Bruce A. Campbell | Attorney

Bruce A. Campbell is managing shareholder with the law firm of Campbell & Chadwick, P.C. He is a member of the College of the State Bar of Texas. He has defended and sued lawyers and other professionals on a variety of malpractice and other tort claims for the past 22 years. He has defended numerous lawyers before the grievance committee of the State Bar of Texas.

Mr. Campbell is admitted to practice in all courts in the State of Texas, in all federal courts in the State of Texas, in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, and in the Supreme Court of the United States.

He is the former co-chairman of the Dallas Bar Ethics Committee. He is the former Chairman of the Steering Committee for the Professional Liability Underwriting Society. He is a member of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers. He is a Life Member of Kingston's National Registry of Who's Who.

He is a member of the Risk Management Hotline for Shand Morahan & Company, Inc.

He has received an AV Peer Review Rating.  (An AV rating is a significant accomplishment - a testament to the fact that a lawyer's peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence. A lawyer must be admitted to the bar for 10 years or more to receive an AV rating. [http://martindale.com/ratings_explanation])

Mr. Campbell graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Doane College, and received his law degree from Southern Methodist University in 1983.

Selected Achievements:

Johnson ex rel. Johnson v. Chesnutt, 225 S.W.3d 737 (Tex.App. - Dallas 2007)

Mr. Campbell is regularly consulted as an expert witness on legal malpractice and legal ethics issues. He has been designated by the State Bar of Texas as an expert witness in a lawyer disciplinary action. A sampling of cases in which he has testified is set forth below:

1. McIntyre v. Wilson, et al., Case No. 97-10572, 162nd Judicial District Court, Dallas, Texas. Concerning the standard of conduct for an attorney in asserting certain tort claims and the appropriateness of sanctions.

2. Epic Holdings v. McKool Smith et al., Case No. 3-98CV1294-H. U.S. Dist. Ct. Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division. Concerning the standard of care and the standard of conduct for lawyers, as well as various alleged breaches of duty emanating out of the disqualification of counsel.

3. Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee v. Wiley, Case No. DV 98-07382-C, 68th Judicial District Court, Dallas, Texas. Disqualification of counsel, sanctions and protection of confidential documents under a fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine based on ABA Op. 94-382 and In re Meaders, 968 S.W.2d 346 (Tex. 1998). The matter arose out of counsel and the Committee's use of confidential and privileged documents received from an unauthorized source.

4. Preston National Bank v. Richard Jackson, Case No. DV99-4326; 191st Judicial District Court, Dallas, Texas. Concerning the standard of conduct for lawyers and the safekeeping of property requirements under Disciplinary Rule 1.14.

5. Fillmore v. Jordan et al., Cause No. DV99-00053; 101st Judicial District Court, Dallas, Texas. Concerning the establishment of the attorney client relationship, the standard of care and the standard of conduct of a lawyer in connection with a real estate transaction, and the lawyer's notarizing of a deed without the signer being present.

6. Providian Bancservices v. Porter, Cause No. 48-178348-99; 48th Judicial District Court, Tarrant County, Texas. Concerning the standard of care and standard of conduct of lawyers in connection with a collection practice and the appropriateness of forfeiture of fees.

7. Marshall Restoration and Construction, Inc. v. Quinlan, Cause No. 95-12773-L; 193rd Judicial District, Dallas County, Texas. Concerning conflicts of interest, confidential information and disqualification of counsel in an office sharing arrangement.

8. Mohundro v. Jones & Cannon, Cause No. 2000-001559-3; County Court No. 3 Tarrant County, Fort Worth, Texas. Concerning the amount of reasonable attorneys fees in a sanctions motion.

9. In Re: M. P., Grievance Proceeding, Tarrant County, Fort Worth, Texas. Concerning conflicts of interest, trust account and other representation issues.

10. Butler v. Buchholz, Cause No. 00-10275, 192nd Judicial District, Dallas County, Texas. Concerning communications with a client and advice to a client during the course of litigation.