Jason Boatright

Special Counsel

  • Jason Boatright
  • Phone: +1 214 257 7217

    Import to Address Book

  • Duane Morris LLP
    100 Crescent Court, Suite 1200
    Dallas, TX 75201
    USA
  • Duane Morris LLP
    777 Main Street, Suite 2790
    Fort Worth, TX 76102
    USA

Jason E. Boatright practices in the area of litigation. Mr. Boatright has held senior legal positions in state government in both Dallas and Austin. He is a former justice of the Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals, the appellate court that reviews trial court decisions in Collin, Dallas, Grayson, Hunt, Kaufman and Rockwall counties. Previously, he was director of the general counsel section of the Texas Railroad Commission, the agency that regulates the Texas oil and gas industry. He was also director of the Texas Attorney General’s opinions division, which issues official written legal opinions to government officials on the meaning of state laws and regulations. Mr. Boatright writes frequently on the Texas Constitution and the history of Texas laws and regulations.

Mr. Boatright is a 2003 graduate of the University of Texas School of Law and a graduate of Middlebury College.

Admissions

  • Texas
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Education

  • University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 2003
  • University of St. Andrews, Postgraduate Diploma in Classics and Ancient History, 2000
  • Middlebury College, B.A., 1998

Experience

  • Duane Morris LLP
    - Special Counsel, 2021-present
  • Cantey Hanger LLP
    - Partner, 2019-2021
  • Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals
    - Justice, 2017-2019
  • Cobb & Counsel
    - Counsel, 2016-2017
  • Duggins Wren Mann & Romero
    - Of Counsel, 2015-2016
  • Regency Energy Partners
    - Senior Manager, Government and Regulatory Affairs 2014-2015
  • Railroad Commission of Texas
    - Director, General Counsel Section 2014
    - Special Counsel, 2013-2014
  • Office of the Attorney General of Texas
    - Chairman, Opinion Committee, 2011-2013
    - Special Counsel, 2007-2011
  • Krause & Associates LP
    - Associate, 2006-2007
  • Law Office of Jason Boatright
    - Attorney, 2005-2006
  • Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
    - Briefing Attorney, Presiding Judge Sharon Keller, 2003-2004
  • Office of the Governor of Texas 
    - Texas Law Fellowship, Office of the General Counsel, 2002

Professional Activities

  • Chair, Dallas Bar Association Appellate Section, 2023

Civic and Charitable Activities

  • Member, Texas Board of Disciplinary Appeals, 2021- present 

  • Member, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, 2019-present

Selected Publications

  • Co-author, "Navigating the New Texas Business Court," Duane Morris Alert, June 7, 2023

  • “End Judicial Lawmaking,” Tex. Rev. L. & Pol., 2020

  • “The Curious Origin of Texas Pleading,” SMU L. Rev., 2018

  • “The Origin, Meaning, and Usage of the Words Justice and Judge,” St. Mary’s Law J., 2018

  • “Stephen F. Austin’s Alcalde Codes,” Tex. Sup. Ct. Hist. Soc. J., 2016

  • “No One Knows What the Texas Constitution Is,” Tex. Rev. L. & Pol., 2013

Selected Speaking Engagements

  • “Erie Guesses and Certified Questions,” Dallas Bar Association CLE Presentation, 2020