Eric Calhoun, J.D., MBA
Attorney Eric Calhoun has been practicing law in Dallas, Texas and other jurisdictions for over thirty years. He has been rated AV-Preeminent® by Martindale-Hubbell’s national peer review process for over fifteen years. Only attorneys who achieve the highest level of professional excellence rating by their peers receive an AV-Preeminent® rating. The Martindale Hubbell peer surveys are based upon an attorney’s legal knowledge, analytical capabilities, judgment, communication ability and legal experience. AV rated attorneys must also have high ethical standards. See martindale.com/ratings-and-reviews/.
Mr. Calhoun has also received the highest available Judicial AV-Preeminent® rating based upon reviews by members of the judiciary familiar with Mr. Calhoun as a practicing attorney.
Mr. Calhoun’s practice areas include:
- Business litigation and commercial disputes
- Fair Housing Act litigation
- Multi-state litigation and out of state clients
- Americans With Disabilities Act litigation
- Class Actions
Mr. Calhoun received his undergraduate degree from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1982. He obtained an MBA from the University of Illinois in 1987. He obtained his law degree from the University of Illinois that same year, graduating cum laude. While in law school, Mr. Calhoun received the American Jurisprudence Award for academic excellence.
Eric Calhoun served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable James P. Churchill, then Chief of United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, and the Honorable Frederick P. Stamp, Jr., United States District Judge for the Northern District of West Virginia.
Mr. Calhoun is licensed to practice law in the states of Texas, California, New York, Illinois and Oklahoma. Mr. Calhoun is also a member of the bar and admitted to practice before the following federal courts:
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit
- United States District Court, District of Colorado
- United States District Court, Northern District of Texas
- United States District Court, Southern District of Texas
- United States District Court, Western District of Texas
- United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas
- United States District Court, Southern District of Illinois
- United States District Court, Central District of Illinois
- United States District Court, Western District of Tennessee
- United States District Court, Northern District of Indiana
- United States District Court, Southern District of Indiana
- United States District Court, Western District of New York
- United States District Court, Northern District of New York
- United States District Court, Central District of Alabama
- United States District Court, Central District of California
- United States District Court, Eastern District of California
- United States District Court, Northern District of California
- United States District Court, Southern District of California
- United States District Court, Western District of Oklahoma
- United States District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma
Mr. Calhoun is a member of the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association, the American Association for Justice and the Dallas Bar Association.