D. Scott Cain
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D.ScottCain
Managing Partner
Mayor, City of Cleburne
Adjunct Professor at SWAU in Keene, Texas teaching Business Law
Areas of Practice
- Civil Litigation. Trial and Appeals
- Business
- Real Estate
- Railroad
- Estate Planning and Probate
Litigation Percentage
- 60% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 2000
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
Education
- Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, Fort Worth, Texas
- J.D. magna cum laude – 1999
- Honors: Phi Delta Phi, Member
- Honors: Moot court team, Member
- Honors: Student Bar Association, Treasurer
- Law Review: Texas Wesleyan Law Review , Editor
- Criswell College, Dallas, Texas
- B.A. – 1989
Representative Cases
- McCalla v. Baker’s Campground, 416 S.W.3d 416 (Texas 2013)
- Wolfe v. Devon Energy, 382 S.W.3d 434 (Tex. App. Waco)
- McCuen v. Huey, 255 S.W. 3d 716 (Tex. App. Waco 2008)
- Van Es v. Frazier, 230 S.W. 3d 770 (Tex. App. Waco 2007)
- Nipp v. Broumley, 285 S.W.3d 552 (Tex. App. Waco 2009)
- Hatch v. Williams, 110 S.W.3d 516 (Tex. App. Waco 2003)
- Fain Family First, Ptnrship v. EOG Resources, 2013 Tex. App. Lexis 4888 (Tex. App. Ft. Worth 2013)
- In Re La, 415 S.W.3d 5641 (Tex. App. Ft. Worth 2013)
- Spakes v. Weber, 2010 Tex. App. Lexis 274 (Tex. App. Waco 2010)
- In the Estate of Campbell, 343 S.W.3d 899 (Tex. App. Amarillo 2011)
- Baker’s Campground, Inc. v. McCalla, 416 S.W.3d 477 (reversed and remanded, 416 S.W.3d 416) (Tex. App. Waco 2012)
- Berkman v. City of Keene, 311 S.W.3d 523 (Tex. App. Waco 2009)
- In Re Collins, 2005 Tex. App. Lexis 4580 (Tex. App. Waco 2005)
- Blackwood v. Bunton, Tex. App. Lexis 12413 (Tex. App. Ft. Worth 2013)
- In Re D.A.M., 2009 Tex. App. Lexis 7896
- Stevenson v. Fort Worth & Western R.R., 2015 US Dist. Lexis 81760 (Northern Dist. Of Texas 2015)
- Stevenson v. Fort Worth & W. R.R. Co., 2017 Tex. App. LEXIS 9402 (Northern Dist. Of Texas 2017)
- Dickerson v. Dickerson, 2014 Tex. App. LEXIS 12795 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2014)
Honors and Awards
- State Champion Wakeboarder
- Johnson County’s number 1 lawyer, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 by Cleburne Times Review Reader’s Choice Poll
- AV-Preeminent rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- Chamber of Commerce citizen of the year, 2017
- Texas Top10 Award for Estate Planning 2018
- 2018 US Trial Lawyer of the Year
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Texas Bar , Member
- Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow
- Johnson County Bar Association, Member
- Tarrant County Bar Association, Member
- NARTC, Member
- Texas Association of Defense Counsel, Member
Pro Bono Activities
- Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
- Johnson County Children’s Advocacy Center
- Cleburne High School Swim Team
- Promotes wakeboarding events for underprivileged children
- Cleburne Rotary Club
- SWAU School of Business Advisory Board
Ancillary Businesses
- Mayor, City of Cleburne
- Trinity Abstract & Title
Fraternities/Sororities
- Phi Delta Phi