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Rodney Acker - Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
Rodney Acker
Partner
D: +1 214 855 7466
Dallas
2200 Ross Avenue
Suite 2800
Dallas, TX 75201-2784
T: +1 214 855 8000
F: +1 214 855 8200
AREAS OF CONCENTRATION
EXPERIENCE

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 sub-prime work group and presently represents clients in cases involving sub-prime and auction rate securities.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

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
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS
  • 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
PROFESSIONAL HONORS
  • American College of Trial Lawyers
  • International Academy of Trial Lawyers
  • American Board of Trial Advocates
  • The Best Lawyers in America 
  • "Texas Super Lawyer," Texas Monthly magazine
  • "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)
  • Certified in Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization (1983)
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

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, Sixth and Eleventh Circuits; and U.S. District Court for the Northern, Eastern, Western and Southern Districts of Texas.







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