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909 Fannin St., Ste 2630
Houston, Texas 77010
Matt Parks is a dedicated trial attorney who focuses on business and commercial litigation across a variety of industries, including oil and gas, energy, and healthcare. He has represented individuals and businesses of all sizes in complex disputes, ranging from partnership breakups and shareholder derivative actions to securities litigation.
Matt is a double Longhorn, having obtained both his JD and BA degrees from the University of Texas. After graduation, Matt joined a Texas-based litigation boutique where he helped defend one of the main parties in the “Deepwater Horizon” litigation after BP’s Macondo Well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico. He has been selected to the Texas Rising Stars list for four consecutive years for his excellence in business litigation
Matt is licensed to practice in all state courts in the State of Texas, as well as the federal courts in the Southern and Northern Districts of Texas. Matt is a committeeman and lifetime member of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
Matt has been with Burford Perry since the firm began in 2015. In that time, he has second-chaired multiple jury trials, both in federal and state court, and helped obtain favorable decisions in arbitrations. He has also drafted, argued, and won multiple dispositive motions.
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After working as a public accountant for two Big Eight accounting firms, Robert Burford graduated from the University of Houston Law School in 1986 with honors. He was a member of the Houston Law Review, Order of the Coif, and …
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Brent Perry has distinguished himself as a skilled commercial litigator over his 30-year career in a wide range of business litigation and appellate maters. In this time, he has used his wealth of experience to help clients resolve complex issues …
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Matt Parks is a dedicated trial attorney who focuses on business and commercial litigation across a variety of industries, including oil and gas, energy, and healthcare. He has represented individuals and businesses of all sizes in complex disputes, ranging from …
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Zachary Carlson joined Burford Perry in mid-2019 after clerking for two justices on Texas’ First Court of Appeals in Houston. Zachary graduated cum laude from the University of Wisconsin Law School in May 2017. While in law school, Zachary served …
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Jay Jackson joined Burford Perry, LLP in March 2019. He brings over three decades of wide-ranging trial experience and has the knowledge to help clients with virtually any type of personal injury or commercial litigation case. Clients have come to …
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Shawn A. Johnson has excelled in a variety of complex legal disputes and proved himself to be a skilled trial and appellate attorney since joining Burford Perry in 2017, following his clerkship with Texas Supreme Court Justice Paul W. Green. …
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