Appellate advocacy is increasingly recognized as a critical, yet sometimes overlooked, area of legal training and law school curricula. A recent Law.com AmLaw Litigation Daily article explored this issue, featuring insights from prominent appellate attorneys across the U.S., including Durham, Pittard & Spalding’s Kirk Pittard. Read more.

Durham, Pittard & Spalding was honored to sponsor the Baylor University School of Law Fall 2025 Moot Court Competition, an event that showcases some of the brightest up-and-coming legal talent. Read more.

Described as a “massive win” by national media, California Superior Court Judge H. Shaina Colover granted a key pretrial motion, closing the door on one of the Los Angeles Angels’ key defense strategies in the Tyler Skaggs wrongful death civil litigation. Durham, Pittard & Spalding partner Lara Hollingsworth led the charge in obtaining this pivotal pre-trial ruling. Read more.

DPS attorneys Kirk Pittard, Lara Hollingsworth and Aditi Deal authored a paper on the topic for the 2025 Texas Trial Lawyers Association Trucking Litigation Bootcamp. In addition, Kirk was a featured presenter on the topic during the two-day event in New Orleans.  Read more.

Congratulations to Santa Fe partner Roz Bienvenu, who presented argument in the New Mexico Supreme Court on September 4, 2025.  Read more.

Durham, Pittard & Spalding attorney Phil Kovnat recently appeared before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in an important product liability class action. Read more.

Texas Lawyer recently featured Durham, Pittard & Spalding founding partner Kirk Pittard in its series on lawyers and their unique hobbies. Lawyer, Pilot, Mountain Climber: Dallas Attorney Does It All, dives into Pittard’s lifelong interest in both aviation and the law—and how the two intersect in his professional life. Read more.

Durham, Pittard & Spalding is proud to share that five of our attorneys have been named to the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers in America®, one of the legal profession’s most respected and longstanding honors. Read more.

Congratulations to Santa Fe partners Roz Bienvenu and Justin Kaufman, along with Louie Cook of the Carlson Law Firm, who successfully convinced the New Mexico Supreme Court to deny review of a lower-court order allowing wrongful death and personal injury claims to proceed against a freight broker, Total Quality Logistics, LLC (TQL).  Read more.

Durham, Pittard & Spalding attorney Lauren Harbour secured an important ruling from the Supreme Court of Texas, clearing the way for two former church members to continue sexual abuse and related claims against the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP) and its controversial former leader, Bill Gothard. Read more.

Shelby White recently presented her CLE, “Preserving Error at Trial: Don’t Fall for These TRAPS,” to both the Harris County Bar Association and the Montgomery County Bar Association. Read more.

Congratulations to Tammy Holt for an important win at the Supreme Court of Texas. In a May 30 ruling, the Texas Supreme Court denied HollyFrontier Corporation’s petition for review in a case DP&S previously won in Dallas’ Fifth Court of Appeals on behalf of a former HollyFrontier executive. Read more.

A $7 million jury verdict on behalf of a San Antonio man who was beaten by police in a case of mistaken identity has been recognized among the Top 50 Texas Verdicts of 2024. Read more.

At Durham, Pittard & Spalding, we’ve had the privilege of partnering with trial lawyers as appellate counsel on high-stakes litigation for years—and we’re proud to share that those collaborations have helped secure more than $1.11 billion in settlements since 2017. Read more.

Molly joined DP&S in April 2025. Prior to joining the firm, Molly served as a law clerk for the Honorable Margaret I. Strickland at the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. Read more.