Attorneys

Robert A. Shults

While in law school at the University of Houston, Bob served as the executive assistant to Senator Jim Wallace of Houston. After graduation, he represented the University of Houston before the Texas Legislature, the Legislative Budget Board and other Texas governmental agencies. He then served as an Assistant District Attorney in Harris County, serving for most of his tenure in the White Collar Crime Division where his innovative approaches to investigation and prosecution were widely recognized. After entering private practice, he was retained by the Special Investigations Committee of the Texas House of Representatives to investigate allegations of impropriety at various colleges and universities in Texas. He has tried over one hundred jury trials to verdict and handled cases before most of the Courts of Appeals in Texas, several United States Courts of Appeals, the Texas Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court. For much of his career in private practice, he has represented insurance carriers in sophisticated coverage cases as well as defending of their insureds and conducting investigations into possible fraudulent claims. Bob chaired a committee of the American Bar Association's Litigation Section dealing with insurance coverage matters involving environmental claims and has authored a chapter on using alternative dispute resolution in environmental claims in the book Alternative Dispute Resolution: The Litigator's Handbook, published by the ABA and edited by United States Judge Nancy Atlas.

Bob graduated from Baylor University and is active in the Grand Order of Pachyderm Clubs and serves as a national vice president of the organization. He is also a member of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel and is a former president of the Kiwanis Club of Houston and the Greater Houston Pachyderm Club. He also is a member of the C Club of Houston. He served on the advisory board for Child Advocates of Houston, serves on the Board of Life House - Houston and was appointed in 2009 as a Commissioner of the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission by Governor Rick Perry.

Please click on the Matters of Note link on the left-hand column to view Mr. Shults' honors, publications, speeches and addresses, and other matters of interest.

E-Mail Address: bshults@lawla.com

Areas of Practice
Litigation

Education
Baylor University, B.A. 1970
University of Houston School of Law, 1975

Affiliations
American Bar Association
Texas Bar Association
Texas Bar Foundation
Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
Baylor Alumni Association of Houston, President 1986-1988

Matters of Note
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815 Walker Street, Suite 1447
Houston, Texas 77002
Phone: (713) 222-1990
Facsimile: (713) 222-1996