Chad Flores founded his own practice after specializing in appeals for over a decade at Beck Redden LLP, where he was a partner in the appellate section. He has been Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 2012. Before entering private practice, Chad clerked on both the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the Supreme Court of Texas.

For ten years running, Chad has been named a Super Lawyer and/or Rising Star in Appellate Law by Thompson Reuters. He was recently recognized by Best Lawyers in America in the field of appellate litigation. In 2023 Benchmark Litigation named him to their “40 & Under” lists for both Commercial Litigation and White Collar Litigation.

Chad teaches appellate advocacy at the University of Houston Law Center’s Blakely Advocacy Institute. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and American University’s Washington College of Law.

Partner, Beck Redden LLP

Law Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Law Clerk, Supreme Court of Texas

J.D., American University Washington College of Law

B.A., The University of Texas at Austin, Government

United States Supreme Court Historical Society

Texas Supreme Court Historical Society

Bar Association for the Fifth Federal Circuit

Texas Bar Association, Appellate Section

Houston Bar Association, Appellate Section

Houston Young Lawyers Association

Levinson Alcoser Assocs., L.P. v. El Pistolon II, Ltd., No. 21-0797 (Tex. 2023).

New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S.Ct. 2111 (2022) (amicus curiae).

Azteca Int’l Corp. v. Ruiz, No. 13-21-00241-CV, 2022 WL 17983161 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi–Edinburg 2022).

Defense Distributed v. Grewal, 971 F.3d 485 (5th Cir. 2020).

Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Inv. Services of Nevada, Inc. v. Chandra, 822 F. App’x 597 (9th Cir. 2020).

Freeman v. American K-9, No. 15-0932 (Tex. 2017).

Levinson Alcoser Assocs., L.P. v. El Pistolon II, Ltd., 513 S.W.3d 487 (Tex. 2017).

Collins v. Federal Housing Finance Agency, 254 F. Supp. 3d 841 (S.D. Tex. 2017).

Owens v. Jastrow, 789 F.3d 529 (5th Cir. 2015)

Glassell Producing Co. v. Jared Res., Ltd., 422 S.W.3d 68 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2014).