Academy Member Inducted 2010
Map & Directions
Regularly travels out of state to: Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee
Other ADR Services: Court-Appointed Neutral (Special Master), Discovery Referee, Early Neutral Evaluation, Facilitation & Systems Design, Fact Finding, Insurance Umpire, Med-Arb
Video ConferencingAvailable
- Practice Commenced1992
- # of MEDS (as of 21/12/24)6000
- # of ARBS (as of 21/12/24)15
Current Practice
Online / In-Person
Biographical
John W. Hughes is a sole practitioner who has 51 years of legal and business experience. His practice is now limited to mediation and arbitration. After obtaining his certification in 1992 by Dispute Resolution Services of Tarrant County, Mr. Hughes and his staff have scheduled and mediated more than 6,000 diverse cases (many were complicated multi-party cases with as many as 50 different parties). He is a problem solver and is known for his ability to find professional, creative, and innovative solutions to conflicts. He has tried cases in Federal and State Courts, in Texas, Florida, and Oklahoma. He is experienced in complicated civil and business litigation. Areas of litigation have included oil & gas, SEC fraud, property, construction, business disputes, intellectual property, and personal injury.
Case Experience
- ADA Disability
- Agricultural
- Anti-Trust
- Appellate
- Arts (Fine/Performing)
- Automotive
- Aviation
- Banking & Finance
- Bankruptcy/Creditors
- Business Dissolution
- Civil Rights
- Class Actions
- Commercial/Business
- Community Associations
- Condominiums
- Construction
- Consumer Fraud
- Contract Disputes
- Debt Collections
- Discrimination
- Divorce (High Asset)
- Education
- Eminent Domain
- Employment
- Energy Sector (Oil/Gas)
- Engineering
- Environmental
- Family Businesses
- Franchise
- Health Care
- Industrial
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Internet
- Labor/Unions
- Land Use/Planning
- Landlord/Tenant
- Legal Malpractice
- Libel & Slander
- Local Govt./Municipalities
- Media & Communications
- Medical Devices
- Medical Malpractice
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Mining
- Mortgage Foreclosure
- Natural Disasters
- Non-profit Organizations
- Nursing Homes
- Partnerships
- Pensions
- Personal Injury
- Pharmaceuticals
- Police
- Premises Liability
- Probate
- Product Liability
- Professional Fees
- Professional Liability
- Professional Malpractice
- Professional Negligence
- Property Damage
- Public Policy
- Railroad & Trucking
- Real Estate
- Religious Institutions
- Securities
- Sexual Harassment
- Shareholder Disputes
- Software
- Sports
- Taxation
- Technology
- Telecommunications
- Title Disputes
- Torts
- Trademarks/Patents
- Transportation
- Trusts / Estates
- Unfair Competition
- Utilities
- Venture Capital
- Wage & Hour/FMLA
- Wrongful Death
Education
- Baylor University School of Law, Waco, TX, 1967 J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
- Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, 1965 Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting
Memberships & Affiliations
- Association of Attorney-Mediators
- Tarrant County Association of Mediators
- Texas Association of Mediators
- State Bar of Texas
- State Bar Sections: ADR, Construction, and Oil & Gas
- Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association, Past President 1970 - 1971
- Tarrant County Bar Association
- Tarrant County Bar Foundation, Charter Fellow
- Texas State Bar Association
- Texas Bar Foundation, Life-Fellow
- Masters Forum at Pepperdine University
HONORS & AWARDS
- AV Rating in Martindale-Hubble
- Top 100 in Texas, 2008
- Chosen by Fort Worth, Texas, the City's Magazine to be included in the Best Attorney Issues for 2001 through 2018.
- Named a Texas Super Lawyer for 2003 through 2015 to be included in the November 2003 - 2018 issues of Texas Monthly
- Selected as a Top Attorney by the Fort Worth Business Press, Attorneys of Excellence 2003 through 2013
- Selected by peers to be included in the 2008 through 2018 edition of The Best Lawyers in America
- TMCA Credentialed Distinguished Mediator
- See Web Page for more listings: www.medi8withhughes.com
Rates Information
see - www.Medi8withHughes.com