Locke Lord Texas Partner Elected Member of American Law Institute

July 31, 2017 – Locke Lord Dallas Partner Scott Hastings, has been elected to membership in the American Law Institute (ALI). Hastings is one of only six newly elected ALI members, including judges, lawyers and law professors, from the state of Texas. 

ALI is a nonprofit organization founded in 1923 that produces scholarly work to clarify, modernize and improve the law. The organization’s distinguished members have the opportunity to influence the development of the law in both existing and emerging areas by working with other prominent lawyers, judges and academics to contribute to the advancement of the legal profession and the public good.

Hastings is a Litigation and Appellate Partner who has presented oral argument in the U.S. Supreme Court. He has broad appellate experience, including many arguments in the Texas Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and in several other federal and state courts of appeals. Hastings also maintains an active trial practice, focusing on constitutional law, energy litigation, federal False Claims Act matters and general commercial disputes.

Hastings is a former law clerk to Judge John Minor Wisdom of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, the Texas Bar Foundation and the Dallas Bar Foundation. He has also received a Presidential Commendation from the State Bar of Texas for his service to the Texas Commission for Lawyer Discipline.

To see a full list of the newly elected ALI members, click here. 

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