Shelby Hall specializes in civil appeals in Texas state and federal appellate courts. She has presented oral arguments and won numerous high-stakes appeals involving complex legal issues. Shelby maintains a diverse practice and has helped achieve favorable results in various matters, including cases involving insurance, professional liability, personal injury, product liability, and property owners’ associations.
Shelby also frequently collaborates with trial counsel at all stages of litigation. She routinely prepares and argues dispositive motions and provides appellate support at trial. Shelby works closely with trial teams to preserve the record for appeal by preparing and arguing pretrial briefings, motions in limine, the jury charge, directed-verdict motions, and post-judgment motions.
Representative Experience
Won appeal defending summary judgment win in a case involving a condominium owners association’s dispute with certain owners regarding operation of a rental pool.
Won mandamus relief from a trial court’s erroneous order compelling the production of the insurer’s irrelevant claims handling documents sought by the plaintiff’s facially overbroad discovery requests.
Obtained mandamus relief in a significant discovery dispute before the Fourteenth Court of Appeals involving the production of settlement agreements before trial.
Won appeal and obtained reversal of the trial court’s order denying client’s motion to compel arbitration.
Argued and obtained an affirmance of a summary judgment granted for a title company that faced claims that the conveyance of several properties was invalid.
Obtained affirmance of a summary judgment granting a nonjudicial foreclosure in favor of landlord.
Won appeal obtaining affirmance of a summary judgment for an apartment complex in a premises liability case concerning a murder that occurred inside a resident’s apartment.
Won appeal to the Texas Supreme Court in a case involving a wrongful temporary injunction, which resulted in the reversal of an entire line of caselaw from the lower courts of appeal that effectively denied litigants their statutory right to appeal wrongful temporary injunctions.
Obtained mandamus relief in a significant discovery dispute before the Fifth Court of Appeals involving a challenge to the trial court’s jurisdiction over an ad valorem tax dispute.
Won appeal and obtained affirmation of the trial court’s order granting client’s special appearance.
Won appeal defending summary judgment dismissing a hospital’s claims for breach of contract, money had and received, and tortious interference brought against ambulance dealer and repair company that purchased assets of another ambulance repair company (who the hospital alleged did not complete ambulance remounts that were paid for by the hospital prior to the execution of the asset purchase agreement).
Won appeal and obtained affirmance of a summary judgment dismissing claims against employer arising from an over-zealous bounty hunter.
Won appeal and obtained affirmance of a summary judgment arising from a slip and fall incident that concerned issues of default summary judgment and appeal of an associate judge’s order.
Successfully moved a trial court to set aside a $400,000 default judgment entered against nursing home facility.
Provided appellate support and helped obtain a total defense verdict in a wrongful death case involving a truck that struck a pedestrian, in which plaintiffs sought $15 million in damages.
Professional Recognition
Listed for Appellate
Appellate Section Award for Excellence in Appellate Advocacy
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The Errors Tour Preserving and Preventing Errors for an Appeal
Cassie J. Dallas, Shelby G. Hall
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Education
Texas Tech University School of Law
J.D., magna cum laude, 2016
National Order of Barristers
Law Review Comment Editor
Board of Barristers, Director of Written Advocacy
National Order of Scribes
National and State Advocacy Champion
State Bar of Texas Appellate Section’s Award for Excellence in Appellate Advocacy
Abilene Christian University
B.A., magna cum laude, 2013
Political Science
Member of the Honors College
Scholarship Athlete for the Abilene Christian Softball Team
Bar Admissions
Texas
2016
Court Admissions
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
United States District Court of Texas
Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western
Professional and Community Activities
Dallas Bar Association
Appellate Section
State Bar of Texas
Appellate Section
Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
Dallas Women Lawyer Association
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