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Max Wright

Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP
Texas (Southern)
Personal Injury Litigation
508 W. Wall Street, Suite 444, Midland, TX 79701

Max Wright

Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP
Texas (Southern)
Personal Injury Litigation
508 W. Wall Street, Suite 444, Midland, TX 79701
(432) 683-4691
max.wright@kellyhart.com
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Bio

Max Wright, Partner, Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP
Biography
Max Wright has an extensive trial practice in oil and gas related matters and is a respected attorney in the field of oil & gas litigation.  Mr. Wright currently represents exploration and production companies and landowners in state and federal courts involving matters such as lease interpretation issues, including calculations pertaining to royalty and post-production charges, surface use disputes, downhole and oil country tubular problems, as well as other issues affecting land and mineral ownership. Mr. Wright also has considerable experience in medical litigation, primarily in the defense of physicians and hospitals in lawsuits and administrative and regulatory hearings, as well as experience in complex general commercial.   Mr. Wright is board certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He is a member of DRI, the International Association of Defense Counsel, the American Board of Trial Advocates and the Texas Association of Defense Counsel.

Mr. Wright received his undergraduate degree from Southern Methodist University, his Master of Arts from Sam Houston State University and his law degree from the University of Texas. He served as a law clerk to the Honorable Sarah T. Hughes, United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas and also served as a Texas Assistant Attorney General, Organized Crime Division.

Mr. Wright is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the State Bar of New Mexico, the Midland County Bar Association and the American Bar Association. Mr. Wright has served on the Pattern Jury Charge Committee and the Judicial Relations Committee for the State Bar of Texas and currently serves on the State Bar of Texas Lawyers Assistance Program Committee.

Mr. Wright has been a frequent speaker and author on the topics of voir dire and risk management for health care professionals.

Mr. Wright is admitted to practice in both Texas and New Mexico, the United States District Courts for the Northern and Western Districts of Texas, the District of New Mexico and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Experience and highlights
Personal Injury, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1992

Affiliations and honors
Midland County Bar Association, President, 1993 - 1994
Midland County Bar Association
American Bar Association
State Bar of Texas
Texas Association of Defense Counsel, 1992-present (Former, Board of Directors and Regional Vice-President)
Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow
DRI, the International Association
American Board of Trial Advocates
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America®, 2018
Recognized as a "Texas Super Lawyer" by Thomson Reuters, published in Texas Monthly magazine, 2015-2017
Petroleum Museum, Board of Trustees
Texas Association of Defense Counsel, Board of Directors

Education
The University of Texas School of Law, J.D.,1976
Sam Houston State University, M.A., 1974
Southern Methodist University, B.A., 1969

Admissions
State Bar of Texas, 1977
State Bar of New Mexico, 2007
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1980
U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1978
U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1977
U.S. District Court of New Mexico, 2008

Speeches & Publications
Featured Speaker, "Handling Evidence Pre-Trial," Texas State Bar Advanced Evidence and Discovery CLE course, San Antonio, TX, 2017
Featured Speaker, "Handling Evidence Pre-Trial," Texas State Bar Advanced Evidence and Discovery CLE course, Houston, TX, 2017
Co-presenter, "Developments in Oil & Gas Law," 40th Annual Page Keeton Civil Litigation Conference in Austin, 2016.

https://www.kellyhart.com/attorney/Max-Wright

 

 

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