Frank W. Elliott
Professor of Law
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
1515 Commerce Street
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
Phone: (817) 212-3926 Fax: (817) 212-3965
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LL.B. with honors 1957 University of Texas School of Law. B.A. 1951 University of Texas. Comment editor, Texas Law Review. Member, Order of the Coif.
Dean, Texas Wesleyan University School of Law (1992-94); dean, Dallas/Fort Worth School of Law (1989-92); of counsel, Ramirez & Associates; partner, Baker, Mills & Glast; president, Southwestern Legal Foundation; dean and professor, Texas Tech University; visiting professor, the Judge Advocate General’s School; director of research, Texas Constitutional Revision Commission; parliamentarian, Texas Senate; professor, University of Texas; briefing attorney, Supreme Court of Texas; assistant attorney general, state of Texas. Member of the American Law Institute. Published several books, book supplements and articles, including casebooks on evidence, Texas pre-trial procedure and Texas trials and appeals, as well as one of the most widely used resources on Texas civil practice, Texas forms and Texas pre-trial procedure.
Research/Teaching Areas
Evidence
Settlement Advocacy
Texas Pre-trial Procedure
Texas Trial & Appellate Procedure
Current Projects
Revision of State Bar of Texas ADR Handbook
Representative Publications
McDonald, Texas Civil Practice, 5 Volumes, Callaghan & Company (1971-1992)
West’s Texas Forms, Volumes 9 and 10, Civil Trial and Appellate Practice, West (1977, 2d ed. 1989, 3d ed. 2000)
Personal Interests
Korean War, 50th Anniversary