Douglas H. Conner | Attorney

Doug was born in Dallas, Texas. He received his B.A. in 1964 from Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas. After his honorable discharge as a 1st Lt. From the United States Air Defense, Center, Ft. Bliss, Texas, Doug commenced his legal training at Southern Methodist University where he received his J.D. in December, 1969. Doug is a Board Certified Personal Injury Trial Specialist from 1980-present. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas, Irving Bar Association, Tarrant County Bar Association, Dallas Bar Association, and past director of the Dallas Trial Lawyer Association.

Doug served as an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Dallas from 1970 to 1987. He began his training as an attorney as a prosecutor in municipal court. Only four years out of law school, he was chosen as Counsel for the City of Dallas to argue before the United States Supreme Court a constitutional challenge to the City of Dallas' loitering ordinance. Doug thereafter served several years as head of the Dallas City Attorney's Civil Trial Law Section where he maintained a heavy trial docket and administered and coordinated work of the other members of the City's civil litigation trial staff. Doug was lead trial counsel in major personal injury and death cases involving the Dallas Transit System, Surtran, Dallas Area Transit System, and the Dallas Police Department.

In 1987, Doug began a career in private practice. Recognized as an expert on eminent domain, the State Bar Association and Southwestern Legal Foundation have asked him on numerous occasions to provide seminars involving the representation of property owners, and governmental entities in eminent domain proceedings. Doug has numerous published opinions involving not only eminent domain and inverse condemnation, but also involving personal injury, wrongful death, illegal arrests and pursuits by law enforcement personnel, exercise of police powers in enforcement of ordinances and other municipal and local government law matters. He is admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Northern District of Texas, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.

Seminars and Publications Prepared and Presented by
Douglas H. Conner

The Claim Investigation, Trial Preparation and Trial Tactics Suggested in the Defense of a Texas Municipality in Tort Claims and Lawsuits Concerning the Operation of Motor Vehicles, Injuries Caused by Defects in the Vicinity of City Streets, Sidewalks and Alleys. City Attorneys Association meeting of the City Attorney of Dallas, 1978.

Trial of a Condemnation case from a Landowner's Perspective. In the State Bar Seminar, Suing and Defending Municipalities, Dallas and Padre Island, July 1992.

Trial of a Condemnation Case from a Landowner's Perspective. State Bar Seminars, Suing and Defending Municipalities. Dallas and San Antonio, May 1993.

Defending Municipalities in Police Pursuit and Emergency Operations. State Bar Convention, City Attorney Association Meeting, Dallas, Texas, 1993.

Use of Eminent Domain for Purposes of Economic Development. Southwestern Legal Foundation, Dallas, Texas, October 20, 1999.

Condemnor's Pleadings in Partial Takings...Read What You Take and Take Only What You Need. Southwestern Legal Foundation. An analysis of the trial of condemnation in the successful appeal of Brown v. State of Texas, 984 SW 2nd 348, Ft. Worth Court of Appeals, 1999, writ ref'd n.r.e. Dallas, Texas, October 20, 2000.

Condemnor's Right to Take for Purposes of Economic Development. CLE International Eminent Domain Seminar, Houston, Texas, March 2, 2001.

Inverse Condemnation from the Defendant's Perspective. Spring Seminar of the International Right-of-Way Association, Irving, Texas, March 23, 2001.

Architect, Engineers, and Draftsmen's Contracts. Lorman Education Services Seminar, Public Contract Code and Competitive Public Bidding in Texas, September 26, 2001.

Suing and Defending Governmental Entities Course. Moderator of State Litigation Section to Seminar. Galveston, July 25-26, 2002.

Condemnation, The Ultimate Public/Private Land Use Dispute, Current Developments, CLE International "Land Use Law" seminar, Austin, Texas, November 21, 2002

Use of Eminent Domain for Purposes of Directing and Assisting Local Governments in Land Use Development, Zoning and Land Use Seminar in Texas, Ft. Worth, Texas, January 10, 2003

Doug Conner has contributed in the following areas:
Received Eagle Scout Award and made member of Scout's Order of Arrow
Eucharistic Minister and Lay Reader at Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration
White Rock Neighborhood's Association Crime Watch Laison to the Dallas Police Department
Assistant Scout Master to son's Scout Troup 897 at Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration

Doug was named one of the best attorneys in Tarrant County, Texas, and surrounding areas by Fort Worth Magazine.