Robert J Myers Fort Worth Attorney

Contact Information

Robert J. Myers
2525 Ridgmar Blvd., Suite 240
Fort Worth, TX 76116

Biography

For almost thirty years, Robert John ("Rob") Myers has been helping clients in courtrooms all over Texas. The son of an attorney, Rob was raised in Jacksboro, Texas. Rob was graduated from Texas Tech University in 1980. While in Raiderland, he served in the Student Senate and received the coveted "Will Rogers Award" from the President for outstanding service to the Student Body. He was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity and worked in a number of business endeavors while attending Tech. After graduation, Rob was accepted to study law at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, graduating in 1983. He was the American Bar Association; Law Student Division representative from St. Mary's in 1982-3; was active with the Board of Advocates and was on the National Semi-Final team in the ABA Mock Trial competition in 1982-3. He was awarded the "Order of Barristers"; the "Lewis Powell Award" and was a member of Phi Delta Phi, honorary legal scholastic fraternity. During law school, he discovered his love for trial work, working for a locally prominent "family law" firm, actually trying cases under attorney supervision during his final law school year. After graduation, Rob quickly became a regular at the Bexar County Courthouse and soon branched out beyond family litigation to general civil practice, including, beginning in 1984, property tax work for major property owners. Continuing to concentrate in trial practice, Rob undertook his first legal malpractice case against a major law firm in 1993. In 1995, Rob formed the law firm which today bears his name. Rob has tried dozens of jury trials; has handled hundreds of cases for large and small clients in every part of the state and has numerous reported cases in the Texas law books. Cases that he has handled thus far during his career have resulted in settlements and/or jury verdicts in excess of $50 million for his clients.

Rob is the author of a law journal article on Texas property taxation. He is a co-founder of the "Annual Legal Seminar on Property Taxation" sponsored by Texas A&M University, which is now in its 27th year. The Seminar is widely recognized as the premier annual gathering of property tax professionals in the State. Rob is a frequent lecturer to attorney groups on property tax and legal ethics and malpractice matters.

Areas of Practice

Trial and Appellate Practice
Property Taxation
Legal Malpractice

Education

Texas Tech University, B.A., History/Political Science, 1980
St. Mary's University School of Law, J.D., 1983

Professional Admissions

State of Texas 1983
U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, 1987
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, 1994
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1993
U.S. Supreme Court, 1994
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, 2006
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 2013

Memberships

Tarrant County and San Antonio Bar Associations
State Bar of Texas: Member, Sections on Litigation and Taxation (Property Tax)
Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit.

Honors

Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
The Order of Barristers, Recipient
Lewis F. Powell Award
Author: Robert J. Myers, Ad Valorem Tax Litigation and Recent Changes to the Property Tax Code 19 SMIJ 2, 279," 1987.
Phi Delta Phi

Reported Cases

Valero Transmission Co. v. Hays County Appraisal District, 704 S.W.2d 857 (Tex. App. - Austin 1985, writ d n.r.e.)
Gregg County Appraisal District v. Laidlaw Waste Systems, Inc., 907 S.W.2d 12 (Tex. App. - Tyler 1995, writ denied)
First Aircraft Leasing, Ltd. v. Bexar Appraisal District, 48 S.W.3d 218 (Tex. App. - San Antonio 2001, pet. denied)
Fairchild Aircraft, Inc. v. Bexar Appraisal District, 47 S.W.3d 577 (Tex. App. - San Antonio 2001), remanded to No. 97CI-10508, 2002 WL 34156252 (150th Dist. Ct., Bexar County, Tex. Jan. 30, 2002)
Jack County Appraisal Dist. v. Jack County Hosp. Dist., 484 S.W.3d 228, 229 (Tex. App. - Fort Worth 2016, no pet.)
ETC Mktg., Ltd. v. Harris County Appraisal Dist., 476 S.W.3d 501 (Tex. App. - Houston [1st Dist.] 2015, pet. filed)
Harris County Appraisal Dist. v. ETC Mktg., Ltd., 399 S.W.3d 364 (Tex. App. - Houston [14th Dist.] 2013, pet. denied)
Rattner v. Contos, 293 S.W.3d 655 (Tex. App. - San Antonio 2009, no pet.)
Heritage Operating, L.P. v. Barbers Hill Indep. Sch. Dist., 496 S.W.3d 318 (Tex. App - Houston [14th Dist.] 2016, no pet.)
Dallas Morning News, Inc. v. Hall, 524 S.W.3d 369 (Tex. App. - Fort Worth 2017, pet. filed)
Wentworth v. Meyer, 829 S.W.2d 766 (Tex. 1992 orig. proc.)
First Baptist Church of San Antonio v. Appraisal District, 800 S.W.2d 892 (Tex. App.-San Antonio, 1990) rev'd S,W.2d 108 (Tex. 1992) on remand, 846 SW2d 554 (Tex. App.-San Antonio, 1993, writ denied)
Harris County Appraisal Review Board v. General Electric Corporation, 819 S.W.2d 915 (Tex. App. Houston, 14th Dist.) 1991 writ denied
In Re Hillje Estate, 830 S.W.2d 689 (Tex. App.- San Antonio 1992, no writ)
Valero Transmission Co. v. Hays County Appraisal District, 704 S.W.2d 857 (Tex. App.-Austin 1985, writ ref'd n.r.e.)
Valero Transmission Co. v. San Marcos ISD, 770 S.W.2d 648 (Tex. App.-Austin writ denied)
Dixie J. O'Neill v. Church's Fried Chicken, 910 F.2d 263 (5th Cir. 1990), 706 F. Supp., 1283 (W.D. Tex. 1989)
Leon Springs Gas Co. v. Restaurant Equipment Leasing Co., 961 S.W.2d 574 (Tex. App., San Antonio, December, 17, 1997, no writ)
Valero South Texas Processing Co. v. Starr County Appraisal Dist., 954 S.W.2d 863 (Tex. App. San Antonio, September 24, 1997, writ denied)
State ex rel. Angelini v. Hardberger, 932 S.W.2d 489, 39 Tex. Sup. Ct.J. 1084 (Tex., August 30, 1996, no writ)
Pearcy v. Pearcy, 884 S.W.2d 512 (Tex. App. San Antonio, July 20, 1994, no writ).