S. Rafe Foreman
Work in Hutchison & Foreman, PLLC
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 35 years of experience
Personal Injury
500 E 4th Street, Suite 100, Fort Worth, TX 76102
About S. Rafe Foreman
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
Education
- Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas, May, 1998Doctorate of Jurisprudence
- Honors: Board of Barristers
- Honors: Phi Alpha Delta Chief Justice
- Honors: Mock Trial Team
- Honors: Moot Court Team
- Texas A&M University, May, 1985B.S.
- Major: Agricultural Education
- Honors: cum laude
- Honors: Dean’s List – 4 semesters
- Honors: Distinguished Student in Academics – 6 semesters
Show More - Fielding University, 2007Honors: 4.0 GPA
- Major: Psychology
Classes and Seminars
- DUIDLA plenary speaker Chicago, Il , - 2021
- Course director and senior faculty: Trial Lawyers College- Trial Skills Course, Shangrilah, Red Feather, Colorado 2021
- Florida association of criminal defense lawyers Trial demonstration, - 2020
- Tennessee Asso. of Criminal Defense lawyers paper and speech on winning in Voir Dire, - 2020
- Trial Lawyer’s College -Mo ranch senior faculty and teaching demonstration an opening statement, - 2020
- Nevada Justice Association keynote speaker on Winning Voir Dire, - 2020
- FACDL presenter on why lawyers should win in Voir Dire, - 2019
- ASGPP National Convention Plenary Speaker, Dallas, TX (first attorney plenary speaker), - 2018
- DUIDLA National Convention Speaker, Florida, - 2018
- Civil Jury Trial Demonstration, UMKC speaker and presenter on voir dire CLE , - 2018
- Federal Trade Commission Lawyer Deposition Training, - 2018
- U.S. Armed Forces JAG Officer Training Los Angeles, CA , - 2018
- Trial Lawyers College Teaching, Annapolis, MD, Faculty Lead, - 2018
- Iowa Association for Justice Convention- 2nd Circle, Plenary speaker, - 2017
- Alaska Trial Lawyers’ Conference- Damages, Alaska Trial Lawyers, - 2017
- Trial Lawyers College - Defense of the Damned, - 2017
- U.S. Armed Forces JAG Officer Training, Savannah, GA, - 2017
- Bridging Harts Intensive Psychodrama workshop training, 2017 - 2018
- U.S. Armed Forces JAG Officer Training, Santa Fe, NM May 2017, March 2018
- U.S. Armed Forces JAG Officer Training, Middletown, RI April 2017
- Communication Energy, Loyola Los Angeles, EATS program, LA, CA Dec. 2016
- Advocacy Training, St, Hugh’s College, Oxford University, Oxford, England UK Aug. 2016, 2017, 2018
- Federal Trade Commission Deposition Training, Washington, DC, June 2016
- Ohio Association for Justice Nation Convention Plenary speaker, November 2016
- Teaching the Voir Dire Section of the LLM in Advocacy Program at Stetson University College of Law, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
- Winning Voir Dire: Using Second Circle Energy, Missouri Assoc. of Trial Attorneys, Lake of the Ozarks, June 28, 2015
- Winning Voir Dire: Using Second Circle Energy, Trial Lawyers College, June 25, 2015
- Federal Trade Commission Deposition Training, Washington, DC, June 2015
- Psychodrama and Persuasion, Educating Advocates: Teaching Advocacy Skills seminar, Gulfport, Florida, May 2015
- The Art of Persuasion, Trial Academy of the Federal Bar, September 16, 2014
- Trial Skills in Advocacy, Trial Lawyers College, Wyoming, July 2014
- Analysis of Jury Selection, Missouri Paralegal Association Seminar, June 20, 2014
- Comparative Advocacy: US System to Europe System, Ireland/Wales, May/June 2014
- Psychodrama and Persuasion, Educating Advocates: Teaching Advocacy Skills seminar, Stetson University, Gulfport, FL, May 2014
- Planning & Preparing Evidence for Trial in Matrimonial Cases: Is There Anything Sacred Anymore? Missouri Bar Family Law Conference, Lake Ozark, MO, August, 2013
- Solo & Small Firm Conference (two lectures), Voir Dire and Litigation, Branson, MO, June 2013
