Join us!

Mark your calendar for our April in-person CLE Luncheon and installation of officers ceremony!

Speaker: Hon. Grant Dorfman, Texas Business Court Eleventh Division

Topic: The New Texas Business Court

When: Tues., April 14, 2026 | 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

Where: 1019 Congress, Houston, TX 77002, Basement Level Conference Room

Registration closes at 6 p.m. on Thurs. April 9, 2026. 

Walk-ins will not be permitted!

CLE Objectives:

 Learn the origins and purpose of the Texas Business Court

 Learn the top 10 teaching takeaways and tips about practice in the Texas Business Court, including its unique jurisdictional requirements

 Recognize the recent legislative changes to the Texas Business Court, including the expansion of its geographic and subject matter jurisdiction

 Identify the potential impact of these developments on your cases

Speaker Spotlight:

Hon. Grant Dorfman

Texas Business Court Eleventh Division

Grant Dorfman is the Administrative Presiding Judge of the Eleventh Business Court Division in Houston, appointed by Governor Abbott and elected by his colleagues to lead the court’s inaugural two-year term beginning September 1, 2024.

He previously served as a judge on Harris County’s 129th and 334th District Courts and has held senior legal roles in both the public and private sectors, including Deputy First Assistant Attorney General of Texas and Senior In-House Counsel for Nabors Industries.

A native Texan, he holds degrees from Brown University, Oxford University, and Yale Law School, and clerked for the Honorable Jerry E. Smith of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Before joining the bench, he practiced commercial litigation for a decade at Susman Godfrey and Ogden, Gibson, White & Broocks.

Judge Dorfman serves on several civic and legal boards, teaches as an adjunct professor at the South Texas College of Law, and is active in several professional organizations.

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