Kent Anderson Bush Frost & Metcalf PC

What Kent Anderson Bush Frost & Metcalf PC does

Kent, Anderson, Bush, Frost & Metcalf, P.C. is a private professional corporation law firm headquartered at 2320 Dueling Oaks Drive in Tyler, Texas, serving clients throughout East, North, South, and Central Texas. The firm operates with five named shareholders/attorneys — Billy D. Anderson, David J. Bush, David W. Frost, Donald W. Cothern, and Vance L. Metcalf — supported by a total headcount of approximately eight, and holds a Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent rating, the highest peer-review tier. Its practice spans eight substantive areas: business litigation (contract, tax, securities, employment, partnership, and shareholder disputes), corporate and business advisory (entity formation, transactions, contracts), medical malpractice defense, personal injury representation, property and energy law (oil and gas leases, title examination, easements, eminent domain), appellate and alternative dispute resolution, insurance defense, and probate/guardianship.

Revenue is generated exclusively through professional services fees — hourly billing, contingency arrangements on personal injury matters, and flat fees for defined engagements — with no public disclosure of rate cards or firm-wide revenue. Client acquisition is sales-led and relationship-driven: intake via free telephone consultation (903-405-3982) and website contact form, supplemented by professional referrals from peer attorneys, repeat and referral business, and presence on Martindale.com and Lawyers.com legal directories. The firm deploys no proprietary technology, mobile applications, or AI-driven tooling; its operations rest on conventional legal practice infrastructure. Disclosed case outcomes include a $7 million wrongful death verdict, a $6,959,372.83 arbitration award on behalf of an EPC contractor, and zero-verdict defenses in asbestos and medical malpractice matters.

The firm is independently owned and operated by its attorney shareholders, with no parent company, institutional investor, or external capital structure indicated. Prior DBA names — "Kent, Anderson & Bush, P.C." and "Kent, Anderson, Bush, & Metcalf, P.C." — reflect the evolution of the partnership as additional named attorneys joined. No acquisitions, mergers, outside funding rounds, leadership transitions, or material restructuring events appear in the available record.

Name

Kent Anderson Bush Frost & Metcalf PC

Legal name

Kent, Anderson, Bush, Frost & Metcalf, P.C.

Website

https://kabfmlaw.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Kent, Anderson, Bush, Frost & Metcalf, P.C. is an AV-rated Tyler, Texas professional corporation law firm with five shareholders serving East, North, South, and Central Texas clients in business litigation, corporate, personal injury, medical malpractice defense, property and energy, and probate matters.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), All Other Legal Services (541199)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAHAAAB

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Legal Services

SECONDARYBPAHAAAE

Real Estate & Construction Law

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Legal Services

SECONDARYBPAHAAAK

Family & Private Client (Trusts & Estates) Law

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Legal Services

Keywords

• Litigation legal services
• Corporate business law
• Personal injury law
• Medical malpractice defense
• Property energy law

Headquarters

HQ city

Tyler

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services Fees: Professional services revenue from litigation, transactional, and advisory legal services. Fee structures include hourly rates, contingency fees for personal injury matters, and flat fees for specific services such as consultations and document preparation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Kent, Anderson, Bush, Frost & Metcalf, P.C. is an AV-rated Tyler, Texas law firm that delivers trial, appellate, transactional, and advisory legal services to clients throughout East, North, South and Central Texas. The firm practices across business litigation, corporate and business advice, medical malpractice defense, personal injury, property and energy law, appeals, insurance law, and probate and guardianship. Legal representation is delivered by a five-attorney team with nearly 150 years of combined experience handling matters in state and federal courts across Texas.

Product overview

Kent Anderson Bush Frost & Metcalf PC is a full-service Texas law firm offering legal services as a unified practice rather than a modular product portfolio. The firm's services span Business Litigation (contract disputes, tax litigation, securities and employment matters), Corporate & Business Advice (entity formation, transactions, contracts), Medical Malpractice defense, Personal Injury representation, Property and Energy law (oil/gas, eminent domain, pipelines), Appeals and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Insurance Law, and Probate/Guardianship. With nearly 150 years of combined legal experience, the firm serves clients throughout East, North, Central and South Texas from its Tyler, Texas office.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Business Litigation Legal representation in business and commercial disputes including contract disputes, tax litigation, consumer protection claims, partnership disputes, shareholder disputes, real estate litigation, securities litigation, employment disputes, and arbitration, for companies requiring commercial litigation defense.
• Corporate & Business Advice Advisory and transactional legal services including business entity formation, corporate transactions, contract preparation and review, real estate matters, and organizational documents such as articles of incorporation, bylaws, and shareholder agreements, for business owners and operators.
• Medical Malpractice Defense

Quantifiable outcome

• $7 million judgment in wrongful death lawsuit
• +3 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• BakerHostetler: National law firm with a Texas presence and a substantial medical malpractice defense practice. Comparable as a defense litigation incumbent serving healthcare providers and corporate defendants in medical malpractice matters.
• Jackson Walker LLP: One of the largest Texas-based law firms with offices across the state, including a Tyler presence. Comparable as a Texas incumbent offering litigation, corporate, and energy law services that directly overlap with the firm's practice areas.
• Thompson & Knight LLP: Major Texas-based law firm with strong energy, litigation, and corporate practices. Comparable as a Texas incumbent serving business clients with overlapping oil and gas, business litigation, and corporate advisory services.
• Susman Godfrey LLP: Texas-founded trial law firm with deep business litigation and appellate experience. Comparable as a Texas litigation incumbent handling complex commercial disputes and appellate matters, the firm's strongest practice areas.
• McKool Smith: Texas-based litigation firm handling complex commercial disputes, energy litigation, and appeals. Comparable as a Texas-focused litigation incumbent with overlapping commercial and energy practice areas.
• Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP: National defense litigation firm with substantial medical malpractice, toxic tort, and insurance defense practices. Comparable as a defense-side incumbent serving healthcare providers, manufacturers, and insurers in matters similar to the firm's medical malpractice and asbestos defense work.

Direct peers

• Flowers Davis PLLC: Tyler, TX-headquartered law firm serving East Texas with litigation, business, and oil and gas practices. Directly comparable given the same geographic market, similar practice area mix, and comparable small-firm structure.
• Mehaffy Weber PC: Long-established East Texas law firm based in Tyler, TX, offering a broad mix of litigation, business, real estate, and personal injury services. Directly comparable given shared Tyler home base, similar full-service positioning, and overlapping regional client base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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