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| | Address | | 550 Fannin, Suite 400 | | Beaumont, Texas 77701 | | (Jefferson Co.) | | Mailing Address: P.O. Box 4915, Beaumont, TX, 77704 | |  | Free Initial Consultation |
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| | Contact Information | | Phone: 409-654-6700 | | Fax: 409-835-2115 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.germer.com | | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Germer Gertz, L.L.P. practices in the following areas of law:
Personal Injury, Civil Trial and Business Litigation, Class Action and Multi-District Litigation, Environmental Law, Labor and Employment Law, Products Liability and Toxic Tort Litigation, Pharmaceutical Litigation, "Bad Faith" and Insurance Coverage Litigation, Professional Malpractice, Construction Litigation, Utility Litigation, Municipal Finance, Real Estate Development & Commercial Law, State & Federal Agency Regulatory Practice, Condemnation, and General Trial Practice in State and Federal Courts. | Firm Profile:
The firm of Germer Gertz, L.L.P. was formed in 1994. The firm engages in trial work in State and Federal Courts in Beaumont and throughout Texas and has an established business and regulatory practice. Additionally, Germer Gertz, L.L.P. serves as local counsel for a number of national law firms in complex litigation. | | Firm Size: 52 | Representative Clients:
St. Paul Insurance Companies; Texaco Inc.; Star Enterprise; ENRON Products Corporation; State Farm Insurance Company; CIGNA; HARSCO Corporation; Xerox Corporation; Phillip Morris Incorporated; Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories; Chrysler Corporation; Liberty Mutual Insurance Company; Texas Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company; Entergy; Mazda Motor of America; Huntsman; Kemper National Insurance Companies; American Home Products; First Bank and Trust; Wausau Insurance Companies; Mid-Continent Insurance Group; Hertz Corporation; Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company; Travelers Insurance Company; H.B. Zachry Company; Bo Mac Constructors; Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.; International Insurance Company; Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London; El Paso Energy Corporation. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
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Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Free Initial Consultation
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Other Office Locations of Germer Gertz, L.L.P.
Austin, Texas, U.S.A.
Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Lawrence L. Germer (Partner) born Waco, Texas, 1941; admitted to bar, 1966, Texas, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1963; LL.B., 1966). Phi Delta Phi. Named in past and current editions of The Best Lawyers in America. Named Texas Super Lawyer as published in Texas Monthly (2003-2007). Member: Jefferson County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Past Director); Young Lawyers Association (Past Director and Treasurer); Texas Association of Defense Counsel (Past Member: Board of Directors); Commission for Lawyer Discipline; American Board of Trial Advocates (Past Member, Board of Directors); Texas Bar Foundation; American Bar Foundation; International Association of Defense Counsel. (Board Certified, Civil Trial and Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Class Actions; Utility Law. Email: Lawrence L. Germer | | Karen R. Bennett (Managing Partner) born Dallas, Texas, October 18, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Texas, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Texas at Arlington (B.A., 1988); Texas Tech University (J.D., 1991). Pi Sigma Alpha. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Property. Member and Editor, Texas Tech Legal Research Board. Certified Attorney Ad Litem. Past Member: Mickey Mehaffy Inns of Court; College of the State Bar of Texas. Member: Jefferson County Bar Association (Member, Board of Directors, Family Law Section); American Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; The Bar Association of the Eastern District of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Pharmaceutical; Personal Injury; Products Liability Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Civil Litigation; Family Law. Email: Karen R. Bennett | | Paula H. Blazek (Partner) born Houston, Texas, April 18, 1960; admitted to bar, 1984, Texas, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits, and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Baylor University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1981; J.D., cum laude, 1984). Delta Theta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa. Outstanding Young Lawyer, Jefferson County, 1992. Member, American Board of Trial Advocates. Named Texas Super Lawyer (2003-2007) and Texas Top 50 Women Super Lawyers (2007) as published in Texas Monthly. Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Member: Jefferson County (Director, 1989-1991; Vice President, 1991-1992; President-Elect, 1992-1993; President, 1993-1994; Immediate Past President, 1994-1995) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Jefferson County Young Lawyers Association (Director, 1986-1987; Vice President, 1987-1988; President, 1988-1989); Texas Young Lawyers Association (Director, 1991-1993); Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law and Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Toxic Torts; Products Liability; Personal Injury; Premises Liability; Pharmaceutical Litigation. Email: Paula H. Blazek | | C. Cohron Crutchfield, Jr. (Partner) born Yoakum, Texas, December 27, 1931; admitted to bar, 1959, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1954; LL.B., 1959). