Alan Carrillo is an advocate. He helps companies and corporate leaders resolve conflicts and win lawsuits by pursuing business-driven solutions to their legal problems.

Mr. Carrillo litigates commercial matters across a range of industries. His clients’ cases usually involve disputes about business contracts or services, fraud, deceptive trade practices, employee misconduct, or trade secret theft. Mr. Carrillo also represents creditors in bankruptcy cases and court-appointed receivers recovering estate assets for creditors and investors.

Leveraging several years of experience at two international law firms and a year as an inaugural law clerk to U.S. District Judge Brantley Starr—all in Dallas—Mr. Carrillo zealously advocates for clients in state and federal courts in Dallas-Fort Worth and throughout Texas. As the former President of the Federal Bar Association’s Dallas Chapter, Mr. Carrillo regularly appears as lead or local counsel in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Mr. Carrillo practices law with a business-minded focus. He appreciates that most corporations only consider litigation worthwhile if its resolution—whether a prompt settlement or a prolonged fight and ultimate vindication at trial—accomplishes their legitimate commercial goals. With this alignment, Mr. Carrillo’s clients rely on his creative strategies and tactics, diligence and responsiveness, knowledge of federal, local, and judge-specific rules, written and oral advocacy skills, and wholehearted will to achieve the win that they want.

Practice Focus & Experience
  • Federal Court Litigation
  • State Court Litigation
  • Arbitration
  • Receiverships

Mr. Carrillo represents corporate plaintiffs and defendants in lawsuits involving business contract or services disputes, torts, or statutory violations in a range of industries. A few recent examples:

Federal Courts

  • Won total defense verdict in federal jury trial for Dallas family office’s East Texas ranch opposing tort claims of lessee cattle company (E.D. Tex., Tyler)
  • Won summary judgment for over $11 million in damages for federal equity receiver asserting Texas Securities Act aiding-and-abetting claim against Ponzi scheme co-conspirator (N.D. Tex., Dallas)
  • Defeated motion for summary judgment in part for former flight attendant union officers opposing breach of fiduciary duty counterclaim of union under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (N.D. Tex, Fort Worth)
  • Defeated motions for summary judgment and to exclude expert testimony for oil and gas drilling contractor asserting post-judgment Texas Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act claims against former client and its owner (N.D. Tex., Dallas)
  • Represented real estate brokerage technology company opposing antitrust claim of class-action plaintiffs under the Sherman Act (E.D. Tex., Sherman)
  • Represented, as local counsel, fire protection company asserting patent infringement claim against competitor (N.D. Tex., Dallas)
  • Represented, as local counsel, international stock exchange opposing trademark invalidation claim of U.S.-based stock exchange (N.D. Tex., Dallas)
  • Represented, as local counsel, clinical laboratory opposing breach of contract claim of medical billing company (E.D. Tex., Sherman)

State Courts

  • Won judgment for federal equity receiver of gold and silver valued over $200,000 seized by state from Ponzi scheme co-conspirator (Tex. Dist., Comanche Cty.)
  • Won temporary restraining order for custom home lighting company asserting breach of contract, tort, and trade secret theft claims against former employee, former independent contractor, and corporate competitor (Tex. Dist., Grayson Cty.)
  • Defeated motions to dismiss, winning attorneys’ fees, for fire protection company asserting contract and fraud counterclaims against former professional services vendor (Tex. Dist., Dallas Cty.)
  • Won special appearance, dismissing case for lack of personal jurisdiction, as local counsel for telecommunications company defending breach of contract claim of railroad (Tex. Dist., Tarrant Cty.)
  • Won motion to compel arbitration for financial technology application company defending Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act and fraud claims of former customer (Tex. Dist., Dallas Cty.)
  • Represented sellers of non-operating working interests in oil and gas assets defending breach of contract and fraud claims of buyer and asserting breach of contract counterclaim against buyer (Tex. Dist., Harris Cty.)
  • Represented holder of membership interest asserting breach of contract claim against freestanding emergency-room clinic (Tex. Dist., Gregg Cty.)
  • Represented commercial roofing company and its owner defending breach of contract, negligence, and fraud claims of retail property customer (Tex. Dist., Dallas Cty.)
  • Represented commercial property owner asserting breach of contract, negligence, and misrepresentation claims against construction general contractor (Tex. Dist., Tarrant Cty.)
  • Represented commercial retail property landlord asserting breach of contract claims against former tenants and lease guarantors (Tex. Dist., Dallas Cty.)
  • Represented private equity-backed professional services company asserting breach of contract claims against former clients (Tex. Dist., Dallas, Harris, Tarrant, & Waller Ctys.)

