Attorney Profile

 
                   


Frederick (Fred) Hawkins is a mediator, arbitrator, and practicing trial and appellate attorney with over 25 years of experience. He is a former prosecutor with the Travis County Attorney's Office and prosecuted criminal cases from 1986 to 1989. In 1989 he went to work for the Texas Attorney General's Office. As an assistant attorney general in the highway division he represented the Texas Department of Transportation and individual employees in personal injury and other tort actions.

In 1993 he joined the City of Austin's law department  as a senior trial attorney. He represented the City of Austin, public officials, department heads, individual employees, and police officers in various types of litigation, including personal injury claims, employment claims,  sexual harassment claims, premise liability claims, civil rights, excessive force and other police misconduct claims.

 He is a frequent lecturer and trainer for the Austin Police Department and its police academy on issues such as civil liability and supervisory liability. He is a recommended attorney by the Austin Police Association and by the Combined Law Enforcement Officers of Texas (C.L.E.A.T.)

He is a mediator and arbitrator affiliated with the Lakeside Mediation Center.

Education:

             B.A. Texas Tech University 1981

             J. D. University of Houston Law Center 1984

Bar Admissions:

             U. S. District Court Western District of Texas

             U. S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

             Texas Supreme Court

             Licensed to practice in Texas        

           




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