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Richard M. Abernathy

McKinney, Texas

Director
Shareholder
phone (214) 544-4000
fax (214) 544-4040
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Richard M. Abernathy is a Director and Shareholder with Abernathy, Roeder, Boyd & Joplin, P.C. Richard's practice focuses on a broad range of business and commercial litigation; governmental entities, including municipalities, school districts and colleges.

Areas of Practice:
Business and Commercial Litigation
Education Law
Litigation & Appeals
State, Local & Municipal Law
Certification/Specialties:
Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Bar Admissions:
Texas, 1977
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1994
U.S. Supreme Court, 2003
Education:
Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas, 1977
J.D.
Austin College, Sherman, Texas, 1974
B.A.
Honors: With Honors
Major: Political Science
Published Works:
Education Rights, SMU Law Rev., Summer, 2003

Representative Cases:

Trend Offset Printing Services, Inc., v. Collin County Community College District, S.W.3d, 2008 WL 821016 (Tex. 2008)
Brown Outdoor Advertising, LLC v. Town of Prosper, Texas and William A. Little in his capacity as Building Official of the Town of Prosper, Tex. App. - Dallas (2005)
Adams v. First Nat. Bank of Bells/Savoy, 154 S.W.3d 859 (Tex. App. - Dallas 2005)
Jones v. American Flood Research, Inc., 218 S.W.3d 929 (Tex. App. - Dallas 2007)
City of Melissa v. North Collin Water Supply Corporation, 56 F.Supp.2d 557 (E.D. Tex. 2003)

Classes/Seminars Taught:
Parents' Rights, UT 15th Annual School Law Conference, March 2, 2000 - March 3, 2000
Honors and Awards:
Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
Texas Super Lawyer
Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year, Collin County Bar Association, 1990
Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar Association
Member
Texas Bar Association
Member
Collin County Bar Association
Member
North Texas Bar Association
Past Director
State Bar of Texas
Past Chairman, Grievance Committee
Collin County Bar Association
Past Director and President
Texas Young Lawyers Association
Past Director, Secretary and Chairman
Collin County Community College Foundation
Former President & Executive Committee Member
Stonebridge United Methodist Church
Member, Stephen Ministry
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