Hunter T. McLean
Top rated Business Litigation attorney in Fort Worth, Texas
Whitaker Chalk Swindle & Schwartz PLLC
Practice areas: Business Litigation, Construction Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution; view more
Licensed in Texas since: 1993
Education: University of Houston Law Center
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2013 - 2025 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2006, 2008 Whitaker Chalk Swindle & Schwartz PLLC
301 Commerce StreetSuite 3500
Fort Worth, TX 76102 Phone: 817-878-0500 Email: Hunter T. McLean Visit website
Experience: Majority of practice consists of representing clients in all manner of commercial and business disputes with an emphasis on large complex litigation. Represents a broad spectrum of clients including individuals to large publicly traded companies. Significant experience with complex disputes involving contracts, fraud, employment agreements, trade secrets, covenants not to compete, construction, real estate, leases, mineral interests, oil & gas, insurance coverage, personal injury, products liability, and health care. Has obtained multimillion dollar verdicts, arbitration awards, and settlements on behalf of clients and successfully defended clients against multimillion dollar claims. In addition, represents clients as outside general counsel on various matters and in connection with certain transactions and contracts. Member of the AAA National Roster of Neutrals since 2008. Served as sole neutral arbitrator or as a member of an arbitration panel in numerous cases involving commercial, business, construction, real estate, and employment disputes.
Work History: Attorney, Whitaker Chalk Swindle & Schwartz PLLC, 1998-present (Managing Member since 2007); Attorney, McLean & Sanders, PC, 1993-1998.
Practice areas
Business Litigation, Construction Litigation: Business, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Civil Litigation: Plaintiff, Employment Litigation: Plaintiff, Intellectual Property LitigationFirst Admitted: 1993, Texas
Professional Webpage: https://www.whitakerchalk.com/people/hunter-mclean/
Bar / Professional Activity
- Professional Licenses: Admitted to the Bar: Texas, 1993; Arkansas, 1994; U.S. District Courts: Northern (1994) and Southern (2000) Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit (2006); U.S. Supreme Court (2006).
- State Bar Council Memberships: State Bar of Texas ADR Section Council Member (2013 - 2018).
- Professional Associations: State Bar of Texas (Sections: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Business Litigation; Construction; Intellectual Property; Litigation; Oil & Gas; Real Estate); Tarrant County Bar Association; American Bar Association; Tarrant County Bar Foundation; Texas Bar Foundation; AAA; American Health Lawyers Association.
Honors
- Recognized by Texas Monthly as a Super Lawyer 2013 - 2026 and Rising Star in 2006 and 2008, Super Lawyers
- Recognized by Best Lawyers since 2019, Best Lawyers, 2026
- AV Rated Martindale Hubbell®: Preeminent™, Martindale Hubble
- Recognized by Fort Worth Magazine as a top attorney in each year from 2002 through 2026, Fort Worth Magazine
- Honored as Power Attorney in 2014 by the Fort Worth Business Press, Power Attorney, Fort Worth Business Press
Educational Background
- Southern Methodist University (BA, Business-1990); University of Houston (JD-1993). Associate Editor: Houston Journal of International Law (1993)
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- Speaking Engagements: Current Arbitration Practice: Users, Advocates and Arbitrators, 2013; Why Businesses Prefer To Arbitrate, 2016
- Business
- Business Litigation
- Construction
- Health Care
- Oil & Gas
- Real Estate
Office location for Hunter T. McLean
301 Commerce Street
Suite 3500
Fort Worth, TX 76102
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2013 - 2025
- Rising Stars: 2006, 2008