John J. Shaw

Attorney 
JohnS @ekdlaw.com | 817-596-4200

• Complex Commercial Litigation

• Appellate

• Property Tax Litigation

• Civil Litigation



J.D., Texas A&M University School of Law (2011) (formerly Texas Wesleyan University School of Law) 

• Notes and Comments Editor, Texas Wesleyan Law Review 

• B.A., Journalism/Professional Writing, University of Oklahoma 

• Admitted to Practice – Texas (2011) , Illinois, Ohio, and Pennsylvania 

• Admitted to Practice – United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Western, and Eastern Districts of Texas


• Fellow – Texas Bar Foundation 

• Member – Tarrant County Bar Association 

• Member – The American Society of Legal Writers, National Order of Scribes (2011) 

• Selected as Texas Super Lawyer Rising Star in Litigation (2020-2024) Published by Thomson Reuters, Texas Monthly Magazine 

• Selected as “Top Attorney” in Civil Appellate by Fort Worth Magazine (multiple years)


·     Dallas Morning News, Inc. v. Hall, 579 S.W.3d 370 (Tex. 2019)

·     Dallas Morning News, Inc. v. Hall, 524 S.W.3d 369 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2017)

·      ETC Mktg., Ltd. v. Harris County Appraisal Dist., 476 S.W.3d 501 (Tex. App.— Houston [1st Dist.] 2015), aff’d, 528 S.W.3d 70 (Tex. 2017), cert. denied, 138 S. Ct. 557, 199 L. Ed. 2d 437 (2017)·        

·      Heritage Operating, L.P. v. Barbers Hill Indep. Sch. Dist., 496 S.W.3d 318 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2016, no pet.)

·     Harris County Appraisal Dist. v. Houston 8th Wonder Prop., L.P., 395 S.W.3d 245 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2012, pet. denied)

·   Harris County Appraisal Dist. v. ETC Mktg., Ltd., 399 S.W.3d 364 (Tex. App.— Houston [14th Dist.] 2013, pet. denied)