Rusty Hardin, Fellow, was honored with the Texas Bar Foundation’s 2024 Ronald D. Secrest Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award. He was presented with the award at the foundation’s annual dinner in June.
The Ronald D. Secrest award recognizes an active trial lawyer with outstanding trial and advocacy skills who has demonstrated high ethical and moral standards and exceptional professional conduct. It was established in 2002 in honor of Houston trial lawyer Ronald Secrest, founding partner of Beck Redden LLP.
Hardin is the founding partner of Rusty Hardin & Associates, which he established in 1996. He was chosen by the Texas House of Representatives to lead the prosecution in the impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton before the Texas Senate and served as chief trial counsel for Independent Counsel Robert Fiske and his successor Kenneth Starr in the Whitewater investigation.
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