Jordan
Parker
Partner

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  • Fort Worth

Jordan M. Parker is a partner in the firm’s Litigation Section.  He defends physicians, hospitals, nurses, nursing homes, and other health care providers in medical negligence claims and lawsuits.  Mr. Parker represents health care providers and institutions in federal qui tam lawsuits filed under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729-3733.  Mr. Parker also handles mass tort, drug liability, medical device liability, and catastrophic injury cases for a variety of defendants in civil litigation.  Mr. Parker represents physicians in contested proceedings and license revocation hearings before the Texas Medical Board, as well as nurses in adverse proceedings before the Texas Board of Nursing and other providers before their respective boards in Austin.  For complaints against health care providers that are not resolved at the agency level, Mr. Parker litigates at the State Office of Administrative Hearings (“SOAH”) in Austin.  In addition, Mr. Parker advises hospitals and other health care entities regarding credentialing matters.

Principal Practice Areas

Contact Information

Phone: (817) 877-2858
Fax: (817) 333-2958
Email: jparker@canteyhanger.com

Address:

600 W. 6th St., Suite 300
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
  • Acclaim Physician Group
  • Adventist Health System
  • Baylor Scott & White Health
  • Cook Children’s Medical Center
  • Cook Children’s Physician Network
  • Tarrant County Hospital District d/b/a JPS Health Network
  • Texas Health Resources
  • Texas Medical Liability Trust
  • University of North Texas Health Science Center

Mr. Parker represents individuals and businesses in a variety of contractual and commercial disputes, including emergency relief from or response to Temporary Restraining Orders.

Mr. Parker represents husbands and wives in select divorce proceedings and handles select contested child custody and child support modification cases for fathers, mothers, grandparents, and guardians. When necessary, Mr. Parker obtains or responds to temporary and emergency Motions and Orders, including Temporary Restraining Orders.

  • Licensed to practice in Texas, 1990
  • Licensed to practice in Oklahoma, 2005
  • Admitted to U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, 1991
  • Admitted to U.S. District Court for the Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas, 1993
  • Admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Northern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Oklahoma, 2007
  • Admitted to Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2016
  • Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2002
  • Alpha Chi, National Honor Society
  • Phi Alpha Theta, National History Honor Society
  • Order of the Coif
  • Note Editor, Texas Tech Law Review
  • Member, Texas Association of Defense Counsel
  • Sustaining Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
  • Sustaining Life Fellow, Tarrant County Bar Foundation
  • Named “Super Lawyer” by Texas Monthly magazine, 2004-2023
  • Named “Top Attorney” by Fort Worth, Texas magazine, 2006-2023
  • Best Lawyers in America, Medical Malpractice-Defendants, 2024
  • AV rating, Martindale Hubbell
  • University of Texas at Arlington, B.A. in English and History, 1986
  • Texas Tech University School of Law, J.D., 1990
    Order of the Coif
    Note Editor, Texas Tech Law Review
  • Parker and Hernandez, Use and Non-Use of Tangible Personal Property in Public Hospitals Under §101.021 of the Texas Tort Claims Act, 34 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 131 (1993)
  • Griffith and Parker, With Malice Toward None: The Metamorphosis of Statutory and Common Law Protections for Physicians and Hospitals in Negligent Credentialing Litigation, 22 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 157 (1991) *Outstanding Law Review Article in Texas, Texas Bar Foundation, 1991
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