O. Rey Rodriguez is a partner in Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.'s Appellate Practice Group and Litigation Department. His practice focuses on state and federal appellate and trial litigation. He is certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Civil Appellate Law.

Rey has handled appeals and presented arguments in both federal and state appellate courts, including the Supreme Court of Texas. He has been involved with the successful defense of toxic tort, consumer and product liability class actions, mass fraud and conspiracy claims in the health care industry, high exposure libel actions, employment matters and a broad range of commercial actions, including intellectual property and reinsurance disputes. 

After graduating as the valedictorian of his law school, Rey served as a judicial clerk to the Supreme Court of Texas.

• American Bar Association
  • Council of Appellate Lawyers
• State Bar of Texas
  • College of the State Bar of Texas
  • Pro Bono College of the State Bar of Texas (2002 - 2003)
• State Bar of Texas Appellate Section - Pro Bono Committee Co-Chair
• Dallas Bar Association
  • Appellate and Litigation Sections
  • Appellate Section Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer
• Dallas Hispanic Bar Association
• Supreme Court of Texas, Judicial Clerkship (1993 - 1994) 

• Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Civil Appellate Law
• "Texas Super Lawyer," Appellate, Law & Politics (2008 and 2009)
• "The Best Lawyers In Dallas Under 40," Appellate, D Magazine (2006)
• "Rising Star," Appellate, Law & Politics (2005 and 2006)

• Author/Speaker, “Standards of Review,” The 2009 State Bar of Texas Nuts & Bolts of Appellate Practice Seminar, Austin, Texas, September, 2009
• Author/Speaker, “Legal and Factual Sufficiency Review After the Texas Supreme Court Decision in City of Keller,” The Dallas Bar Association Appellate Law Section, Dallas, Texas, October, 2007
• Author/Speaker, “Factual and Legal Sufficiency of the Evidence,” The 2007 State Bar of Texas Appellate Boot Camp, Austin, Texas, September, 2007
• Author/Speaker, “Preserving, Presenting and Prevailing on Lower Court Error – a Focus on Critical Junctures for the Appeal,” Collin County Bar Association – Appellate Section, July, 2007
• Author/Speaker, “Preserving Error and Perfecting the Appeal,” The Collin County Bench/Bar Conference, Richardson, Texas, April, 2007
• Author/Speaker, "Perfecting Appeals And Securing The Appellate Record," The 2006 State Bar of Texas Appellate Boot Camp, Austin, Texas, September, 2006
• Author/Speaker, "Fifth Circuit Update: Significant Civil Decisions Since May 2004," The 2005 State and Federal Appeals Conference, Austin, Texas, May, 2005
• Co-Author, "Fifth Circuit Civil Appellate Update," The Appellate Advocate, State Bar of Texas, Fall 2005, Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Summer 2008 and Summer 2009

• Panelist, “Annual Review: Cases that Matter to Business,” Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Client Seminar, Houston, Texas, October 23, 2007
• Panelist, "Hot Spots To Preserve Error At Trial," State Bar of Texas 19^th Annual Advanced Evidence and Discovery Course, Dallas, Texas, May 12, 2006

1993 - J.D., Valedictorian, Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law
1989 - B.B.A., Honors Program Certificate, University of Texas at El Paso

During law school, Rey was a Judge Sarah T. Hughes Fellow. He was also awarded the West Publishing Company Scholarly Achievement Award twice, received the State Bar of Texas Labor & Employment Law Award and the B. Thomas McElroy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Texas Civil Procedure. He served on the Board of Editors for the SMU Law Review Association and was a member of the Order of the Coif. Rey also holds the distinction of having earned the highest score on the July 1994 Texas Bar Examination.

During college, Rey was named a Presidential Scholar, a Harry S. Truman Fellow, a National Hispanic Scholar, and received the Delta Sigma Pi Outstanding Business Student Award. He was also named one of UT El Paso's Men of Mines - the University's highest award.

Rey was admitted to practice law in Texas in 1994, in the U.S. District Courts, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas in 1995, and is also admitted to practice in the Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court.

When not practicing law, Rey spends time traveling, visiting historic cities and archaeological sites.   

• American Heart Association, Heart Walk Captain, Dallas, Texas  
• Dallas Bar Foundation Board of Trustees
• Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program, Pro Bono Attorney
• Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
• Junior Achievement of Dallas, Inc., Volunteer Teacher
• National Adoption Day 
• Texas Supreme Court Historical Society