Hance W. Burrow III

Partner
phone   214.969.5454
fax   214.969.5902
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Hance W. Burrow, III became a partner with GUC&L in 1986.  He began practice with Gardere, Porter & DeHay, now Gardere Wynne Sewell, LLP. Hance has litigated a wide variety of cases, primarily for small businesses and individuals.  He principally represents small businesses in dealing with the various controversies they face. 

 Hance has handled partnership disputes, minority shareholder issues, collection cases, whistleblower cases, wrongful termination suits, will contests, franchisee disputes, and general contract and fraud cases. He has been involved in adverse possession lawsuits and property damage claims.  In addition, from both the defense and plaintiff’s perspective, Hance had handled truck accident cases, insurance matters, and toxic tort claims. Hance also serves as a mediator.

“AV” Pre-Eminent rating with Martindale-Hubbell.

Primary Areas of Practice:
Business Litigation
Employment & Labor
Insurance Defense
Mediation & Arbitration
Personal Injury
Probate Litigation
Trade Secrets & Non-Compete Covenants

Bar Admissions:
Texas, 1977
U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas

Education:
Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas, 1976
     J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
     Cum Laude
     Order of the Coif
     Southwestern Law Journal
Rice University, Houston, Texas, 1974
     B.A., Bachelor of Arts

Professional Associations and Memberships:
State Bar of Texas
Dallas Bar Association

Representative Cases:
Aponte v. Kim Intern. Mfg., L.P., 05-07-00358-CV, 2008 WL 2122599 (Tex. App.— Dallas May  21, 2008, no pet.)
Watson v. Dallas Independent School Dist., 135 S.W.3d 208 (Tex. App.— Waco 2004, no pet.),  disapproved of by Univ. of Texas Med. Branch at Galveston v. Barrett, 159 S.W.3d 631  (Tex. 2005)
Matter of Luce, 960 F.2d 1277 (5th Cir. 1992)