Biography
Lance Caughfield is a Partner with the law firm of Baker | Moran. Lance is a board certified appellate attorney who also maintains a healthy trial and complex litigation practice.  Because of Lance's extensive litigation background and his continuing litigation practice, he is uniquely situated to handle an appeal.  Lance brings his litigation knowledge and expertise into every appellate matter he handles.  Lance's litigation experience is vast and varied.  It includes such areas as complex business litigation, intellectual property litigation, real property disputes, contract claims, insurance litigation, products liability claims, and personal injury litigation.  Lance is also an effective mediator who knows how to resolve conflicts.  Because of his experience and reputation as both a plaintiff and defense attorney, Lance is particularly well-suited for mediation in cases that involve difficult matters and the need for the evaluation and problem-solving expertise of an attorney whom all parties can trust.

Professional Affiliations and Honors

•       State Bar of Texas
•       College of the State Bar of Texas
•       Dallas Bar Association
•       Federal Bar Association
•       Legal Writing Institute
•       SMU Law School Moot Court Coach of the Year, Multiple Years

Selected Publications

•       Texas Court of Appeals Update - Substantive, The Appellate Advocate, Volume XXI, Number 1, Page 63, 2008
•       The Twists and Turns of Attorney-Client Privilege, Texas Lawyer, October 29, 2001, at Page 32                        •       Communicating Credibility, Litigation Journal, Volume 27, Number 4 (Summer 2001) (reprinted in The Litigation            Manual: Jury Trials, 131 (Lundquist and Pytte, editions 2008))
•       Track Records: A comparison of the Rates of Reversal of Personal-Injury Verdicts in the Federal Circuits,                      Certworthy, Winter 2001 (with David Pruessner)

Selected Appellate Cases

•       Adam Tech. Int'l S.A. de C.V. v. Sutherland Global Services, Inc., 729 F.3d 443 (5th Cir. 2013)
•       University of Tex. S.W. Med. Ctr. at Dallas v. Estate of Arancibia, 324 S.W.3d 544 (Tex. 2010)                                •       Bell v. VPSI, Inc., 205 S.W.3d 706 (Tex. App.--Fort Worth 2006, no pet.)
•       Straza v. Friedman, Driegert & Hsueh, LLC, et al., 124 S.W.3d 404 (Tex. App.--Dallas 2003, pet. denied)

Education and Professional Background

•       Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Priscilla Owen, Supreme Court of Texas, 1995
•       University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 1996
•       Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal, Articles Editor
•       Abilene Christian University, Dual B.A., summa cum laude, 1993
•       ACU Dallas, Duncum Center for Conflict Resolution, Mediation Training