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Jefferson County Bar Association (Treasurer, 1961; Secretary, 1981); State Bar of Texas. [Capt., USAF 1954-1956]. Practice Areas: Commercial Transactions; Real Estate; Mortgage Lending; Corporate Law; Multi-Family Housing; Housing and Urban Development. Email: C. Cohron Crutchfield, Jr. | | Stephen H. Forman (Partner) born Dallas, Texas, February 14, 1962; admitted to bar, 1992, Texas; 1994, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1984); Texas Tech University (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Order of Barristers. National Semi-Finalist, Mock Trial Regional Championship. Member: Jefferson County and American Bar Associations; College of the State Bar of Texas; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Jefferson County Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Railroad Law; Insurance Defense; Employers Liability; Products Liability; Personal Injury. Email: Stephen H. Forman | | Charles W. Goehringer, Jr. (Partner) born Beaumont, Texas, June 23, 1958; admitted to bar, 1995, Texas; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas. Education: Lamar University (B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1980); Colorado University (M.B.A., 1983); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1995). Member: Jefferson County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Business Law; Administrative Law; Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Real Estate. Email: Charles W. Goehringer, Jr. | | Guy N. Goodson (Partner) born San Angelo, Texas, April 29, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Texas; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., with honors, 1973); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1976). Phi Delta Phi (Exchequer, 1975-1976). Elected to represent Ward 2 on the Beaumont City Council, 1990-2003. President, 2001-2002, Texas Municipal League. Member: Jefferson County (President, 1992) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Jefferson County Young Lawyers Association (Director, 1982; President, 1984). Practice Areas: Public Law; Public Finance; Corporate Law; Commercial Litigation. Email: Guy N. Goodson | | Stephen K. Guidry (Partner) born Beaumont, Texas, July 25, 1957; admitted to bar, 1991, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: Lamar University (A.A.S., 1978; B.S., 1987): University of Texas at Austin (J.D., 1990). Member: Jefferson County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Environmental Law; Toxic Torts; Construction Litigation. Email: Stephen K. Guidry | | James W. Henges (Partner) born Beaumont, Texas, September 29, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Texas; 1995, Oklahoma; 1997, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.B.A., 1990); Oklahoma City University (J.D., with honors, 1994); Georgetown University (LL.M., 1995). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Moot Court Board. Notes and Comment Editor, Oklahoma City University Law Review, 1993-1994. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law. Author, Note, "Cigarettes: Defectively Designed or Just Extremely Dangerous?," 18 Oklahoma City University Law Review, 559 (1994). Member: Jefferson County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Jefferson County Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Defense; Insurance Defense; Employment Law; Appellate Practice. Email: James W. Henges | | C. Scott Mann, Jr. (Partner) born Shreveport, Louisiana, January 26, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Texas; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., 1973; J.D., with honors, 1977). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Legal Research Board, University of Texas School of Law, 1976-1977. Member: Jefferson County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified, Commercial Real Estate Law and Residential Real Estate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Business Law; Business Organization; Health Care Law. Email: C. Scott Mann, Jr. | | James (Jay) R. Old, Jr. (Partner) born Beaumont, Texas, May 17, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Texas; 1989, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court; 1993, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., cum laude, 1985); Texas Tech University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1988). Phi Delta Phi; Board of Barristers; Order of the Coif. Note Editor, Texas Tech Law Review, 1986-1988. Member, American Board of Trial Advocates. Named Texas Super Lawyer as published in Texas Monthly (2005-2007). Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Member: Houston Bar Association (Member, Adopt A School Committee, 1995-1996); Jefferson County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Insurance Law; Construction Law; Member: Construction Law Council, 2001-2003); College of the State Bar; Texas Association of Defense Counsel (President, 2006-2007; President Elect, 2005-2006; Executive Vice President, 2004-2005; Legislative Vice President, 2002-2003; Director, District 2, 1999-2001; Co-Chair, Secretary-Treasurer, 2003-2004, Ethics and Professionalism Committee, 2000-2001; Editor, Ethics and Professionalism Newsletter, 2000-2001); Defense Research Institute. Fellow, Rotary Club of Beaumont. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Products Liability; Toxic Torts; Construction Law; Medical Negligence; Hospital Negligence; Insurance Coverage. Email: James (Jay) R. Old, Jr. | | J. Mitchell Smith (Partner) born Abilene, Texas, May 2, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Texas; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Southern Districts of Texas; U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1988); Baylor University (J.D., 1991). Named, Texas Super Lawyer as published in Texas Monthly, 2005-2008. Member: Jefferson County Bar Association (Director, 2006-2008); State Bar of Texas; International Association of Defense Counsel; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Texas Bar Foundation; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. (Resident, Houston Office). Practice Areas: Civil Appeals; Railroad Litigation; Toxic Tort Defense; Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property. Email: J. Mitchell Smith | | David L. Tolin (Partner) born Lexington, Kentucky, August 7, 1948; admitted to bar, 1978, Texas; 1982, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of Texas; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: McNeese State University (B.A., