Partner

Dallas

P 214.758.1044
F 214.758.8344
E terry.hart@bgllp.com

Assistant

Trena Jackson
214.758.1656

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Mr. Hart has experience in criminal, regulatory and civil matters. His criminal practice is focused on white collar crime, especially matters involving securities, antitrust, tax, banking, environmental, and healthcare. His regulatory practice is focused primarily on SEC matters. His civil practice involves the defense of class-action suits, derivative suits and qui tam/false claims cases. Mr. Hart also has experience in corporate internal investigations and advising on corporate governance matters. Before entering private practice, he worked as an agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation; he also served as Assistant District Attorney for Dallas County and as Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas. He successfully led the prosecution of the largest Savings and Loan fraud case in Texas, known as the "I-30 Condo Case." More recently, he was named the independent investigator by the City of Dallas regarding the Fake Drug scandal, on which he issued a report at the end of 2004. Over the course of a legal career spanning more than three decades, Mr. Hart has tried more than 100 jury trials.

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Education

J.D., The University of Texas School of Law, 1978
B.A., Texas Tech University, 1975

Bar Admissions

Texas

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas

Affiliations

American Bar Association
State Bar of Texas
Dallas Bar Association

Noteworthy

Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition, 2009
Texas Super Lawyers, 2003-2008
D Magazine Best Lawyers in Dallas