Direct: (214) 752-3113
Fax: (214) 752-3434
tspring@springlawfirm.com
Practice Areas:
Litigation, Real Estate, Commercial Leasing,
Collections, Probate/Simple Estate Planning
Education:
Abilene Christian University, B.A., 1970
University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 1987
Admitted to Practice:
U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit
U.S. District Court - Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court - Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court - Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court - Western District of Texas

Truman E. Spring, Jr., was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1987. He
earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Abilene Christian
University in 1970. Following several years of teaching, he
obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of
Law in 1987, where he was Champion of both the Novice and
Senior Mock Trial Competitions and served as National Secretary to
the Order of the Barristers.
Truman is admitted to practice before the United States Court of
Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the United States District Courts for
the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas,
and all Texas state courts.
Mr. Spring was associated with the law firm of Jenkens & Gilchrist,
P.C. in Dallas from 1987 to 1993. He was then engaged by the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as an in-house trial lawyer
for almost two years, and thereafter was a member of the business
litigation division of Jaramillo & Associates, before opening his own
practice in October 2000.
Truman Spring is rated A-V by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.
Mr. Spring is an experienced real estate litigator and negotiator. He
has represented property owners and lessors in matters concerning
commercial leasing, eminent domain, competing claims to property
including title disputes and lien superiority contests. A primary part
of Truman E. Spring’s work has been in arena of commercial leasing
and has represented commercial tenants and landlords in
negotiation of new leases. In addition to drafting and reviewing
leases, renewals, modifications, ratifications and various
amendments, both commercial landlords and tenants have called
upon Mr. Spring for his professional services in litigation and
dispute resolution. He has also been counsel for another high-end
lease office/showroom property that was condemned by the Texas
Turnpike Authority under its power of eminent domain, in which
the property owner objected to the condemnation award of the
Special Commissioners in the sum of $370,000.00, sued for over $1
million at trial. A snapshot of Truman E. Spring’s recent caseload
would show:
- litigation against a major North Texas city over a dispute
involving construction of a road by a private entity;
- collection matters for a national bank's SBA loans in Texas;
- a new industrial lease for a major warehouser/distributor
moving to Alliance Gateway;
- numerous garnishment cases for a major bank throughout
Texas;
- lease modifications for shopping centers in Texas, Louisiana
and Oklahoma;
- commercial lease litigation, primarily for landlords, but also
for tenants, including a dispute with an out-of-state landlord
over pass-through of franchise taxes;
- legal representation of seller in closing the sale of a shopping
center in West Texas to an Iowa buyer;
- consultation with a local Cadillac dealership concerning a
dispute between its mechanics and a tool sales company;
- declaratory judgment action against major insurer over
property coverage involving shopping center in Louisiana;
- a plaintiff home buyer's fraud and DTPA case against several
parties; and
- appellate representation in a commercial lease appeal.
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