Insurance and Personal Injury Law

The Firm’s attorneys have extensive trial experience and have obtained favorable jury verdicts in claims for severe paralysis, severe facial scarring, brain damage, psychological injury, death, and a variety of other personal injuries. Over the years, they have obtained outstanding results from juries in Harris, Galveston, Brazoria, Ft. Bend, Washington and Matagorda Counties.

Firm attorneys have prosecuted and defended claims for offshore injuries, refinery accidents and automobile collisions. They have also defended cases involving damages alleged from toxic chemicals such as tetrachloroethane, xylene, paint compounds and other fuel oils. The Firm manages a large national docket involving asbestos claims.

In addition to its personal injury work, the Firm's lawyers have successfully prosecuted and defended contractual and extra contractual (bad faith, DTPA, and Insurance Code) claims, even obtaining court findings allowing recovery of a client's attorneys' fees. One of the Firm's board certified trial specialists has presented a speech and demonstration on preparing for and testifying in bad faith lawsuits. Other members of the Firm speak regularly regarding additional insured coverage.

The Firm has successfully represented insurance companies, both pretrial and through trial, in the vigorous defense of suspicious insurance claims involving fraud or arson. Three members of the Firm have extensive law enforcement background, having prosecuted criminal cases as Harris County Assistant District Attorneys. The Firm has also defended sexual assault, libel/slander, sexual harassment, and invasion of privacy cases. Clients have often requested opinions on insurance coverage questions and consequently the Firm has extensive experience in defending cases under reservations of rights and non-waiver agreements.

The Firm's insurance practice has saved its clients millions of dollars at the courthouse in negligence, product liability, DTPA/Insurance Code and defamation lawsuits. The Firm's experience in evaluating and trying lawsuits, as well as its trial and appellate victories, give the Firm's attorneys credibility with judges and other trial and appellate lawyers.