Grant D. Blaies

Grant is a Founding Partner of the firm. While maintaining an active state and federal trial and appellate practice in business and commercial, oil and gas, governmental liability, and construction and real estate litigation, he now concentrates his practice on representing and advising his business clients in commercial transactions and on day-to-day operational issues.

Grant is AV rated by Martindale-Hubble and has been recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer Rising Star by Law and Politics Magazine (2005) and a Texas Super Lawyer (2007 – 2015). He is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the Texas Bar Foundation, Tarrant County Bar Association, Defense Research Institute, Bar Association of the Fifth Circuit, and the Texas Association of Defense Counsel.

In addition to being licensed to practice in Texas state courts, Grant is licensed in the following federal courts: The United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for Fifth Circuit, and the United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas.

Grant received his undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Baylor University and his law degree, cum laude, from Baylor University School of Law. While in law school, Grant served on the Baylor Law Review and was a member of Phi Delta Phi and the Order of Barristers. Following graduation, Grant served as a law clerk to the Honorable Raul A. Gonzalez on the Supreme Court of Texas.

During the course of his career, Grant has tried numerous cases to verdict and has served as lead appellate counsel in both state and federal courts of appeals, the Texas Supreme Court, and the United States Supreme Court.