Russell Lorfing - Abilene, TX
Attorney at Keith & Lorfing
Personal Injury Lawyers in Abilene, TX
265 S Leggett Dr Abilene, TX 79605
- 1 Super Lawyers®
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17
Years
Experience
Abilene Personal Injury Lawyer
Updated: 04/28/2026
Areas of Practice
- Personal Injury
- Criminal Defense & Federal Criminal Defense
- Car Accidents
- Trucking Accidents
- Wrongful Death
- Drug
- Felonies
- Fraud
- Gun Law
Attorney Information
Overview
Russell Lorfing is a multi-award-winning trial lawyer, former federal prosecutor, and managing partner at Keith & Lorfing, a West Texas-based trial law firm. He and his team have handled thousands of cases and hundreds of jury trials, representing individuals and corporations in high-stakes criminal defense and complex federal matters around the country. Mr. Lorfing’s clients range from billionaires to CEOs to doctors to working-class individuals, reflecting the breadth and seriousness of the cases he handles.
Before entering private practice, Mr. Lorfing served as an Assistant United States Attorney in Lubbock, Texas, where he prosecuted federal crimes, and led a human trafficking task force on Saipan, a U.S. territory in the Pacific. He previously clerked for the Honorable Barbara Harvey on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Lorfing is the founder of Learn Federal Sentencing, an online program that teaches attorneys, academics, and families how to navigate and interpret the federal sentencing guidelines. He is also the creator of Freedom Fighters, a leadership program focused on strengthening working-class families, and the author of This Too Shall Pass, a daily devotional written for incarcerated men.
In addition, he has been chosen as:
- 2025-2026: Honored as a Lifetime Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation – an award bestowed on less than 1/3 of 1% of practicing attorneys.
- 2024-2026: Super Lawyers Honoree, an award bestowed on less than 1% of practicing attorneys
- 2025: Named “Best in the West” by KCBD New Station.
- 2024: Selected as Co-Chair of the Federal Criminal Defense Committee for the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
- 2023–2026: Voted Best Trial Lawyers in Abilene by Community Votes, an independent and objective online voting platform.
- 2023-2026: Voted Best Motor Vehicle Crash attorney in Abilene by Expertise.com
- 2022-2023: Client Choice Award by Avvo
- 2021: Best Criminal Defense Lawyer in Abilene by Expertise.com
As a former state and federal prosecutor, Russell has served as lead counsel in dozens of complex jury trials. He has extensive knowledge in electronic evidence and the Electronic Communication Privacy Act. In 2017, he was designated as a Cyber Hacking Intellectual Property Prosecutor by the United States Attorney’s Office and oversaw cyber investigations throughout West Texas. He has been recognized nationally for his work on white collar investigations by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Homeland Security, and by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for his prosecutorial accomplishments and years of service to the American people.
Speaking Events, Lectures, and Training
Due to his extensive experience, Russell was frequently asked to give lectures for various law enforcement agencies and organizations, including the FBI, IRS, DEA, and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC).
Russell is also considered by the Department of Justice to be an expert on the admissibility of electronic evidence and was asked by the United States Attorney in the Northern District of Texas to provide training on this issue to federal prosecutors in Dallas, Fort Worth, Lubbock, Abilene, and Amarillo.
Example of Past Speaking Engagements:
- Busted by the Feds: Prosecuting and Defending Federal Criminal Cases; 2024, Prairie Dog Conference, 60 minutes – guest lecture.
- Do Better: How to Win Cases, Make Millions and Grow Your Practice, 2023; Midland Bar Luncheon – 45 minutes – guest lecture
- Why Meta Matters, 2020: National Center for Missing & Exploited Children law enforcement training – 2 hours – guest lecture
- Get Rich Quick: A Banker’s Guide to Money Laundering, 2019: West Texas Banker’s Working Group quarterly meeting – 45 minutes – guest lecture
- Digital Sex Crimes in the Age of Millennials: Cyber Stalking, Sextortion, and Revenge Porn, 2019: Monthly Luncheon – 20 minutes – guest lecture
- You Never Saw it Coming: Identity Theft and the Dark Web, 2019: Annual Meeting- 60 minutes – guest lecture
- The New and Improved Search Warrant for the Digital World, 2019: Annual CLE – 60 minute presentation – guest lecture
Awards and Honors
Awards
Other Sources of Feedback About Russell Lorfing
Included on the 2026 Texas Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2025 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2024 Texas Super Lawyers list
Education
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Legal Education
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St. Mary's University School of Law,
San Antonio,
Texas, 2009
JD - Juris Doctor
Honors: Class President
Honors: Moot court
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St. Mary's University School of Law,
San Antonio,
Texas, 2009
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Non Legal Education
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University of Texas
Bachelor of Arts
Honors: Cactus Goodfellow
Honors: Presidential Achievement Scholar
Honors: Texas Cowboys
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University of Texas
Current Employment Position(s)
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Founding Partner
Past Positions
- Assistant United States Attorney, United States Department of Justice, 2014 - 2020
- Associate, Brock Guerra Strandmo Dimaline Jones, P.C., 2012 - 2014
- Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, 2010 - 2012
- Law Clerk, Texas Court Of Appeals, 2009 - 2010
Classes and Seminars
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2024 Prairie Dog Conference, Lubbock Texas, Busted by the Feds: Prosecuting and Defending Federal Criminal Cases
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Midland Bar Luncheon, Do Better: How to Win Cases, Make Millions, and Grow Your Practice, 2023
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National Center for Missing & Exploited Children law enforcement training - 2 hours - guest lecture, Why Meta Matters, 2020
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West Texas Banker's Working Group quarterly meeting - 45 minutes - guest lecture, Get Rich Quick: A Banker's Guide to Money Laundering, 2019
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Monthly Luncheon - 20 minutes - guest lecture, Digital Sex Crimes in the Age of Millennials: Cyber Stalking, Sextortion, and Revenge Porn, 2019
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Annual Meeting- 60 minutes - guest lecture, You Never Saw it Coming: Identity Theft and the Dark Web, 2019
- Annual CLE - 60 minute presentation - guest lecture, The New and Improved Search Warrant for the Digital World, 2019
Representative Cases
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United States v. Dennis Hagan (1:08-CR-0058-H)
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United States v. Strakele (1:22-CR-071-H)
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State of Texas v. JFF, a minor
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State of Texas v. Rusty Thompson (Cause # 012253) - Jones County
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United States v. Glisson (1:20-CR-069-H)
Bar Admissions
- United States Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
- Texas, 2009
- Washington
- Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
- District of Columbia, 2014
Other Affiliations
- President, National Association of Former Assistant United States Attorneys (NAFAUSA)
- Big Country Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
- Lubbock County Defense Attorney Association
- Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
- Abilene Bar Association
- Lubbock Bar Association
- Texas Bar Foundation
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