Experience

Prior to joining Johnston Legal Group PC,  Mr. Schattman was a litigation associate with Fielding, Parker & Hallmon Law Firm in Fort Worth, Texas. During that time, he was first and second chair for Commercial and Labor and Employment matters. He has argued in front of the 5th Circuit twice on ERISA matters and first chaired a 5 day arbitration. He successfully appealed the summary judgment granted against the plaintiff in Jackson v Creditwatch and defended the Court of Appeals decision before the Texas Supreme Court. He also served as briefing attorney to the Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals in Fort Worth, Texas from 1994 to 1995.

Licenses

• State Bar of Texas - November 1994

• United States District Court, Northern District -   December 1994

• United States District Court, Eastern District -   January 1996

• United States District Court, Southern District -   July 1997

• United States Supreme Court - November 1998

• United States Supreme Court, Fifth Circuit - July   1997

Professional Associations

•  State Bar of Texas

•  Fifth Circuit Bar Association

•  Tarrant County Bar Association

•  Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association

•  Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation

Honors

Recognized as a Top Attorney by Fort Worth Magazine in the area of Labor and Employment Law - Employee and Employer.

Recognized as a Rising Star by Texas Monthly magazine in the area of Employment and Labor Law. Only 2.5 percent of Texas attorneys are selected as Rising Stars.

Education

University of Texas School of Law, J.D., May 1994

• Texas Supreme Court Internship, January 1993 to May 1993

• Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal, Submission Editor 1992-1993; Notes Editor 1993-    1994

• Giles Sutherland Rich Intellectual Property Moot Court Team, 1993-1994; National Semi-     Finalist 1994

• Contributor, Appellate Issues Including Manda  mus, 9th Annual Advanced Personal Injury    Law Course 1993

Georgetown University, Washington D.C., B.A. History, 1990