Anthony is the founding member of Bruster PLLC and has made a career out of seeking justice for those who lack it.
Anthony Bruster is Of Counsel with the firm. Anthony’s full-time position is serving as the Practice Court 1 Professor on the Baylor Law School faculty. Practice Court is Baylor's unique litigation training program that is required for all third-year law students.
Anthony received a B.B.A. in economics from Baylor University and then graduated summa cum laude and second in his class at Baylor Law School. 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, Anthony 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.
During his first ten years of practice, Anthony won numerous jury verdicts and helped his clients negotiate and enter into licensing and settlement agreements both inside and outside the context of litigation. Among other accomplishments, Anthony served as co-lead trial counsel for DataTreasury Corporation in its voluminous national and international patent enforcement campaign, which was widely reported in the media and garnered attention throughout the patent law community. It was widely reported that the DataTreasury litigation campaign resulted in more than $400 million in licensing proceeds. Anthony 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, Anthony 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. Anthony returned to the practice of law in 2015, while still maintaining an active involvement in advancing international education through his involvement with Edify (www.edify.org).
Upon returning to the full-time law practice, Anthony grew Bruster PLLC into a formidable trial firm. Anthony oversaw the firm’s efforts in many areas, including the New Mexico tobacco litigation, the ongoing social media litigation, and was heavily involved with the firm’s patent litigation docket. Anthony was named a “Super Lawyer” by Thomson/Reuters in 2022 and was selected as a Top 100 lawyer in Texas by The National Trial Lawyers in 2022 and 2023.
Anthony relocated to Waco, Texas in summer 2024 to begin his role as the Practice Court 1 Professor on the Baylor Law School faculty. Practice Court is Baylor's unique litigation training program that is required for all third-year law students. As a result of the rigor and success of Practice Court, Baylor Law's trial advocacy program has ranked in the top 5 in the nation for over a decade. Anthony is pleased to have the opportunity to teach future lawyers how to have an effective and meaningful career in this profession.
Anthony is most proud of his family, and lives in Woodway, Texas with his wife Amy. They have three children.