- Trial Lawyer’s College Death Penalty seminar, Dubois, WY, June 2012, 2013,2014,2015
- Educating Advocates: Teaching Advocacy Skills seminar, Stetson University, Tampa, FL, May 2013
- Trial Lawyer’s College Death Closing Arguments seminar, Pottsboro, Texas, May 2013
- Opening Statements and Closing Arguments, Missouri Bar Labor & Law Symposium, November 2012
- Voir Dire Seminar, Trial Lawyers College (Illinois), October 2012
- Impeachment, Missouri Bar Family Law Conference, August 2012
- Graduate Course, Trial Lawyers College, August 2012
- Guiding Jurors to Courageous Verdict, Trial Lawyers College, June 2012
- Winning Your Case in Voir Dire, UMKC School of Law CLE, May 2012
- Educating Advocates, Stetson Law, May 2012
- Trial Techniques CLE to Lawyers from MO and KS, May 2011
- Public Defender Training, Senior Faculty (4 days), May 2011 (Texas)
- Lawyers USA Feature article on “Damages” – National Lawyer Weekly Publication pub-lished May 2011 (Nationally)
- Advocacy Training, Stetson School of Law–Guest Faculty, panel member and staff, May 2001 (Florida)
- Auctioneer for “Faces of Innocence” Fundraiser and Gala, May 2011 (KC, MO)
- Trial Lawyer’s College – Senior Faculty and Faculty lead (8 days) – July, 2011 (Wyoming)
- Effective Communications CLE course with Josh Karton taught to 30 MO/KS lawyers, Au-gust 2011 (KC, MO)
- Trial Lawyer’s College, Graduate Course, Senior Faculty (5 Days), August 2011 (Wyoming)
- Lawyers USA – Feature story on What Lawyers Could Learn from Auctioneers published Aug. 30, 2011(Nationally)
- Psychodrama and Trial, presenter and lecture, August 2011-present (Texas)
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- United States Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri
- U.S. District Court Western District of Oklahoma
- New Mexico, 1989
- U.S. District Court District of New Mexico
- Colorado
- U.S. District Court District of Colorado
- Texas, 1988
- Oklahoma, 1997
- Missouri, 2014
Other Affiliations
- Trial Lawyers College, - 2002 (Graduate)
- Trial Lawyers College, 2002 - 2010 (F-Warrior Board of Directors)
- Trial Lawyers College, 2005 - 2007 (F-Warrior Board President)
- Trial Lawyers College, 2002 - Present (Faculty Member)
- Trial Lawyers College, 2005 - 2014 (TLC Board of Directors)
- American Bar Association
- Texas State Bar
- New Mexico State Bar
- Oklahoma State Bar
- Sports & Entertainment Law Section, 1988 - 1999
- Lubbock County Bar Association
- Missouri Bar Association
- Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (former)
- Oklahoma Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (former)
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyer (former)
- International College of DWI Defense Lawyers (former)
- DUIDLA member, 2017 - Present
- Texas Auctioneer Association
Past Positions
- Trial Lawyer’s College Podcast Host, 2020 - Present
- Hutchison & Stoy, Senior Trial Lawyer, 2019 - 2021
- Stetson University School of Law, Adjunct Professor, 2012 - Present
- UMKC School of Law, Douglas Stripp Chair in Advocacy & Dean’s Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of Advocacy, 2011 - 2019
- Foreman Law Office, 2011 - 2019
- Foreman, Lewis & Hutchison P.C., Partner, 2004 - 2011
- Morris & Morris, LLP, Partner, 1996 - 2004
- Hammerle, Finley, & Foreman, 1994 - 1996
- Solo Practitioner Attorney, 1990 - 1994
- McCreary, Veselka, Beck & Allen, P.C., Attorney, Branch Office, Managing Associate, 1989 - 1990
- Hardie-Hallmark, P.C., Attorney, 1988 - 1989
- Stanley H. Kaplan LSAT Instructor, - 1988
- Hardie-Hallmark, P.C., Law Clerk, - 1987
- Shamus & Perrin, Law Clerk, - 1987
- Brown, Harding, Brown & Tabor, Law Clerk, 1985 - 1986
- Texas A&M University Athletic Department, Academic tutor, 1984 - 1985
Fraternities and Sororities
- Alpha Zeta
- Phi Alpha Delta
Fees
- Offers Free Initial Consultation
- Accepts Credit Cards
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