In a March 26 opinion from the Dallas Court of Appeals, Shelby White successfully defended a Gregory-based challenge of a Dallas County jury’s noneconomic damages verdict arising from back and shoulder injuries. Read more.

After nine weeks of testimony in the wrongful-death trial involving former Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, the turning point came in a brief handwritten note from the jury room. It was the culmination of a bold trial strategy developed by the Skaggs family’s stellar trial team, which included Durham, Pittard & Spalding’s Houston partners Lara Hollingsworth and Dana Levy. Read more.

Durham, Pittard & Spalding is proud to support the next generation of lawyers, including the great work of organizations like the Houston Young Lawyers Association. As co-chair of the HYLA’s Law Student Engagement Committee, our own Aditi Deal played a key role in organizing the HYLA’s recent “Summer Associate Bootcamp.” Read more.

Durham, Pittard & Spalding recently secured a significant appellate victory at the Dallas Court of Appeals, successfully defeating a trucking defendant’s request for mandamus relief following full briefing on the merits in a complex trucking injury case. Read more.

Within weeks of a closely watched and important appellate ruling by Houston’s Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Exxon v. Brown, DP&S Houston partners Lara Hollingsworth and Dana Levy offered Texas trial lawyers key takeaways on what the decision means to their practice. Read more.

In January, DPS’s Shelby White joined a distinguished panel for the Tarrant County Bar Association Appellate Law Section’s Brown Bag Seminar Series CLE. Read more.

Congratulations to the trial team of Ryan Rudd, Keith Mitnik, and Ravin Sahadeo of Morgan & Morgan; Bruce Steckler of Steckler Wayne & Love; Tom Crosley of Crosley Law; and DP&S’s own Tammy Holt on achieving a life-changing settlement following a trial seeking compensation for a severe traumatic brain injury. Read more.

We are thrilled to announce that Katie Womble has joined the Durham, Pittard & Spalding team in our Dallas office. Read more.

As appellate counsel dedicated to supporting trial lawyers in their most important matters, we love nothing more than sharing practical appellate insight at every stage of litigation—from pretrial strategy through verdict and, when necessary, appeal. Read more.

The Houston First Court of Appeals affirmed a significant ruling for an injured motorist, holding that Harris County cannot avoid accountability by asserting governmental immunity in a collision involving a county patrol vehicle. Read more.

Durham, Pittard & Spalding congratulates Brent Goudarzi and Marty Young of Goudarzi & Young on securing a $42.36 million settlement for a mother and her two young sons injured in a rear-end crash involving a commercial vehicle. DP&S was honored to work alongside Brent and Marty as their appellate counsel on the trial team. Read more.

A New Mexico jury has returned a $220 million verdict against Michelin North America, Inc., finding that a defective tire caused a July 2021 crash that killed a grandmother, mother, and daughter. Read more.

Durham, Pittard & Spalding is proud to share that partner Rick Thompson has been selected to receive the Judge Norman W. Black Award from the State Bar of Texas LGBTQ+ Law Section. Read more.

Congratulations to trial lawyers Seth McCloskey and Steve Laird of Fort Worth-based Laird & McCloskey for a groundbreaking bad-faith insurance verdict, and to Durham, Pittard & Spalding’s Tammy Holt, who was an instrumental part of the trial team as appellate counsel. Read more.

Durham, Pittard & Spalding congratulates Baylor University School of Law students Phillip Ackermann and Rachel Medina for taking top prize at the 30th annual Burton Wechsler First Amendment Moot Court Competition, hosted by American University Washington College of Law. Read more.

Durham, Pittard & Spalding is proud to announce that all three of its offices have been recognized in the 2026 edition of Best Law Firms, underscoring the firm’s continued excellence in appellate advocacy on behalf of plaintiffs in high-stakes litigation.  Read more.

Appellate advocacy is increasingly recognized as a critical, yet sometimes overlooked, area of legal training and law school curricula. A recent Law.com AmLaw Litigation Daily article explored this issue, featuring insights from prominent appellate attorneys across the U.S., including Durham, Pittard & Spalding’s Kirk Pittard. Read more.

Durham, Pittard & Spalding was honored to sponsor the Baylor University School of Law Fall 2025 Moot Court Competition, an event that showcases some of the brightest up-and-coming legal talent. Read more.

Described as a “massive win” by national media, California Superior Court Judge H. Shaina Colover granted a key pretrial motion, closing the door on one of the Los Angeles Angels’ key defense strategies in the Tyler Skaggs wrongful death civil litigation. Durham, Pittard & Spalding partner Lara Hollingsworth led the charge in obtaining this pivotal pre-trial ruling. Read more.

DPS attorneys Kirk Pittard, Lara Hollingsworth and Aditi Deal authored a paper on the topic for the 2025 Texas Trial Lawyers Association Trucking Litigation Bootcamp. In addition, Kirk was a featured presenter on the topic during the two-day event in New Orleans.  Read more.