Mr. Childers, a Partner at Lynn Pinker Cox & Hurst, LLP, is an experienced trial lawyer whose practice focuses in the areas of business, employment, and energy litigation. A graduate of SMU Dedman School of Law, he is a long-time supporter of the Campaign for Equal Access to Justice. He has been active in the Dallas Bar Association for many years and currently serves on the Board of Directors, as a Co-Vice Chair of the Bench Bar Conference Committee, as Board Advisor to the Legal Ethics Committee and the Science & Technology Law Section, and as the Secretary of the Business Litigation Section.

His community involvement is abundant and diverse. He is a past president of the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation and of the DAYL Foundation. He has served as Associate of the Patrick E. Higginbotham Inn of Court and currently serves as Barrister of the William “Mac” Taylor Inn of Court. In addition, he serves on the SMU Dedman College Executive Board and the Downtown Dallas YMCA Board of Management, and he is a member of the Dallas Aquatic Masters Swim Team and Highland Park Presbyterian Church.

Mr. Childers has been named one of the “Top 20 Lawyers on the Rise” by Texas Lawyer, listed as a “Best Lawyer” by D Magazine, and designated as a “Rising Star” by Texas Monthly and Law and Politics magazines. He is a 2005 graduate of SMU Dedman School of Law.

The Campaign will culminate at the Inaugural of 2018 DBA President Michael K. Hurst on January 20, 2018.