a Justice of the Texas Supreme Court, Chief Justice of Texas’s Fifth District Court of Appeals, and Presiding Judge of Texas’s 101st District Court. Decided high-dollar matters ranging from disputes over utility construction and purchase contracts, employee benefit agreements, estate claims, and major personal injury and property damages claims.

EXAMPLES

• Defended, successfully, business investor against a $100 Million international claim brought in federal court. Services provided included not only litigation and appellate representation, but successful legislative representation before a state legislative body.
• Resolved, successfully, business dispute with innovative management restructuring.
• Represented, successfully, commercial collections service in attorney general inquiry into certain business practices.
• Facilitated, successfully, co-op electric provider’s legislative agenda to amend certain statutes related to contracts for water for electric power production.
• Point of contact for Department of Defense, Army Secretary, in negotiating and successfully establishing headquarters for new U.S. military command.

TYPES OF SERVICE

• Devise effective trial and appellate strategy for representing clients in state and federal courts.
• Facilitate alternative dispute resolution.
• Advise clients on public/private partnership strategy and development.
• Consult with businesses on partnership and corporate duties and professional ethics.
• Represent businesses before courts and administrative bodies, as well as during investigations by state attorneys general, and assist those businesses with regulatory compliance.
• Formulate business strategy and representation in government relations.
• Offer noted expertise on the existence, nature, and extent of fiduciary obligations.
• Review legislative proposals and advocate on behalf of legislative proponents before the Texas Legislature.
• Serve as intermediary in sensitive economic development projects.

• Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Board Certified in Civil Trial Law
• BL Rankings, The Best Lawyers in America®
  • Appellate Practice, 2008-2026
• Thomson Reuters Super Lawyers®
  • Texas Super Lawyer, Appellate, 2005-2025
• Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business
  • Texas, 2010-2024
• Texas Bar Foundation, Gregory S. Coleman Outstanding Appellate Lawyer Award, 2024
• Marquis Who's Who Lifetime Achievement Award, 2020
• Austin Chamber of Commerce, Volunteer of the Year: Economic Development, 2018
• Texas Monthly, Top Attorneys in Texas, 2011-2013
• Texas Tech Law Review, Outstanding Lead Article Award, 2006–2007
• Southern Methodist University, Distinguished Alum, 2006
• American Bar Association, J. Edward Finch Law Day Speech Award, 2001
• Texas Equal Access to Justice, Harold F. Kleinman Award, 2000
• SMU Dedman School of Law, Distinguished Law Alum, 1999

• Texas, 1975
• U.S. District Courts
  • Texas: Eastern, Northern, Western
• U.S. Court of Appeals
  • 5th Circuit
  • 7th Circuit
  • 9th Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

• University of Virginia School of Law, LL.M., 1992
  • Class Co-President
• Southern Methodist University School of Law, J.D., 1975
  • Established Kathryn Barker Enoch Research Fund
  • Member Executive Advisory Board
• Southern Methodist University, B.A., Political Science, 1972
  • Student Chair of housing program development for on-campus fraternity housing
  • Co-Chair Class of ’72, 40th Homecoming, largest class gift

• American Law Institute, Elected Member
• Appellate Judges Education Institute (President Emeritus and former Board member)
• American Bar Association
  • Appellate Judges Conference (former Chair and Council member)
  • Litigation Section
• State Bar of Texas
  • Appellate Section
  • Judicial Section
  • Litigation Section (former Chair and Council member)
• Texas Bar College
• Austin Bar Association
  • Civil Appellate Section
• Texas Judicial Districts Board, 2008–2019

• The Rule of Law
• Judicial Independence and Selection
• Public–Private Partnerships
• Texas Supreme Court decisions
• Fiduciary and Ethical Obligations
• Trial and Appellate Procedures and Best Practices
• The View from the Trenches: A Report on the Breakout Sessions at the 2005 National Conference on Appellate Justice

• Christ Church Austin (Small Group Co-leader)
• Austin Chamber of Commerce (Member and former Chair of the Board of Directors)
• Helping Hand Home for Children, Community Advisory Board
• Salvation Army – Central Texas Region, Community Advisory Board (term commencing January 2025)
• City of Austin Bond Election Advisory Task Force, 2012