Broocks Law Firm
248 Addie Roy Rd., Suite B-301
Austin, TX 78746
(512) 201-2000

Educational Background

College.  After High School, Mr. Broocks attended and received his undergraduate degree in psychology and history from Trinity University, in San Antonio, Texas, graduating in 1975.

Graduate School. After obtaining his undergraduate degree, Broocks obtained his Master’s Degree in counseling from Trinity University, graduating in 1976.  

Law School.   After completing his Master’s Degree, he obtained his Juris Doctorate degree from Southern Methodist Law School in Dallas, Texas, graduating with honors (approximately top 5 percent), in 1979. 

Law Review. As at most law schools, Southern Methodist University School of Law publishes a law review (or law journal), known as the Southwestern Law Journal (renamed SMU Law Review).   Membership in the Journal is limited and extended by invitation to law school students who have demonstrated academic excellence in their first year of law school.  Broocks was invited to membership of the Southwestern Law Journal during his first year of law school because of his academic performance.

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Upon joining, new members serve as staff members.  The Journal is managed by a board of third year law student editors who have served on the Journal during their first and second years as staff members.  The Journal publishes four editions each year, each of which is distributed to other law schools, as well as attorneys, judges and law libraries throughout the United States and abroad.    Each edition is akin to a lengthy legal magazine and includes in the first part articles written by prominent legal scholars and law practitioners dealing with significant questions of local, national, and international law and in the second part articles written by student Journal members analyzing recent cases, statutes, and developments in the law.  In addition to the four annual publications, the Journal also publishes its highly acclaimed Annual Survey of Texas Law, which contains articles by attorneys, law professors, and judges concerning current developments all of the main areas of law that have occurred in or affect, in the state of Texas over the preceding year.

In his third year, Broocks was elected by the outgoing Board of Editors to be the second in command at the Journal, serving as the Assistant Editor in Chief.  In that position, Broocks assisted in overseeing all aspects of the Journal’s publications, from selection of the scholarly works submitted for publication from lawyers, faculty and students; to editting works selected for publication; to having responsibility for the application of the uniform systems of citations to each article published in all Journal publications.

Order of the Coif. He was selected to be a member of the Order of the Coif, membership of which is limited to those in the top 10% of the graduating class.

Order of Barristers. Broocks was also invited to be a member of the Order of the Barristers, a national honor society.  The Order of the Barristers admits no more than ten students annually from each law school, as selected by the law school faculty.  The students the law school faculty selects are those who the faculty believe have demonstrated advocacy skills in competitions and dedication to promoting advocacy through service.

Professional Background 

At the beginning of his law career, Mr. Broocks started in the general corporate area, being involved in a wide variety of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions of publicly listed New York Stock Exchange companies; organization of brokerage firms; joint ventures for technology development; numerous securities offerings; finance transactions (debt and equity); oil and gas leases; joint operating agreements; farm-outs/farm-ins; corporate takeovers; representation of directors in hostile takeovers, to name but a few.  Shortly afterwards in the 1980’s, while continuing corporate securities work, Mr. Broocks began handling business litigation which has been his primary area of focus since the late 1980’s.    Mr. Broocks joined the law firm of Jackson Walker in 2000 and continued there as an equity partner until February, 2012 when he established the Broocks Law Firm.

Professional Experience

Mr. Broocks is currently licensed and/or admitted to practice with the

• Texas Supreme Court and all Texas state courts

• Federal Courts in the

  • Western District of Texas

  • Southern District of Texas

  • Northern District of Texas and

  • Eastern District of Texas

• the United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

• the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

• the United States Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and

• the United States Supreme Court 

In addition to trial practice, Mr. Broocks has personally argued appeals in the Austin and San Antonio Courts of Appeal, and has worked on appeals in the Houston, Dallas and Corpus Christi Courts of Appeal.

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He has also personally argued appeals in the federal Fifth and Seventh Circuits and has worked on matters in the federal Fourth Circuit. He has handled cases in numerous cities across Texas, and has appeared pro hac vice in courts in numerous states including:

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• California                

• Delaware

• Florida

• Idaho

• Illiniois

• Louisiana

• Michigan

• New Jersey

• New York

• Nevada

• North Carolina

• Tennesseee 

International Matters

Broocks’ practice has always had an international aspect.  Many cases and projects have taken him to foreign countries.  He has taken depositions, been with witnesses, gathered evidence, worked on projects, and/or undertaken significant activities in such places as:

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• Australia

• Canada

• China

• Gibraltar

• Hong Kong

• Indonesia.

• Korea

• Philipines