Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. partner Rodney Acker focuses his practice on civil trial law. His experience includes trying cases in state and federal courts across the United States. Rodney is co-chair of the firm's Securities Litigation Practice Group as well as co-chair of the firm’s sub-prime work group and presently represents clients in cases involving sub-prime and auction rate securities.

Rodney has experience in all areas of civil commercial litigation, including:

• Securities Litigation: Defended issuers, underwriters and officers in class action cases; investment bankers, brokerage firms and brokers in trials and arbitrations
• Oil and Gas: Represented oil and gas companies in a variety of matters, including a gas plant accounting case; a royalty matter; and a take-or-pay matter involving a subsidiary of a gas and electric subsidiary
• Antitrust: Defended motorsports and global parcel distribution company in Sherman and Robinson-Patman Act claims
• Breach of Contract/Fraud: Defended a leading technology-based company
• Banking: Represented lenders in lender liability and collections claims and claims between banks in loan participations
• General Commercial Litigation: Defended companies, officers and directors in securities litigation including class actions, investment banking matters, and customer-broker disputes; represented major bank holding companies and officer of major energy company in class action securities cases

• American Bar Association
• State Bar of Texas
• Dallas Bar Association
• New York State Bar
• American Bar Foundation
• Texas Bar Foundation
• Dallas Bar Foundation
• Patrick E. Higginbotham American Inn of Court, Master
• Securities Industry Association
• Texas Association of Defense Counsel
• Texas Association of Bank Counsel
• State Bar College
• Texas Judicature Society

• American College of Trial Lawyers
• International Academy of Trial Lawyers
• International Society of Barristers
• American Board of Trial Advocates
• The Best Lawyers in America 
• Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers For Business
• "Texas Super Lawyer," Law & Politics (2003 - 2009)
• "Best Lawyers in Dallas," D Magazine (2007)
• Named one of the top 15 litigation attorneys in North Texas in The Defenders, Dallas Business Journal (June 2007, June 2008)
• Certified in Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization (1983)

1974 – J.D., with honors, Order of the Coif, Law Review, Texas Tech University School of Law
1971 – B.A., Business Administration, University of Texas at Arlington

Rodney is admitted to practice law in Texas and in New York. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court; the Texas state courts; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; and U.S. District Court for the Northern, Eastern, Western and Southern Districts of Texas.