Practice Areas: Business Litigation, Employment Litigation, Energy & Natural Resources; view more
Licensed in Texas since: 1968
Education: The University of Texas School of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2003 - 2006, 2008 - 2010, 2013 - 2025 Godwin Bowman PC
500 N. Akard St.Suite 1100
Dallas, TX 75201 Phone: 214-939-8679 Email: Bruce W. Bowman, Jr. Visit website
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Executive Vice President and Secretary of Godwin Bowman PC, Bruce W. Bowman, Jr., has been aggressively representing his clients in Dallas, Texas, for over 45 years. Mr. Bowman's legal practice is focused primarily in the areas of business and securities law, with cases involving contracts, securities and trade secret litigation., and also wills and probate litigation
Mr. Bowman's first completed his Bachelor of Arts in 1965 at the University of Oklahoma. He then went on to attend The University of Texas School of Law, graduating in 1968 with his Juris Doctor.
Throughout his many years of practice, Mr. Bowman's successes on behalf of his clients have earned him the respect of his peers, the judiciary and the public. He has been chosen among the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America by Lawdragon, Inc., been rated a perfect 10.0 by Avvo and is rated as AV-Preeminent* through Martindale-Hubbell in recognition of his top legal acumen and ethics. Mr. Bowman, is a board-certified civil trial lawyer through the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
Mr. Bowman is licensed to practice law before all of the state courts of Texas. He is additionally admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Northern, Western and Eastern Districts of Texas, the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the 5th and 11th Circuits, the U.S. Tax Court and the Supreme Court of the United States.
Dedicated to his clients and profession, Mr. Bowman is an active member in several legal organizations. His memberships include the American Bar Association, the American Board of Trial Advocacy, the Dallas Bar Association, the State Bar of Texas and the Texas Bar Foundation. In order to help other attorneys to better represent their own clients, Mr. Bowman has also given several presentations through the State Bar of Texas to teach them.
*AV Preeminent and BV Distinguished are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell ratings fall into two categories: legal ability and general ethical standards.
Practice areas
Business Litigation, Employment Litigation: Defense, Energy & Natural Resources, Estate & Trust Litigation, Securities LitigationFirst Admitted: 1968, Texas
Professional Webpage: https://www.godwinbowman.com/attorneys/bruce-w-bowman-jr-/
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. Tax Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- Business Litigation Section, Dallas County Bar Association
- Life Fellow, Dallas Bar Association
- Fellow, Texas Bar Association
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Texas Supreme Court
- Texas State Bar
- Texas Bar Foundation
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
- American Board of Trial Advocacy (ABOTA)
- Mingtel v Comerica Bank, represented Bank in commercial dispute involving UCC interpretation in trial and appeals, 2021
- Solaris Oilfield Services v Tiger Mfging, represented client in dispute over oil field equipment in arbitration, 2021
- Key v Lon Smith Company, represent client on appeal to Supreme Court on class action, 2017
- Shale v Eagle Oil and Gas, dispute over trade secrets and oil property, jury trial, and appeal to Court of Appeals and Texas Supreme Court, 2018
- Reagan v. East Texas Medical Center Regional Healthcare System, et al., Case No. H-97-3310, In the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division
- M-I, L.L.C. and Smith International Acquisition Corporation v. Dresser Industries, Inc., et al.; Civil Action No. H-03-5044; USDC Southern District –Houston Division
- Pat S. Bolin, et al. v. Belmont Wealth Management, et al.; Case No. 71 180 Y 00622 09
- Anglo-Dutch (Tenge) L.L.C., et al. v. Halliburton Company, et al.; Cause No. 2000-22588; In the 61st District Court, Harris County,Texas
- In re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig "Deepwater Horizon" in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 20, 2010; MDL No. 2179, United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana
- Policemen & Firemen Retirement System of City of Detroit, derivatively on behalf of Halliburton Company and KBR, Inc. v. Albert O. Cornelison, Jr., et al. and Halliburton Company and KBR, Inc.; Cause No. 2009-29987; In the District Court of Harris County, Texas
- Dirt, Inc. v. Shawcor, Ltd., Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., et. al; Cause No. 2005-1523-JCW; In the Circuit Court of Mobile County, Alabama
- In Re: The American Elk Conservatory, Inc.; In the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division; Case No. 383-38328-BJH-11
- Comerica Incorporated, 2019
- Petrovaughn, 2021
- Massimo Motors, 2018
- Morgan Stanley, 2019
- American Board of Trial Advocates, 1986
- Board Certified in Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1978
- Bruce Bowman, Jr. has been selected to The Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America for a third time. Mr. Bowman is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and has handled numerous arbitrations, mediations and appeals through the Texas Supreme Court, Federal Appeals Courts and to the U.S. Supreme Court., Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America, Lawdragon, Inc., 2020
- Works with the judiciary to address current issues of concern to the bench and bar, conducts CLE programs and judicial panels, oversees compilation of the Bench Book, oversees the Clerk Awards and Clerk Seminar, makes recommendations to the Board as needed and generally acts as a liaison with judges in Dallas., Dallas Bar Judiciary Committee, Dallas Bar, 2020
- Works with the judiciary to address current issues of concern to the bench and bar, conducts CLE programs and judicial panels, oversees compilation of the Bench Book, oversees the Clerk Awards and Clerk Seminar, makes recommendations to the Board as needed and generally acts as a liaison with judges in Dallas., Dallas Bar Judiciary Committee, Dallas Bar, 2021
- Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2021
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America, Lawdragon i, 2021
- "Superb" 10 Rating, AVVO.com, 2017
- Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2020
- 16-time selection to the list of Thomson Reuters’ “Texas Super Lawyers” as published in Texas Monthly and Super Lawyers Magazine, Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2022
- Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2015
- AV-rated "Preeminent", Martindale-Hubbell, 2016
- AV-Rated "Preeminent", Martindale-Hubbell, 2018
- "Superb" 10 Rating, AVVO.com, 2018
- Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2014
- AV-Rated "Preeminent", Martindale-Hubbell, 2015
- AV-Rated "Preeminent", Martindale-Hubbell, 2010
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America, Lawdragon, Inc., 2017
- "Superb" 10 Rating, AVVO.com, 2016
- AV-rated "Preeminent", Martindale-Hubbell, 2017
- Bruce is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Boardof Legal Specialization. He received a J.D. from The Universityof Texas School of Law in 1968 and a B.A. from the Universityof Oklahoma in 1965 , 1968
- Speaker, Multiple Party Problems, Litigation and Trial Tactics, 2003
- A speech and outline on how lawyers can use and not use social media, presented and wrote, How Lwyers Can Use Social Media and Technology:The Legality and Ethical Ramifications, Dallas Bar Association, 2021
- Speaker, Complex Litigation Strategies, Litigation and Trial Tactics, 2002
- Speaker, Jurisdiction and Venue in State & Federal Courts, Advanced Civil Trial Course, State Bar of Texas, 2001
- Banking
- Estate Litigation
Office location for Bruce W. Bowman, Jr.
500 N. Akard St.
Suite 1100
Dallas, TX 75201
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- Super Lawyers: 2003 - 2006, 2008 - 2010, 2013 - 2025