Curtis W. Fenley III

EMPLOYMENT:
Fenley & Bate, P.C. 1983 – 1995
Fenley & Bate, L.L.P. 1995 present
EDUCATION:
Undergraduate: Baylor University, B.A. 1980
Legal: Baylor University School of Law, J.D. 1983
PROFESSIONAL:
Managing partner of Fenley & Bate, L.L.P. Emphasis is primarily in the areas of trucking and transportation litigation, insurance and personal injury defense, labor and employment, and professional and commercial litigation.
Board Certified Civil Trial Law: Texas Board of Legal Specialization
ADMISSIONS:
Admitted to practice in all state courts, U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas (1984), U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas (1987), U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas (2018), U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (1987), and U.S. Supreme Court (1993).
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION:
State Bar Association Texas, Angelina County Bar Association President-elect 2018, President 2019-2020; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit, Texas Association of Defense Counsel (TADC), Defense Research Institute (DRI), past member Region 2-B Grievance Committee SBOT, and past member of the Board of Directors Baylor Law School Alumni Association, Texas Association of Business, Pineywoods Transportation Association, East Texas Safety Council; Trucking Industry Defense Association (TIDA), Transportation Lawyers Association (TLA), Association of Defense Trial Lawyers (ADTL), Claims Litigation Management Institute (CLM), Trucking Defense Advocacy Council (TDAC).
Bar Association for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). 2013 President East Texas Chapter ABOTA; 2013, 2014 Treasurer TEX-ABOTA, 2015 Secretary TEX-ABOTA, 2016 Vice-President TEX-ABOTA, 2017 President-Elect TEX-ABOTA, 2018 President TEX-ABOTA; National Board Representative Presidential Appointment 2019 2023, ABOTA Foundation Ambassador 2023; Super Lawyers Texas, Transportation 2013-2023; International Academy of Trial Lawyers (IATL) 2016-2023; State Bar of Texas Litigation Council 2022-2023, American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL) 2023