Arbitration

  • Won partial final award and damages for former employee of private equity firm asserting breach of contract claim against former employer
  • Represented boat manufacturer defending Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act and breach of contract claims of customers
  • Represented private equity-backed healthcare company defending breach of contract claim of former chief financial officer

Mr. Carrillo began his legal career in 2018 at the Dallas office of international law firm Foley & Lardner LLP–formerly Dallas-based Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP–where he practiced bankruptcy law and litigation, including general commercial litigation, receiverships, and antitrust and securities investigations.

In 2019, Mr. Carrillo had the opportunity to help the Honorable Brantley Starr, U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Texas in Dallas, open his judicial chambers as a member of Judge Starr’s first class of term law clerks. Mr. Carrillo and his fellow clerks helped resolve over 220 inherited ripe motions in Judge Starr’s first six months in office, develop his courtroom procedures, and conduct the first federal civil trial in the Northern District of Texas during the COVID-19 pandemic.

After his clerkship in 2020, Mr. Carrillo joined the founding office and financial restructuring group of international law and lobbying firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP in Dallas. At Akin, he represented debtors, creditors, and official committees in chapter 11 proceedings, out-of-court workouts, and bankruptcy adversary proceedings and appeals, including:

  • The Official Committee of Opioid Claimants in the chapter 11 cases of Endo International plc. (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2022)
  • The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 cases of TPC Group, Inc. (Bankr. D. Del. 2022)
  • The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 case of HONX, Inc. (Bankr. S.D. Tex. 2022)
  • The Debtors in the chapter 11 cases of GTT Communications, Inc. (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2021)
  • Franklin Advisers Inc. in the chapter 11 cases of Chesapeake Energy Corporation (Bankr. S.D. Tex. 2020)
  • The Official Committee of Opioid Related Claimants in the chapter 11 cases of Mallinckrodt plc. (Bankr. D. Del. 2020)
  • The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 cases of Purdue Pharma L.P. (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2019)

Mr. Carrillo joined Brown Fox, and refocused his practice on commercial litigation, in 2023.

Admissions
  • Texas (2018)
  • U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western District of Texas
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western District of Texas
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Affiliations
  • State Bar of Texas
    • Bankruptcy Young Lawyers Committee (2019–23)
  • Dallas Bar Association
    • Bankruptcy & Commercial Law Section (2018–Present)
  • Federal Bar Association
    • President, Dallas Chapter (2023–25)
    • Dallas Chapter Executive Committee (2021–25)
    • Co-Chair, Northern District of Texas Bench Bar Conference (2023, 2024 & 2025)
    • Northern District of Texas Bench Bar Conference Host Committee (2022 & 2026)
  • The Federalist Society
    • Dallas Lawyers Chapter Board (2020–Present)
    • Texas Young Lawyers Chapter Board (2021–24)
    • Student Chapter President, Washington and Lee University School of Law (2017–18)
  • DFW Association of Young Bankruptcy Lawyers (2018–23)
    • Co-Chair, Mentoring Committee (2019–21)
  • John C. Ford American Inn of Court (2019–22)
  • Turnaround Management Association (2021–22)
Education
  • Patrick Henry College, B.A., High Honors (2012)
    • Major in Government: Strategic Intelligence
    • Honors: Tim LaHaye Award for Leadership (2012); Eastern Regional Champion, American Moot Court Association (2010)
    • President of the Student Body (2011–12)
  • Washington and Lee University School of Law, J.D. (2018)
    • Honors: Calhoun Bond University Service Award (2018); Semi-Finalist, Intramural Appellate Advocacy (2016); Semi-Finalist, Intramural Mock Trial (2016)
    • Appellate Advocacy Competition Co-Chair, Moot Court Executive Board (2017–18)
    • Staff Writer and Senior Articles Editor, Journal of Civil Rights & Social Justice (2016–18), and author of I Pledge Allegiance to the Party: Reclaiming the Associational Rights of Independent Voters in Open Primaries, 24 WASH. & LEE J. CIV. RTS. & SOC. JUST. 563 (2018)
    • Symposium Editor, Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy (2017)
    • 1L Representative, Executive Committee of the Student Body (2015–16)
    • Clerk, Office of the Texas Attorney General’s Special Litigation Division, which oversees the State’s high-profile litigation against the federal government (2016)
Honors
  • “Best Lawyers Under 40,” D Magazine (2026)
  • “Ones to Watch,” Best Lawyers (2026)
  • “Texas Rising Stars,” Texas Super Lawyers (2024 & 2025)
  • Future40 Award, Maverick PAC (2024)
  • “Latino Lawyers to Keep on the Watch,” Latino Leaders (2021)
  • James Wilson Fellowship, James Wilson Institute (2020)
  • Burke to Buckley Fellowship, National Review Institute (2019)
  • Blackstone Legal Fellowship, Alliance Defending Freedom (2016)
Community

