FRED STUART WILSON
Telephone: 281-787-4909 Houston, Texas
Email: WilsonMediation@att.net. Linked in: linkedin.com/in/fred-wilson-54276b2
WilsonMediation.net
ATTORNEY/MEDIATOR
Successful litigator and transactional attorney with over two decades of experience. Certified mediator, educator, and published author on multiple topics. Highly regarded advocate with a demonstrated history in the transportation/trucking industry. Extensive history in all aspects of pre-litigation strategy, preliminary injunction hearings, discovery, trial preparation and trial. Skilled in torts, labor law, litigation, arbitration, trial and dispute resolution. Transactional experience includes drafting and negotiating of license agreements, real estate contracts, insurance agreements, and maintenance of database providing standard release agreements for Fortune 500 company. Also, served as an Assistant District Attorney, prosecuting criminal cases and as a Briefing Attorney for the Fourth Court of Appeals. Possesses an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Texas A&M University.
NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS
· Union Pacific R.R. Co. v. Williams, 85 S.W. 3d 162 - Appellate counsel, including oral argument before the Texas Supreme Court resulting in favorable, published judgment
· State of Texas v. O__ U__, Cause No. 9806381J – Prosecution of aggravated robbery involving child victim paralyzed by gun shot
· Ethics Instructor and recurring speaker, National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel (NARTC), 2000 – 2016
· Executive Editor, St. Mary’s Law Journal, St Mary’s University School of Law, 1992 – 1993.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
DORSETT, JOHNSON & SWIFT, LLP January 2020 - present
Partner
· Litigation Attorney: Managing Houston office of boutique firm dedicated to litigation and dispute resolution, both plaintiff and defense.
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Law Department, Houston, Texas 2000 - 2019
Sr. General Attorney/General Attorney
· Litigation: Proven trial lawyer with a demonstrated history in the transportation and railroad industry. Skilled in torts, labor and employment, litigation, and alternative dispute resolution.
- Regular preparation of litigated matters from discovery to verdict, routinely trying cases to verdict as first chair
· Contract Interpretation: Negotiation and drafting of contractual matters, interpretation and application of existing contracts.
- Drafted, developed, and maintained comprehensive database of form release contract agreements for multiple case issues across 23 states
· Real Estate: Review of existing license agreements, and easements, negotiation of new agreements, and tasked with evaluation railroad crossing for potential closure
· Service Unit Attorney: Texas (San Antonio, El Paso) and Louisiana (Livonia)
TAYLOR & WARREN, L.L.P., Houston, Texas 1999 – 2000
Associate Attorney - Insurance defense, toxic tort defense, and general practice
- First chair handling of multiple depositions in mass tort litigation
HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Houston, Texas 1994 – 1999
Assistant District Attorney
· Prosecution of criminal cases at all levels of Texas trial courts: Felony Prosecutor, Concurrent Juvenile Chief, County Court Chief, Chief of all Justice of the Peace Courts
- First chair attorney on more than 100 trials, including 75 jury verdicts.
JUSTICE DAVID PEEPLES, FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS, San Antonio, Texas 1993 – 1994
Briefing Attorney
· Legal research and writing in preparation of judicial opinions on all topics handled by Texas Court of Appeals
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Juris Doctor
St. Mary’s University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas
Certified Mediator
South Texas College of Law – certification per TCPRC § 154.052
Texas Bar Number (00788687)
Licensed in all Texas courts (State and Federal) and 5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Bachelor of Business Administration (Management)
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Wrongful Adoption: A Guide to Impending Tort Litigation in Texas, 24 St. Mary’s L.J. 273
Barnes v. Glen Theatre, 23 St. Mary’s L.J. 563
NARTC Presentations:
2015 - TO THE CLOUD!: Ethical Concerns in a Digital World
2013 - ETHICS, CRADLE TO GRAVE: Investigation-Discovery-Trial
2013 - THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS: The Rise of Standard Crossing Specifications
2012 - HYDRAULIC FRACTURING: "Fracking", Friend or Foe?
2010 - A BRAVE NEW WORLD: The Railroad Whistleblower Statute
2010 - TRUCKIN': Using Regulatory Guidelines In Your FELA Defense
2009 - WHEN THINGS GO WRONG: An Ethical Perspective
2008 - AND YOU THOUGHT IT WAS A CROSSING CASE: When a Crew Goes to the Dark Side
2008 - ETHICS IN THE COURTROOM: How to Behave and Why
2007 - WHOSE BED HAVE YOUR BOOTS BEEN UNDER?: Model Rule 4.2 Revisited
2006 - ETHICS AND E-DISCOVERY: A Crash Course
2005 - CAN I GET A WITNESS?: Communication with the Railroad Employee
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
First United Methodist Church, Houston, Texas
Committee Member, YoungLife - Northeast Houston
Leader, Boy Scouts of America