Paul R. Shunatona
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Tough, Smart and Aggressive Representation
Education and Admissions:

 Born on February 16, 1961.  B.A. Psychology, 1983, University of Oklahoma. Juris Doctor, 1986, Southern Methodist University. Licensed to practice law by the Supreme Court of Texas, 1986; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, 1988; Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1993; United States Supreme Court, 1995.
Practice Areas:

Criminal Defense:
Driving while intoxicated, drugs, assaults, robberies, murder, theft, juvenile cases, trials, probation revocations, felony and misdemeanor, state and federal.

Civil Litigation:
Family: divorce, child custody, termination/adoption, Indian Child Welfare Act. 

Personal injury: automobile accidents, victims of sexual assaults and child molestation, negligent supervision of employees. 

General Civil Litigation: representing business interests.

Appellate Matters: direct appeals; civil and criminal; mandamus and prohibition.
Experience and Associations:
Dallas County District Attorney Office, Trial Prosecutor, 1987-88.  Private Practice, 1988 to present.  Local Associations: Dallas Bar Association (Tort & Insurance and Family Law Sections, Fellow, Dallas Bar Foundation); Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. Statewide Associations: Chair, Indian Law Section, State Bar of Texas; Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation, Legal Services to the poor in Civil Matters Committee, State Bar of Texas; Past President, Texas Indian Bar Association. Member, Judicial Selection Task Force, Texas Commission on Judicial Efficiency, 1995-1996.
Publications:

Author, Manifest Testiny, Vol. 66, No. 1 Tex. B.J. 64,  January 2003.

Author, Case Law Threatens to Drag Indian Tribes Into Court. Texas Lawyer, October 6, 1997.

Author, Indian Child Welfare Act in Texas-An Overview,  with Trisha Tingle.  Vol. 58, No. 4 Tex. B.J. 352,  April 1995.

Legal Presentations:

Panelist, Panel Discussion on Working the Legislature at Common Ground:
The Twelfth Year Conference on protecting Unmarked Graves in Texas. October 31, 1998.

Moderator, Texas Indian Law Conference, Austin, Texas,  November 3-4, 1995.

Speaker, Dealing with Governmental Issues in a Family Law Case.  21st Annual Advanced Family Law Course, Dallas, Texas,  August 7-10, 1995.

Moderator, Preserving Indian Families.  Indian Child Welfare Act Conference, Dallas, Texas  July 30, 1993.

Not Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization

211 N. Record, Suite 450
Dallas, TX 75202
Telephone: 214-747-8844
Fax: 214-742-7313
Email - Paul Shunatona

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