Troy Blackwell obtained his bachelor degree in business administration in 1992 from the University of Texas in Austin, and his law degree from the Texas Tech University School of Law in 1995. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the American Bar Association, the Panhandle Bankruptcy Bar Association, the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, the American Bankruptcy Institute, and he is an associate member of the National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees. He is licensed to practice by the Supreme Court of Texas and before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.