Rusty Hardin, Jr.

Bio

Practice Areas

Awards & Recognition

• Lawyer of the Year: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Houston (2026)
• Lawyer of the Year: Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Houston (2019)
• Recognized: Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Recognized: Commercial Litigation
• Recognized: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Practice Area: Oil and Gas Law
• Best Lawyers, rated in Commercial and Criminal Defense: White Collar, 2016-2025
• Benchmark Litigation Star, 2013-2022, 2024
• Recipient, Texas Bar Foundation, Ronald D. Secrest Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award, 2024
• Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America, 2023-2024
• Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers, 2022-2024
• Named to Chambers Global Guide - Band 1 in USA Litigation: Trial Lawyers, 2024
• Paul Stallings Civility and Ethics Award from the Texas Chapters of the American Board of Trial Advocates (TEX-ABOTA), 2023
• Named to the Lawdragon Hall of Fame Class of 2023
• Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers, 2021-2023
• Texas Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2003-2023
• Top 100 Texas Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2003-2009, 2011, 2018, 2020-2023
• Top 100 Houston Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2003-2011, 2016-2023
• Best Lawyers – Lawyer of the Year Houston area Criminal Defense: White Collar, 2019
• Named a “Lion of the Texas Bar” by Texas Lawbook, 2015
• Named a “Trial Ace” by Law360, 2015
• Texas Lawyer Lifetime Achievement award, 2015
• Named one of “The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America,” National Law Journal, 2013
• Recipient, Texas Association of Civil Trial and Appellate Specialists, Lifetime Excellence in Advocacy Award, 2013
• Ranked nationwide by Chambers USA in Litigation: Trial Lawyers
• Ranked by Chambers USA among top Texas lawyers in both General Commercial Litigation and White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
• Top 100 Houston Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2003-2011, 2016-2025
• Rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell
• Lifetime Achievement Membership among America’s Top 100 Attorneys
• "Prosecutor of the Year," State Bar of Texas, 1989
• "Go-To Lawyer" for Civil Defense Litigation, Texas Lawyer, 2002
• "Attorney to Hire When You’re in Trouble," Houston Chronicle, 2003
• "Houston’s Top Lawyers," H Texas magazine, 2006
• "Go-To Lawyer" for Commercial Litigation, Texas Lawyer, 2007
• Top 10 Texas Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2003-2007
• Named one of "The 25 Greatest Texas Lawyers of the Past Quarter-Century," Texas Lawyer, 2010
• Named one of "The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America," National Law Journal, 2013
• Named a "Trial Ace" by Law360, 2015
• Named a "Lion of the Texas Bar" by Texas Lawbook, 2015

Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2016

Education

• Southern Methodist University, J.D., graduated 1975
• Wesleyan University, B.S., graduated 1965

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