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Experience
1994 to Present: Shareholder with Cavazos, Hendricks, Poirot & Smitham, P.C.
Rod Poirot and the Firm concentrate their practice of law to the field of Bankruptcy.
1992 to 1994: Associate with Dawson, Sodd, Cavazos & Hendricks, P.C. Practice mostly concentrated and limited to the field of business and consumer bankruptcy.
1971 to 1992: Sole practitioner engaged in the private practice of law. Emphasis: Criminal Law, Civil Litigation and Family Law.
Rod Poirot has maintained an "AV" rating with Martindale-Hubbell since approximately 1983.
Specific Bankruptcy Law-Related Experience:
Rod Poirot and the Firm represent Chapter 7 trustees, Chapter 11 debtors-in-possession, Chapter 11 trustees and Plaintiffs and Defendants in bankruptcy adversary proceedings.
Licenses and Certifications:
1971 to Present: Licensed by the Supreme Court of the State of Texas as an Attorney and Counselor at Law.
1973 to Present: Licensed, Admitted and Qualified to practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
1972 to Present: Licensed, Admitted and Qualified to practice in the United States District Courts for the Northern District of Texas.
1986 to Present: Licensed, Admitted and Qualified to practice in the United States District Courts for the Eastern District of Texas.
1996 to Present: Licensed, Admitted and Qualified to practice in the United States District Courts for the Southern District of Texas.
1997 to Present: Licensed, Admitted and Qualified to practice in the United States District Courts for the Western District of Texas.
2003 to Present: "ECF" certified in multiple Bankruptcy Courts including all Texas Bankruptcy Courts.
1977 through 1996: Board Certified Specialist in the Field of Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
Selected Continuing Bankruptcy Law-Related Education Completed:
2007: Seven bankruptcy law-related seminars 07.00 hours
2006: National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges 06.50 hours
2006: Northern District of Texas Bankruptcy Bench Bar Conf. 08.00 hours
2005: Second Annual International Bankruptcy Law Seminar 16.00 hours
2004: First Annual International Bankruptcy Law Seminar 12.00 hours
2002: Three bankruptcy law-related seminars 09.00 hours
2001: 16th Advanced Business Bankruptcy Seminar. 12.75 hours
2000: Advanced Consumer Bankruptcy Course. 12.25 hours
2000: Consumer Bankruptcy Conference. 06.25 hours
1998: Advanced Business Bankruptcy Course. 13.00 hours
1997: Fifth Annual Southwestern Bankruptcy Conference. 07.50 hours
1996: 15th Annual Bankruptcy Conference. 12.50 hours
1996: 14th Annual Advanced Business Bankruptcy Law Course. 11.75 hours
1995: 13th Annual Advanced Business Bankruptcy. 11.75 hours
1994: 13th Annual Bankruptcy Conference. 13.25 hours
Selected Reported Litigation Experience:
Industrial Clearinghouse, Inc. v. Mims (In re Coastal Plains, Inc.), 338 B.R. 703 (N.D.Tex. 2006). (Appellate Attorney for the Chapter 7 Trustee.)
Industrial Clearinghouse, Inc. v. Mims (In re Coastal Plains, Inc.), 326 B.R. 102 (Bankr. N.D.Tex. 2005). (Trial and Appellate Attorney for the Chapter 7 Trustee.)
Cunningham v. T & R Demolition, Inc. (In re ML & Associates, Inc.), 301 B.R. 195, (Bankr. N.D.Tex. 2003). (Trial Attorney for Chapter 7 Trustee.)
Amerisure Insurance Company v. ML & Associates, Inc. (In re ML & Associates, Inc.), 302 B.R. 857, (Bankr. N.D.Tex. 2003). (Trial Attorney for Chapter 7 Trustee.)
Cunningham v. Team Harvest Construction, Inc. (In re ML & Associates, Inc.), 2003 WL 23742550 (Bankr. N.D.Tex. 2003). (Trial Attorney for Chapter 7 Trustee.)
Garza v. Garza (In re Garza), 217 B.R. 197 (Bankr. N.D.Tex. 1998). (Trial Attorney for the Debtor.)
Holman v. Adams, 2000 WL 21258 (Tex.App.-Dallas 2000). (Trial and Appellate Attorney for Scottie Adams).
Moore v. State, 749 S.W.2d 54 (Tex.Cr.App. 1988). (Trial attorney for Volney Ray Moore and Appellate Attorney for Volney Ray and Jeanie Marie Moore.)
U.S. v. Caudle, 828 F.2d 1111 (5th Cir. 1987). (Trial and Appellate Attorney for Defendant Pincus. Rod Poirot discovered the error and filed the motion to dismiss that resulted in the dismissal of the indictments against all of the Defendants.)
Rowe v. Harris, 576 S.W.2d 172 (Tex.Civ.App. 1979). (Trial Attorney for J. Gordon S. Harris.)
Selected Memberships:
Rod Poirot is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the Bankruptcy Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, the Dallas Bar Association and the Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section of the Dallas Bar Association.
Formal Education:
1963-1967: Southern Methodist University. Awarded Degree in Bachelor of Business Administration, with a Major in Finance. Attended SMU on football athletic scholarship. Was a football letterman and played on the SMU 1967 Southwestern Athletic Conference Championship team that played in the 1967 Cotton Bowl. Member of Alpha Tau Omega (ATO) Fraternity.
1967-1971: Southern Methodist University. Awarded Juris Doctor Degree. Spent the law school year of 68-69 awaiting for and in military service for the United States Army.
Personal:
Born Wichita Falls, Texas. Married to wife: Gayle. Rod and Gayle have two children: Jason and Jolie.
