Eric Nichols

Practice Areas

White Collar, Compliance and Government Investigations; Commercial Litigation; Government Relations; Labor and Employment; Tort, Transportation & Specialized Litigation; Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Healthcare

Career

Eric Nichols practices both civil trial and criminal law, and joined the Austin office of Butler Snow in 2019. His background includes not only many years representing companies and individuals in private practice but also experience in both Texas state government and the federal government, having served as Deputy Attorney General for Criminal Justice for the Office of the Texas Attorney General, as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, and a law clerk to a federal judge. Eric is Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers.

Professional Memberships

University of Virginia, B.A., with distinction; The University of Texas School of Law, J.D., with honors, 1989

Personal

Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; American Board of Trial Advocates; American Inns of Court, Barbara Jordan Inn (Founding Member); Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation; Austin Bar Association; Fellow, Austin Bar Foundation; Texas Board of Criminal Justice; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Texas Association Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Austin Criminal Defense Lawyers Association

Local Litigation Star, Benchmark Litigation; The Best Lawyers in America® (Lawyer of the Year: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Lawyer of the Year, Criminal Defense: White Collar, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation and/or Criminal Defense: White Collar); Thomson Reuters Texas Super Lawyers® (Business Litigation); Member, Texas Board of Criminal Justice; Lawyer of the Year - Texas, Wall Street Journal, 2017; Lawyer of the Year - Austin and San Antonio, Austin Monthly, 2017