O. Rey Rodriguez - Dallas, TX
Attorney at Law Office of O. Rey Rodriguez
Business Litigation Lawyers in Dallas, TX
PO Box 703244 Dallas, TX 75370 - 3244
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Dallas Business Litigation Lawyer
Updated: 03/02/2026
Areas of Practice
- Business Litigation
- Health Law
- Commercial and Transactional
- Product Liability
- Employment and Labor
- Reorganization and Bankruptcy
- Food, Drug, and Medical Device
- Transportation
Attorney Information
Overview
Rey is a thirty-year courtroom and appellate lawyer. He is Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and served as a Briefing Attorney to Retired Chief Justice Nathan L. Hecht of the Texas Supreme Court. Before becoming a boutique lawyer, Rey served as a litigation partner at both Fulbright & Jaworski and Norton Rose Fulbright. He is a college and law school valedictorian and earned the top score on the July 1994 Texas Bar Exam. He is also an award-winning semi-amateur actor and appeared in a local Sprite commercial to raise scholarship funds.
Awards and Honors
Honors
- Selected to the Texas Super Lawyers list, published by Texas Monthly Magazine, Civil Appeals, 2008 - 2024
- Selected to The Best Lawyers in America® list, 2016 - 2024
- Selected to U.S. News, Best Law Firms in Texas, First Tier - Appellate Boutique, 2017 - 2018
- Selected to The Best Attorneys of America®, Lifetime Charter Member, Rue Ratings, 2015
- Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Civil Appellate Law
- Life Fellow Texas Bar Foundation
- Life Fellow Dallas Bar Foundation
- National Institute of Trial Advocacy, National Trial Session, Boulder Co, Graduate
- Outstanding Faculty Member, SMU Dedman School of Law, APALSA Award 2017
- “Most Improved Player Award” 1976 (now) Basketball Hall of Fame Coach Nolan Richarson’s El Paso TX Basketball “Camp of Stars” (while young Coach Richardson served as the basketball coach at Bowie High School, his alma mater)
Education
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Legal Education
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Southern Methodist University School of Law,
Dallas,
Texas, 1993
Juris Doctor
Honors: Valedictorian/Standard Bearer
Honors: Order of the Coif, SMU Law Review Association, Judge Sarah T. Hughes Diversity Scholar
Honors: West Publishing Scholarly Achievement Award
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Southern Methodist University School of Law,
Dallas,
Texas, 1993
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Non Legal Education
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UT El Paso, 1989
Bachelor of Business Administration
Honors: summa cum laude
Honors: Business School Accreditation Committee, Student Body Vice President
Honors: Delta Sigma Pi Outstanding Business Student Award
Honors: Harry S. Truman Scholar, National Hispanic Scholar
Honors: Highest Honor, Honors Program Certificate, Presidential Scholar
Honors: Senator and Public Defender, Co-Caption CX Debate Team
Honors: Top Ten Senior and "Men of Mines" Award (University's highest award)
Honors: Valedictorian/Standard Bearer
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UT El Paso, 1989
Current Employment Position(s)
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Suster Law Group Of Counsel
Bar Admissions
- Texas
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Specialties and Certifications
- Board Certified, Civil Appellate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Other Affiliations
- State Bar of Texax
- Dallas Bar Association
- Dallas Hispanic Bar Association and Dallas Mexican American Bar Association
- American Bar Association - Council of Appellate Lawyers
- State Bar of Texas and Appellate Section - Past Advisory Council and Pro Bono Committee Co-Chair
- Dallas Bar Foundation Past Chair, Chair, Vice-Chair, Executive Committee, Treasurer, Secretary, Grants and Clerkships Chair and Vice-Chair
- Dallas Bar Association - Past Appellate Advisory Council, Appellate Law Section Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, Chair Appellate Pro Bono/Joint Appellate Seminar Committees
- Dallas Hispanic Bar Association, Dallas Mexican American Bar Association
- Patrick E. Higginbotham American Inn of Court, Barrister, 2008 - 2011
- College of the State Bar of Texas and Pro Bono College of the State Bar of Texas, 2002 - 2003
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