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Dylan Russell es un abogado litigante y de apelaciones altamente calificado. Ha estado certificado en Derecho de Apelaciones Civiles por la Junta de Especialización Legal de Texas desde 2017 y fue recertificado en 2022. Actualmente, solo alrededor de 400 abogados en Texas poseen esta certificación, de más de 100,000 abogados con licencia en el estado. Ahora, en su 22.º año de práctica, su enfoque está en juicios y apelaciones complejas.
En su práctica de apelaciones, Dylan ha presentado treinta y un alegatos orales ante tribunales de apelación estatales y federales. Ha argumentado en cinco ocasiones ante la Corte Suprema de Texas, en seis ocasiones ante el Quinto Circuito, incluyendo la más reciente en 2025, y una vez ante el Segundo Circuito en Nueva York. Solo en el período 2022-2023, cinco de sus peticiones de revisión fueron aceptadas por la Corte Suprema de Texas. Desde 2015, ha logrado que 12 peticiones, incluidas dos solicitudes de auto de mandamus, fueran aceptadas por la Corte Suprema de Texas. Como abogado de la parte demandada ante la Corte Suprema de Texas, ninguna petición en su contra ha sido concedida. Dylan también ha presentado dos peticiones de auto de certiorari ante la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos. Una de ellas cuestionó si los fallos de tribunales estatales que confirman laudos arbitrales, incluyendo órdenes estatales que los aclaran, constituyen “procedimientos judiciales” con derecho a “plena fe y crédito en todos los tribunales de los Estados Unidos”, según 28 U.S.C. § 1738. La otra planteó si, en un caso de discriminación bajo la Fair Housing Amendments Act (FHAA), un demandado debe tener conocimiento de la discapacidad en el momento en que se solicita y se niega una acomodación razonable o si dicho conocimiento puede adquirirse posteriormente, antes de que se dicte una sentencia. En los tribunales intermedios de apelaciones en Texas, Dylan ha argumentado en las Cortes de Apelaciones Primera y Catorceava de Houston, así como en las Cortes de Apelaciones de Waco, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Beaumont y Tyler. Además de estos tribunales, ha redactado escritos en las Cortes de Apelaciones de El Paso y San Antonio. También ha trabajado en dos apelaciones de quiebra, presentando argumentos orales en una de ellas ante el Juez Presidente del Tribunal de Distrito de los Estados Unidos para el Distrito Sur de Texas, División de Houston.
En su práctica de juicio, Dylan ha fungido como abogado principal en juicios en los condados de Harris, Fort Bend y Montgomery, incluyendo varios juicios con jurado en el Condado de Harris y uno en Fort Bend. Ha comparecido en numerosos tribunales federales y estatales de distrito en todo Texas, incluyendo los condados de Harris, Montgomery, Fort Bend, Galveston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Liberty, Bexar, Travis, Brazoria, Williamson, Burnet, Hardin, Lubbock, Brazos, Denton, Grimes y El Paso, entre otros.
Dylan también ha comparecido en tribunales federales y estatales fuera de Texas bajo admisión pro hac vice, incluyendo en los estados de Florida, Misuri, Nueva York, Connecticut y Oklahoma.
Seleccionado para la lista de Rising Stars de 2011 a 2013 y para Super Lawyers® de 2019 a 2024 como Abogado de Apelaciones de Mayor Calificación en Houston, Texas. Super Lawyers® es una marca registrada de Thompson Reuters.
Recognized as a Rising Star in 2019, 2020 and 2021 by Texas Super Lawyers, Phil is also a Fellow in the Texas Bar Foundation. Prior to becoming a lawyer, taught in the Houston Independent School District at an inner-city middle school. He also served as a bandmaster and musician on Norwegian, Celebrity, Holland America and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. He is admitted to the Fifth Circuit, Southern District of Texas and Western District of Texas in the federal court system.
Phil lives in Houston with his wife and their two young boys. When not working, Phil can be found coaching or assisting with his kids’ sports, enjoying Houston’s vibrant arts scene with his wife, or cheering on the Astros.
J.D., University of Virginia School of Law
M.A., The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
B.A., Washington & Lee University, Politics
Randy is the past President of the Texas Association of Civil Trial and Appellate Specialists, and past Chair of the Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation. He has served as the President of the Houston Bar Association, President of the Houston Trial Lawyers Association, President of the Houston Trial Lawyers Foundation, Vice President of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Trustee of the Texas Bar Foundation, Director of the State Bar of Texas (two terms), Commissioner of the Equal Access to Justice Commission, Trustee of the Texas Supreme Court Historical Society, and is currently on the Board of Directors at South Texas College of Law Houston.
Randy started his legal career at Fulbright & Jaworski, where he represented doctors, hospitals, insurance companies, and businesses in the state of Texas who were accused of civil wrongdoing. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from South Texas College of Law Houston in 1987, where he was on the Law Review and was a member of the nationally recognized Board of Advocates. South Texas College of Law Houston has honored Randy with its highest honor— the Dean’s Medal, as well as its Public Service Award (the inaugural award). South Texas College of Law Houston has renamed its legal clinics The Randall O. Sorrels Legal Clinics, which represents 15,000 square feet of new, state-of-the-art facilities to bring together clients with unmet legal needs and students who are eager to work with those clients under the direct supervision of their professors. In 2018, South Texas College of Law Houston honored Randy with the Distinguished Alumni Award.
Prior to law school, Randy graduated Magna Cum Laude from Houston Baptist University— where he was recognized as an NCAA Academic All-American in 1984. He attended HBU on a soccer scholarship, and the soccer field at the university now carries his name— Randall O. Sorrels Field. While at school, he was recognized as the Outstanding Student in both Political Science and Speech Communications. In the greatest honor, the university gives to alumni, Randy was named as HBU’s Outstanding Alumnus of the Year for 2009, and he continues to be involved in alumni events and meetings.
Randy is married to his law partner, Alex L. Farias-Sorrels, and considers her one of the smartest lawyers he knows. He is also a father of five children and one granddaughter. His oldest daughter is a teacher and helps with the Sorrels Law communications efforts. His second daughter is a speech language pathologist in New York. His twin son and daughter are law students at the University of Texas. And his youngest son is in a Montessori program.
He has published numerous articles, including:
He lives in Bellaire, Texas with his wife Carol, and has two adult children. He is an avid cyclist and consumer of political news. He and Carol are active members at Christ the King Presbyterian Church.
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