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Ford Murray: A Nineteen-Year Super Lawyers Streak and a Fellowship in the American College of Trial Lawyers

S. Mark Murray has been selected to Super Lawyers every year from 2007 through 2026 — nineteen consecutive years — while his partner William H. Ford was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers in 2018, an invitation-only fellowship open to fewer than 1% of American lawyers. Together they’ve built a San Antonio litigation practice spanning both business disputes and family law. This profile is part of Awesome Attorneys’ coverage of San Antonio business litigation attorney options.

At a Glance

Origin & Background

William H. Ford and S. Mark Murray have each practiced law in San Antonio for more than three decades. Ford was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers in 2018 — a fellowship extended by invitation only to trial lawyers recognized for the highest standards of trial advocacy, ethics, and professionalism, with membership limited to less than 1% of lawyers in any state. Murray has been selected to Super Lawyers continuously since 2007, a nineteen-year run reflecting sustained peer regard rather than a single strong year. The firm operates with eight attorneys from its San Antonio office.

San Antonio Business Litigation Attorney Practice Concentration

The firm’s practice areas span commercial litigation, partnership and shareholder disputes, breach of contract and fiduciary duty claims, and business divorce and corporate governance conflicts, alongside a separate family law practice covering complex property division, marital agreements, and contested custody matters. Murray’s individual practice additionally covers estate and trust litigation, land use and zoning, and state, local, and municipal matters. Mixed representation disclosure: as a general commercial litigation practice, the firm represents both plaintiffs and defendants across its business disputes caseload, disclosed here per standard practice for adversarial, non-personal-injury litigation categories.

Track Record

The firm’s public materials emphasize its attorneys’ sustained peer recognitions rather than an itemized settlement or verdict list. Business litigation outcomes vary substantially by case type and forum; peer recognition does not guarantee a particular result in a new matter.

Client Voice

The firm holds a Martindale-Hubbell peer-review rating reflecting high ethical standards, and one attorney endorsement on file describes a colleague’s courtroom conduct: “imminently qualified as a trial litigator” with “the highest ethical standards.” Public consumer-review volume specific to the firm’s commercial litigation work is more limited than its family law caseload — a gap this profile discloses directly.

Beyond the Courtroom

Ford’s American College of Trial Lawyers fellowship is among the most selective peer-conferred honors in American litigation practice, requiring nomination and vetting by existing Fellows rather than self-application. Murray’s nineteen-year, unbroken Super Lawyers selection reflects a form of durability that’s difficult to manufacture through marketing alone.

Recognition

Board certification disclosure: neither named partner is listed as a Texas Board of Legal Specialization certified specialist in the sources reviewed for this profile, and this profile does not apply “specialist” language to either attorney as a result. In its place, the firm’s standing rests on Ford’s American College of Trial Lawyers fellowship and Murray’s sustained, multi-decade Super Lawyers selection — both genuine, peer-review-based recognitions.

Texas Legal Backdrop

Business divorce and corporate governance conflicts, a named firm specialty, typically arise under the Texas Business Organizations Code’s provisions governing fiduciary duties among partners, members, and shareholders, and can result in a court-ordered buyout or, in more severe cases, involuntary dissolution of the business entity. Partnership and shareholder disputes, another core practice area, frequently turn on the specific terms of a partnership agreement or corporate bylaws — meaning the strength of a claim often depends heavily on how carefully the original governing documents were drafted, a detail the firm’s own practice description implicitly acknowledges by also handling contract disputes as a related, adjacent specialty.

Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Ford Murray’s clearest strength is the combination of two distinct, genuine forms of peer-review-based distinction: Ford’s American College of Trial Lawyers fellowship, among the most selective honors in the profession, and Murray’s nineteen-year unbroken Super Lawyers streak. Both reflect sustained, third-party-verified standing rather than a single credential or a purchased award.

The honest and directly disclosed trade-off is the absence of TBLS board certification among the firm’s named partners, and the firm’s mixed general-commercial-litigation representation — both plaintiffs and defendants — is worth confirming against the specific opposing party in any matter. The firm’s dual family-law-and-commercial-litigation structure also means a prospective client should confirm which attorney would handle a specific business dispute.

Methodology & Sourcing

This profile was compiled from the firm’s own website (fordmurray.com), Super Lawyers’ attorney profile for S. Mark Murray, Martindale’s firm profile including attorney endorsements, and Expertise.com’s litigation attorney directory listing. Statutory references were checked against the Texas Business Organizations Code as published by the Texas Legislature. No case results, credentials, or quotes were invented; the quoted endorsement is attributed to its original platform.

Publisher Disclosure & Independence Notice

Awesome Attorneys is an independent legal directory and editorial publication. This profile was not paid for, commissioned, or reviewed by Ford Murray, PLLC prior to publication. Awesome Attorneys may in the future offer sponsored placements clearly labeled as such, but no payment of any kind determines inclusion in, or the content of, this editorial profile. This article is for informational purposes only, does not constitute legal advice, and does not create an attorney-client relationship between the reader and Ford Murray or Awesome Attorneys.