Richard Wiseman

Richard W. Wiseman focuses his practice on litigation in the areas of construction law, contracts and business, eminent domain, and real estate development. He is a Sustaining Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation and a Charter Fellow of the Tarrant County Bar Foundation. Mr. Wiseman was selected as the 2017 DFW Lawyer of the Year in Eminent Domain by The Best Lawyers in America. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America (2008-2016); listed as a Texas “Super Lawyer” by Thomson Reuters (2004-2016); as an Elite 100 Attorney of Excellence by the Fort Worth Business Press (2002-2016); Top Attorney in Tarrant County by Fort Worth Texas Magazine (2002-2016); and named as a Power Attorney (1of 12), Fort Worth Business Press (2012).

Juris Doctorate, University of Texas School of Law

B.B.A. (Cum Laude), Texas Christian University

• Honors:  Senior Scholar of Management Department, M.J. Neely School of Business

• Licensed, State of Texas
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
• United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas

• State Bar of Texas, Member
• Tarrant County Bar Association, Member, Director 2004-2006
• Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association, President 1980-1981
• Fee Arbitration Committee of the Tarrant County Bar Association, Member 1990-1991, 1993-I995
• Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Committee, U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, Member 1995-1998
• Construction Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, member, Council Member 2003-2006, Treasurer 2006-2007, Secretary 2007-2008, Chair Elect 2008-2009, Chair 2009-2010
• Weaver & Tidwell Fort Worth Construction Advisory Board 2006 to 2019

• 2017 DFW Lawyer of the Year in Eminent Domain by The Best Lawyers in America®
• 2008-2021 Listed in The Best Lawyers in America®
• 2004-2021 Listed as a Texas Super Lawyers® by Texas Monthly
  Magazine
• 2013 Listed as a TCU Football Legacy, Fort Worth Business Press
• 2012 Named as a Power Attorney (1 of 12), Fort Worth Business Press
• 2012 A featured leader in “ Major Moments”, edited by Homer Erekson,
• Dean of TCU Neely School of Business, TCU Press
• 2002-2016 Listed in the Elite l00Attorney of Excellence, Fort Worth
  Business Press
• 2002-2021 Listed as a Top Attorney in Tarrant County by Fort Worth,
  Texas Magazine
• Texas Bar Foundation, Sustaining Fellow
• Tarrant County Bar Foundation, Charter Fellow Texas, 1976

• Third Party Influence on the Security Agreement: The Primary Source Doctrine; Uniform Commercial Law Journal, Summer 1977
• Texas Apartment Association Lease and Tenant Security; CLE Presentation, International Property Management Seminar, 1986, 1989
• Forcible Detainer: Quick or Quack Justice; CLE Presentation, Tarrant County Bar Association, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 1987 Summer Seminar
• Commercial Liens on Private Projects; CLE Presentation, Lorman Education Services Construction Lien Law Seminars, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008
• Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, The Panel on the Tarrant County Construction Outlook: Perils and Profits, October 2006
• Condemnation or Con”damn”ation; CLE Presentation, Tarrant County Bench Bar
  Conference XIV 2007
• The Successful Preparation and Use of Construction Experts, CLE Presentation, Basics Course in Texas Construction Law, Construction Law Section for the State Bar of Texas, October 2008
• Effects of Bankruptcy: Different Perspectives from Different Practices, Litigation Panel, FWTCYLA Annual Member CLE, August 2009
• Successful Collections Seminar, AZZ Incorporated, May 2011

• Successful Collections Seminar, AZZ Incorporated, May 2011

• Effects of Bankruptcy: Different Perspectives from Different Practices, Litigation Panel, FWTCYLA Annual Member CLE, August 2009

• The Successful Preparation and Use of Construction Experts, CLE Presentation, Basics Course in Texas Construction Law, Construction Law Section for the State Bar of Texas, October 2008

• Condemnation or Con”damn”ation; CLE Presentation, Tarrant County Bench Bar Conference XIV 2007

• Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, The Panel on the Tarrant County Construction Outlook: Perils and Profits, October 2006

• Commercial Liens on Private Projects; CLE Presentation, Lorman Education Services Construction Lien Law Seminars, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008.

• TCU Lettermen’s Association, President 2001
• University Baptist Church, Member 1979-2008, Deacon, past Vice Chairman
• Christ Chapel Bible Church, Member 2008 to present
• Fellowship of Christian Athletes North Central Texas, Board of Directors 1988 – 1990, and Board of
• Directors and Executive Committee 1991-2001, Board of Directors 2006 to 2009
• TCU Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Board of Directors 2010 -2019
• United Way Campaign, Section Chairman 1989-1991, Division Chairman for Business & Industry West 1992-1996
• March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, North Texas Chapter, Board of Directors 1994-1999
• March of Dimes Fort Worth Walk America, Chairman 1994 and 1995
• TCU Fort Worth Alumni Chapter, Co-Chair of Board of Directors 1991-1993, Board Member 1991-2001
• TCU Clark Society, Chair 2005-2007, Board Member 1999-2007
• TCU National Alumni Association, Board of Directors 2007-2009