
Don Cruse practices before Texas appellate courts and the Fifth Circuit. Before returning to private practice, he worked in the Texas Office of the Solicitor General handling appeals on behalf of the State, and before that worked as a litigation associate for Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York.
He began his career with a judicial clerkship at the Supreme Court of Texas and, for the past five years, has published the Supreme Court of Texas Blog. He also serves as a board member for the Austin Civil Appellate Section and has been chosen by his peers a "Super Lawyers Rising Star" since 2010.