PARTNER
AUSTIN
Rick Lambert has thirty years of experience helping clients solve their legal issues in the areas of governance, employment, contract procurement, real estate, construction, intellectual property, commercial transactions and litigation and business torts. Rick has extensive litigation experience in state and federal court, including the bankruptcy courts.
Rick is a past President of Board of Trustees for Garland ISD and a former member of the Executive Committee for the North Texas Area Association of School Boards. With his legal experience plus his passion for public education, he is uniquely suited to represent Texas school districts. Rick understands the needs of school districts from a client perspective and regularly provides continuing education training for school boards and administrators various education association conferences and Education Service Centers.
Education
Texas Tech University, B.A. 1987
Texas Tech University School of Law, J.D. 1991
Licenses and Bar Activities
- State Bar of Texas, 1991
- Admitted in the Federal District Court for the Northern, Western, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas
- Admitted in the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Florida
- Admitted in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- 5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Membership & Service
- Garland Independent School District, Board of Trustees, 2012-2018; Past President
- Texas Association of School Boards, Assembly Delegate, 2015-2017
- North Texas Area Association of School Boards, Executive Committee, 2015-2018
- Center for Reform of School Systems, Texas Fellow
- Garland Economic Development Partnership, Steering Committee, Chair 2016
- Best Education Foundation, Board of Directors, 2012-2013
- Greater Dallas Planning Council, President, 2008-2009
- Patrick Higginbotham Inn of Court, Barrister, 2005-2008
