Bruce W. Bowman, Jr.
Recognized since 2025
Dallas, Texas
Litigation - Bankruptcy
Litigation - Trusts and Estates
With nearly 60 years of experience, Bruce Bowman, Jr. focuses his practice on complex litigation in matter related to oil and gas, bet-the-company litigation, the environment, fiduciary duties, will contests, and business torts. Representing both plaintiffs and defendants, Mr. Bowman has experience in recovering assets from trusts in prolonged trust and bankruptcy litigation to defending trade secret allegations concerning oil field technology in State and Federal courts.
Mr. Bowman has also successfully defended directors, lawyers, accountants, financial advisors, and other professionals in many areas of business. In addition to trying hundreds of cases to verdict, he has handled numerous arbitrations, mediations and appeals through the Texas Supreme Court, Federal Appeals Courts and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Reflecting the excellence and breadth of his practice, Mr. Bowman has been named among Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Lawyers in America, is a 19-time recipient of Texas Super Lawyer honors from Thomson Reuters, has been rated AV-Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest peer rating for legal skills and ethics. Mr. Bowman is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He received a J.D. from The University of Texas School of Law in 1968 and a B.A. from the University of Oklahoma in 1965.
- Ross Tower
500 North Akard Street, Suite 1100
Dallas, TX 75201
- University of Oklahoma, B.A., graduated 1965
- The University of Texas, J.D., graduated 1968
- Texas, State Bar of Texas
- Texas Bar Association - Fellow
- Texas Bar Foundation - Member
- State Bar of Texas, Committee on Texas Lawyers Creed - Member
- Dallas County Bar Association - Strategic Planning Committee, Business Litigation Section; Vice-Chairman, Chairman, Legal Ethics Committee
- Dallas Bar Association - Life Fellow
- American Board of Trial Advocacy - Member
- American Bar Association - Member
- United States Tax Court
- United States Supreme Court
- Texas Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
7 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
3 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Litigation - Trusts and Estates
19-time selection to the list of Thomson Reuters’ “Texas Super Lawyers” as published in Texas Monthly and Super Lawyers Magazine, 2003-2006, 2008-2010, 2013-2024
Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America, 2017-2019
Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America, 2023-2025
“Superb” 10-rating by AVVO.com
AV rated “Preeminent” Martindale-Hubbell
Best Lawyers in America, 2025
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