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Christopher L. Elliott

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Trial Litigation

Direct Phone: 512.480.5720

Direct Fax: 512.536.9912

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Chris Elliott returned to Graves Dougherty in 2007, having spent fifteen years in a civil litigation practice that he founded with two partners after leaving Graves, Dougherty in 1992. During that time, Chris focused primarily on representing individuals with serious and catastrophic injury claims, as well as insurance disputes and business-related matters. While engaging in this practice, he tried numerous cases to jury verdict and handled multiple appeals.

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PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Admitted to bar: Texas, 1990; U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas

Education: Austin College, B.A. Political Science and Economics, 1984; Baylor University School of Law, J.D., 1990; Order of the Barristers, Phi Delta Phi, Baylor Mock Trial Team

  • Adjunct professor of law at Baylor University, 2005 - present
  • Crews & Elliott, P.C., 1992-2007
  • Associate, Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody, 1991-92.
  • General Counsel, Texas State Senate Committee on Criminal Justice, 1991.
  • Briefing Attorney to Hon. Bob Shannon, Chief Justice, Third District Court of Appeals, and Justice Mack Kidd, 1990-91.
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Member: Austin Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Director, 1999-05); The American Association for Justice (formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America ); Million Dollar Advocates Forum; Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation; Fellow of the Austin Young Lawyers Association Foundation; Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association (President, 2001-02); American Constitution Society; American Board of Trial Advocates.

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AWARDS AND HONORS

  • A.V. rated by Martindale Hubbell
  • Selected as President of the Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association, 2001-2002
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COMMUNITY

  • Board of Directors, Austin Habitat for Humanity
  • Chair, Travis County Democratic Party, 2004 - 2008
  • Board of Legal Advisors, Capital Area AIDS Legal Project (Chair, 1999-01)
  • Member of President’s Advisory Council and Alumni Board, Austin College, Sherman, Texas
  • Board Member, Commerce Schools Educational Enrichment Foundation, Commerce, Texas (his hometown)
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Publications and Presentations

  • Currently working as co-author for James Publishing on treatise entitled "Texas Trial Notebook," June 2007
  • Presenter at numerous CLE conferences on topics ranging from construction site accident liability to insurance negotiations
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