Mr. Carrillo chose to be a lawyer because of his calling as an advocate. He pursued his calling before law school, serving in the Nairobi, Kenya office of International Justice Mission (IJM)—an organization focused on ending slavery and other injustices globally. As an attorney, Mr. Carrillo has logged hundreds of hours of pro bono work on behalf of fellow Dallas citizens, military veterans, and those in need.

Notable representation:

  • Represented 18 residents of Dallas and Fort Worth to confront and resolve five high-crime residential properties in Northside in Fort Worth and across East Dallas, South Dallas, and South Oak Cliff in Dallas (cases referred by Advocates for Community Transformation (Act))
  • Represented the Manhattan Institute with Alliance Defending Freedom in filing amicus brief at the Supreme Court of the United States in support of free speech in the face of state action by elected officials using social media
  • Represented a 26-year U.S. Marine Corps veteran from Texas on remand before the Board of Veterans’ Appeals, which fully granted the veteran’s desired disability status, resulting in backpay and retroactive unemployment benefits for the veteran and educational assistance for the veteran’s children (case referred by National Veterans Legal Services Program)
  • Represented a four-year U.S. Marine Corps veteran from Texas on remand before the Board of Veterans’ Appeals, which granted the veteran service connection for type II diabetes as due to exposure to herbicide agents at the Royal Thai Air Force Base in Nam Phong, Thailand in 1973 (case referred by The National Veterans Legal Services Program)
  • Represented an eight-year U.S. Air Force veteran from Texas on remand before the Board of Veterans’ Appeals, which granted the veteran’s requested relief to remand all three of the veteran’s disability claims to a VA medical examiner for an opinion (case referred by The National Veterans Legal Services Program)

Mr. Carrillo also serves his local community through volunteer leadership in government and non-profit organizations:

  • City of Dallas
    • Pioneer Park Advisory Board (2025–Present)
    • Judicial Nominating Commission (2021–25)
  • Visit Dallas
    • Leadership Council (2025–Present)
  • Act (Advocates for Community Transformation)
    • Advisory Board (2022–Present)
    • Justice Leadership Council (2021–Present)
    • Co-Chair, Justice Leadership Council (2022–24)
    • Generation Justice Host Committee (2020, 2021 & 2022)
  • International Justice Mission
    • Dallas Justice Gathering Host Committee (2015, 2019 & 2026)
    • Alumni Leadership Council (2014–16)
    • Executive Assistant Intern, Nairobi, Kenya (2012–13)
    • Investigations Intern, Washington, D.C. (2011)
  • Patrick Henry College
    • Alumni Association Board (2019–21)
  • Washington and Lee University
    • Dallas Alumni Chapter Board (2021–23)
    • School of Law Young Alumni Council (2018–23)

After college, I interned for International Justice Mission in Kenya, helping IJM represent children who had been sexually assaulted and prisoners who had been falsely accused and reform the public justice system in Nairobi. That formative year with IJM confirmed my calling of advocacy through a career in law.

To me, baseball embodies timeless principles, the unfailing American spirit, and unforgettable moments with family and friends. Whether I’m rooting for the Texas Rangers in Arlington or savoring a summer game on Cape Cod, time stops and I feel at home.

I believe that public service is at the core of the legal profession. This gavel from the Texas Senate and sound block from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas remind me to act justly, preserve the rule of law, and seek the good of my neighbors.


More About Alan Carrillo

Born in Longview and raised in Bedford, Alan is a proud Texan. He resides in East Dallas with his wife Susanna, two children, and two Labrador retrievers. Alan enjoys reading, playing the piano at church, and spending time with his family and friends. He is also a diehard fan of the Dallas Cowboys, Texas Rangers, and Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox. Alan his family are members of All Saints Dallas—an Anglican parish in downtown Dallas.

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