Anthony Bruster

Anthony Bruster is an Assistant Professor of Law and teaches Practice Court I at Baylor Law School. Professor Bruster received a BBA in economics from Baylor University and then graduated summa cum laude and second in his class at Baylor Law in 2002. After graduation, he began his legal career at the highly-esteemed litigation firm of Nix, Patterson & Roach LLP. Within his first two years of practicing law, Professor Bruster passed four consecutive bar examinations (Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, and New Mexico) and served as lead or co-lead trial counsel in multiple cases that resulted in $1 million+ verdicts for his clients, including several reported opinions.  He was named a “Rising Star” by Thomson/Reuters in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, and 2012. 

After ten years of maintaining a full-time litigation practice, Professor Bruster resigned his partnership position at Nix Patterson in December 2012 and left the full-time practice of law to focus his efforts on international mission work, with an emphasis on orphan care and Christian education in developing countries. Professor Bruster returned to the full-time practice of law in 2017 by founding Bruster PLLC. He grew Bruster PLLC into a formidable trial firm, while serving as managing partner and trying multiple cases to verdict spanning areas as diverse as products liability and patent infringement. He was named a “Super Lawyer” by Thomson/Reuters in 2022 and 2024 and was selected as a Top 100 lawyer in Texas by The National Trial Lawyers in 2022 and 2023.  He was also admitted as a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) in 2024.

Professor Bruster joined the Baylor faculty in 2024 to teach in Baylor’s Practice Court program, which played an instrumental role in preparing him for practice of law. He believes deeply in the value of trial by jury and equally in the fundamental responsibility of all lawyers to serve others. He is committed to training the next generation of future lawyers as leaders through the rigorous Practice Court program. In his view, Practice Court is the mark of distinction between Baylor lawyers and all other lawyers – a mark that is earned through rigor and discipline and an accomplishment to be very proud of when completed. Professor Bruster is admitted to practice in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, and New Mexico, as well as numerous federal district courts, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. He is most proud of being married to his wife Amy, and they enjoy spending time with their three children.