John R. Gillett

BIOGRAPHY

John Gillett is an associate in Kelly Hart’s Litigation practice group. He represents both corporate and individual clients in state and federal courts, handling complex commercial litigation, breach of contract, real estate disputes, business torts, and products liability cases.

Before joining Kelly Hart, Mr. Gillett worked as a law clerk in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas for the Honorable Mark T. Pittman and the Honorable Jeffrey L. Cureton. In law school, he also gained experience as a judicial intern for the Honorable Brantley Starr and for the Honorable Justice Dabney Bassell.

Mr. Gillett received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Texas A&M University School of Law, where he served as the Note & Comment Editor for the Texas A&M Journal of Property Law. He also graduated magna cum laude with a B.B.M. from Houston Baptist University, where he played on the baseball team.

EXPERIENCE AND HIGHLIGHTS

• Represented a gentleman facing decades in prison on a pro bono basis through a court appointment against the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas.
• Law Clerk for the Honorable Mark T. Pittman, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, 2024-2025 term
• Law Clerk for the Honorable Jeffrey L. Cureton, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, 2023-2024 term
• Judicial Intern for the Honorable Brantley Starr, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, Dec 2022- Jan 2023
• Judicial Extern for the Honorable Justice Dabney Bassell, Texas Second Court of Appeals, Aug-Oct 2022

AFFILIATIONS

• Tarrant County Bar Association
• Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association

EDUCATION

• Texas A&M University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2023
  • Dean’s List, Tuition Scholarship Recipient
  • Texas A&M Journal of Property Law, Note & Comment Editor
  • Moot Court, Brief Writer
    • Billings, Exam & Frye National Moot Court Competition (Fall 2021)
    • A.B.A. National Appellate Advocacy Competition (Spring 2022 & Spring 2023)
  • Texas A&M Family & Veterans Advocacy Clinic, Law Clinic Student
  • Federalist Society, Member
• Houston Baptist University, B.B.M., magna cum laude, 2020
  • Two-year varsity baseball letterman.
• Tyler Junior College, A.B., magna cum laude, 2018
  • Two-year varsity baseball letterman; 2017 National Championship team

ADMISSIONS

• State Bar of Texas, 2023
• United States District Court, Northern District of Texas