JAY S. GARRETT
Shareholder
Telephone: (817) 878-6348
Facsimile: (817) 332-7473 
Email: [email protected]

Mr. Garrett was born in Dallas, Texas.

Practice Areas

• Real Estate Transactions
  
• Financial Institutions Law
  
• Oil & Energy 
  
• Commercial Transactions

Professional Admissions

• Texas, 1973

Education

• Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, JD with Honors
  
  • Southwestern Law Journal
    
  •  Order of Barristers
    
  • Phi Delta Phi
    
  • Pi Sigma Alpha
    
  • Alpha Epsilon Rho
    
• Southern Methodist University, Bachelor of Arts

Professional Associations and Memberships

• State Bar of Texas Advanced Real Estate Law Planning Committees for 1986 and 1988
  
• State Bar Advanced Real Estate Law Seminars, 1990
  
• State Bar of Texas 1990 Advanced Real Estate Drafting Course Planning Committee
  
• 1994 State Bar Association Committee on Opinion Letters in Real Estate Transactions
  
• State Bar Association Subcommittee on Legal Fees in Real Estate Transactions
  
• State Bar Association Constitutional Revision Committee
  
• Texas Bar Foundation
  
• Texas Academy of Real Estate, Probate and Trust Lawyers
  
• Fort Worth Real Estate and Commercial Law Council: Past Co-Chairman
  
• Fort Worth Tarrant County Bar Association Program Committee
  
• Tarrant County Bar Association

Speakerships

• Real Estate Contracts Institute 
  
• Pesky Problems in Real Estate for the 1983 Real Estate Institute
  
• 1984 Texas Banker's Association Real Estate and Mortgage Loan Workshop
  
• 1986 Texas Real Estate Transactions Seminar
• 1994 Blackstone Seminar ("Assignment of Real Estate Notes and Liens")

Awards and Recognition

• Elected to Who's Who in American Law and Who's Who in Business Executives
  
• Elected to Best Lawyers in America in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015
  
• Elected to Texas Superlawyers by Texas Monthly Magazine for 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, Elected to Top Tarrant County Lawyers by Fort Worth Texas Magazine for 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
  
• Author of the Title and Survey Examination for the 1983 State Bar Institute
  
• 2013 Good Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America, Longhorn Council

Community Service

• Board of Directors of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce
  
• Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Fort Worth-Tarrant County Epilepsy Association
  
• Secretary of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of Downtown Fort Worth, Inc.
  
• President of Mira Vista Country Club
  
• Board of Directors of the Southern Methodist University Alumni Association
  
• Chairman of Board of Trustees of Westcliff United Methodist Church
  
• Board of Trustees University Baptist Church
  
• Chairman of Finance Committee, University Baptist Church
  
• Board of Directors of Tarrant County Better Business Bureau