Robert L. Duncan
Partner
Areas of Practice
- Insurance Law
- Commercial
- Litigation
- Personal Injury - Defense
- Medical Malpractice - Defense
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1981
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
- Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas
- J.D. - 1981
- Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
- B.S. - 1976
Published Works
- Charitable Immunity Liability Tort Reform, Contributing Author; 25 Hous. L. Rev., 1039, 1988
- 1989 Texas DTPA Reform: Closing the DTPA Loophole in the 1987 Tort Reform Laws and the Ongoing Quest for Fairer DTPA Laws, 21 St. Mary's L.J., 525, 1990
- Montford, et al, A Guide to Texas Workers' Comp Reform, Butterworths, 1991
Honors and Awards
- "Who's Who In American Law"
- "Texas Super Lawyer", Texas Monthly
- "Top 10 Legislators", Texas Monthly; 2001, 2003, 2005, and 2009
- Distinguished Alumnus, Texas Tech University
- Distinguished Alumnus, Texas Tech University School of Law
- Distinguished Alumnus, Texas Tech University College of Agricultural Science and Natural Resources
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Member, Texas Senate, Committees: State Affairs (Chairman), Finance, Jurisprudence, Natural Resources (1996 - Present)
- Member, Texas House of Representatives, Committees: Insurance (Vice-Chair), Judicial Affairs, Higher Education, Representative (1993 - 1996)
- General Counsel, Texas Senate State Affairs Committee, 1989
- Lubbock County Bar Association
- State Bar of Texas
- American Bar Association
- Texas Association of Defense Counsel
- Defense Research Institute
- Texas Tech University School of Law, Board of Barristers
