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David E. Keltner's Profile Image

David E. Keltner

Recognized by Best Lawyers® since 2008.
201 Main Street, Suite 2500 Fort Worth, Texas 76102
(817) 332-2500
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Firm: Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP
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Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP


Years In Practice


Phone Number (817) 332-2500

Formerly a Justice on the Texas Court of Appeals, David Keltner is lead counsel in over 300 appellate decisions. His legal writings are cited, with approval, by Texas courts.

Mr. Keltner is recognized for his appellate accomplishments. He was honored by Texas Lawyer as the "Go To" appellate lawyer in Texas. Texas Super Lawyers selected him as one of the Top 10 Lawyers in Texas for the last eleven years. He was the "Top Point Getter" in Texas 2009-2011. The Texas Bar Foundation honored him with the inaugural Gregory S. Coleman Outstanding Appellate Lawyer Award, and he was named Best Lawyers 2016 and 2018 Appellate "Lawyer of the Year" for Dallas/Fort Worth.  Mr. Keltner is also recognized on the national stage as a Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, one of only 320 in the country.

Mr. Keltner served as Chair of the Board of Directors of the State Bar of Texas.  He was also Chair of the Litigation Section and the College of the State Bar of Texas, as well as Chair of the Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation.

The Texas Supreme Court appointed Mr. Keltner to a number of its committees. He served on the Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee from 1993-2000 and was appointed Chair of the Texas Supreme Court Discovery Task Force. He was also a member of the Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee for Professionalism that drafted the Texas Lawyer’s Creed.

What legal services does this lawyer offer?
Appellate Practice
Arbitration
Bet-the-Company Litigation
State and Federal Law
Supreme Court
Awards
Lawyer of the Year recognition for David E. Keltner
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
Arbitration, Dallas/Fort Worth (2020)
Appellate Practice, Dallas/Fort Worth (2018)
Appellate Practice, Dallas/Fort Worth (2016)
Appellate Practice, Dallas (2011)
  • Best Lawyers in America®, U.S. News & World Report, 2006-2023

    Appellate Practice

    Arbitration

    Bet-the-Company Litigation

  • Chambers USA:  Texas,

    Litigation:  Appellate, 2005-2022

    Star Individual, 2021-2022

    Band 1, 2005-2022

  • Top 10 Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2003-2022

    Ranked No. 1, 2009-2011, 2021

    Appellate

  • The 400 Most Influential People, Fort Worth, Inc. magazine, 2018-2022
  • Top 100 Dallas/Fort Worth Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2003-2022

    Appellate

  • Top 100 Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2003-2022

    Appellate

  • Top Attorney, Fort Worth Magazine, 2006-2022

    Appellate

  • Top Attorney, 360 West magazine

    Appellate, 2017-2022

    Arbitration and Mediation, 2017-2019

  • Best Lawyers®, Arbitration Lawyer of the Year, Dallas/Fort Worth,2020
  • Chief Justice Jack Pope Professionalism Award, Texas Center for Legal Ethics, 2018
  • Best Lawyers®, Appellate Practice Lawyer of the Year, Dallas/Fort Worth, 2016, 2018
  • Tarrant County Bar Association's Blackstone Award, 2018
  • Helen A. Cassidy Award for highest rated CLE presentation at the State Bar of Texas 20th Annual Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course, 2007, 2015
  • Gregory S. Coleman Outstanding Appellate Lawyer of Texas (Inaugural Recipient), Texas Bar Foundation, 2012
  • Best Lawyers®, Appellate Practice Lawyer of the Year, Dallas, 2011
  • Jim D. Bowmer Professionalism Award, College of the State Bar of Texas, 2007
  • Dan Rugely Price Memorial Award (Excellence in Legal Writing), Texas Bar Foundation, 2002
Education
Southern Methodist University, J.D.
Graduated 1975
Contact Details and Office Locations
Office: (817) 332-2500
201 Main Street, Suite 2500
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
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