WALTER S. FORTNEY
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Telephone: (817) 878-6353
Facsimile: (817) 332-7473
Email: wfortney@lawsnakard.com
Mr. Fortney was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on February 11, 1939, and graduated from Paschal High School in 1957. After attending the University of Texas for his undergraduate and law degrees, he served one year as Briefing Attorney for the Honorable Joe Greenhill, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas. Following that, Mr. Fortney returned to Fort Worth in 1965 to become associated with his uncle, Richard Owens. In 1969, they formed the partnership of Owens & Fortney. After Mr. Owens' death, Mr. Fortney joined Law Snakard & Gambill in 1974.
Practice Areas
Professional Admissions
Education
Professional Associations and Memberships
Awards and Recognition
Community Service
Shareholder
Telephone: (817) 878-6353
Facsimile: (817) 332-7473
Email: wfortney@lawsnakard.com
Mr. Fortney was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on February 11, 1939, and graduated from Paschal High School in 1957. After attending the University of Texas for his undergraduate and law degrees, he served one year as Briefing Attorney for the Honorable Joe Greenhill, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas. Following that, Mr. Fortney returned to Fort Worth in 1965 to become associated with his uncle, Richard Owens. In 1969, they formed the partnership of Owens & Fortney. After Mr. Owens' death, Mr. Fortney joined Law Snakard & Gambill in 1974.
Practice Areas
- Real Estate Litigation
- Land Title Litigation
- Civil Litigation
- Condemnation
Professional Admissions
- Texas, 1979
- U.S. District Courts: Western District of Texas, Eastern District of Texas, Southern District of Texas
- Firth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
- United States Supreme Court
Education
- University of Texas at Austin School of Law, BBL
- University of Texas at Austin, Bachelor of Arts
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Texas Bar Foundation: Fellow
- State Bar of Texas
- Tarrant County Bar Association: Past Director and President
- Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Civil Trial Law
- Texas Land Title Association
Awards and Recognition
- Appointed by the Governor of Texas in 1986 to the Texas Board of Land Surveying
- First Board of Directors of the Tarrant County Legal Aid Foundation in 1972
- President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Tarrant County Legal Aid Foundation in 1973
- Instructor at the Texas Land Title Association Land Title School.
- Guest Speaker at the State Bar of Texas Institute on Real Property and the State Bar of Texas Institute on Real Estate Litigation
- Texas Monthly's Texas Super Lawyers
Community Service
- Board of Directors of the North-East Texas Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
- Board of Directors of Tarrant County Cancer Society
- University of Texas at Austin Law Alumni Association
- Excellence in Women's Athletics at the University of Texas at Austin: Past Director & Advisory Council
