Tarrant County Courthouse Experience
Twenty-plus years of business valuation and damages work inside Tarrant County’s district courts. We know the dockets. We know the local rules. We know where to park.
Request a Conflict CheckWhy Tarrant County presence matters
A business valuation expert who lives in Tarrant County understands the local economy: the energy sector cycles, the manufacturing base east of downtown, the medical district, the construction industry, and the closely held businesses that drive Mid-Cities employment. That context gets baked into normalizing adjustments, market multiples, and reasonableness checks on every engagement.
Local presence also means responsiveness. A 24-hour conflict check. Same-day site visits. In-person depositions with no travel premium. Trial preparation in the same time zone as your client. When a Tarrant County family court compresses a trial setting on a contested closely held business, the difference between an expert two miles away and an expert two states away is measured in days, not in dollars.
Familiarity with local procedure matters too. Tarrant County local rules, the family law standing orders, the e-filing protocols, and the in-person versus remote testimony preferences of specific benches all factor into engagement planning. A schedule of opinions submitted under TRCP 194.2(f) reads differently when the expert understands how the assigned court typically handles Daubert and Robinson challenges before trial.
Tarrant County district courts
Substantive engagements span the civil, family, and probate divisions. Court assignments and venues below are current as of the date posted; verify against the Tarrant County District Clerk before any filing.
Civil district courts
Tom Vandergriff Civil Courts Building, 100 N. Calhoun, Fort Worth
- 17th District Court
- 48th District Court
- 67th District Court
- 96th District Court
- 141st District Court
- 153rd District Court
- 236th District Court
- 342nd District Court
- 348th District Court
- 352nd District Court
Family district courts
Tom Vandergriff Civil Courts Building, 100 N. Calhoun, Fort Worth
- 231st District Court
- 233rd District Court
- 322nd District Court
- 324th District Court
- 325th District Court
- 360th District Court
Probate courts
Tarrant County Plaza Building, 200 Taylor Street, Fort Worth
- Probate Court No. 1
- Probate Court No. 2
Engagement types that map to these courts. Civil benches see commercial litigation engagements involving lost profits versus lost business value, but-for analysis, breach of contract damages, asset tracing, and shareholder oppression valuations. Family benches see contested divorce engagements where the standard of value, valuation date, personal versus enterprise goodwill carve-out, and DLOM and DLOC inputs are typically the contested issues. Probate courts see estate and gift valuations and FLP discount studies.
The distinction between a calculation engagement and a valuation engagement under SSVS No. 1 is a recurring point of cross-examination across all three divisions. The work product, scope, and reliability of each is different. Reports issued from this office identify the engagement type on the cover page and in the schedule of opinions disclosed to opposing counsel.
Adjacent counties we serve
Many Tarrant County firms take cases that cross the line. Engagements regularly extend into Parker, Denton, Wise, Johnson, and Hood counties. Procedure and local rules vary by jurisdiction; the substantive valuation and damages methodology does not.
Local CLE and bar involvement
Section under construction. Speaking and CLE history with the Tarrant County Bar Association and adjacent bar organizations will be listed here. Confirmed engagements only.
Methodology and procedural posture
Every engagement begins with a conflict check, an intake call to scope the matter, and a written engagement letter that identifies the standard of value, the valuation date, the assignment scope, and whether the work is a calculation engagement or a valuation engagement. For damages matters, the same intake fixes the but-for analysis framework, the reasonable certainty standard that will govern the opinion, and any tracing or community versus separate property issues that bear on the calculation.
Reports are written to withstand cross-examination under Texas Rule of Evidence 702 and the framework established by E.I. du Pont v. Robinson and Gammill v. Jack Williams Chevrolet. Rebuttal reports respond to specific opposing opinions and are produced under the same SSVS No. 1 standards as the primary report. Disclosures comply with Rule 26 and TRCP 194.2(f) timing.
Engaging from a Tarrant County firm? You are talking to your neighbor.
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For background on the divorce-specific case law that shapes valuation work in the Tarrant County family courts, see Divorce and Family Law Valuation. For commercial damages methodology, see Commercial Litigation and Lost Profits. For credentials, see About Jeff Harwell.
Harwell & Company is a Texas firm proudly located in Aledo, Texas, at 11816 Ferndale Lane, Aledo, TX 76008. We are not affiliated with Harwell Valuation Advisors of Knoxville, Tennessee.
Last updated: April 26, 2026.