About Kirk Pittard

Kirk Pittard is a founding partner and like the rest of his firm, specializes in civil appeals and litigation support in state and federal court.  As an instrument rated pilot, Mr. Pittard also practices Aviation Law.

Kirk graduated from Baylor University School of Law in 1999 where he served as the Assistant Managing Editor for the Baylor Law Review and was on Baylor’s mock trial team. During law school, Mr. Pittard worked for Chief Justice John Boyd of the Amarillo Court of Appeals and the late Presiding Justice Michael Sullivan of the Mississippi Supreme Court.

After law school, and prior to establishing this firm, Kirk served as a briefing attorney for Justice Jim Moseley on the Dallas Court of Appeals and then joined Waters & Kraus, LLP, as part of their appellate group. While at Waters & Kraus, Kirk had a trial docket of toxic tort, pharmaceutical, commercial, and class action cases. Kirk managed the federal remand practice in certain pharmaceutical cases.

Kirk is admitted to practice in all Texas State Courts, the United States Supreme Court, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas, and United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas. Kirk is also licensed to practice in all New Mexico and Colorado State Courts.

From 2005-2013, Kirk was named a Texas Rising Star in appellate law by Texas Monthly.  Kirk has since been named a Super Lawyer in appellate law by Texas Monthly from 2013-2020 and has been named “Top 100” in the Dallas/Fort Worth region for 2019-2020, and “Top 100” in Texas for 2020.  Kirk has also been named as one of the “Best Lawyers in Dallas” in appellate law from 2011-2021 by D Magazine.  Kirk serves on the Board of Directors for the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association, the Tarrant County Trial Lawyers Association and the Texas Trial Lawyers Association.  He is also an active member of the TTLA Amicus Committee.  In 2014, Mr. Pittard became a director of the Texas Lyceum.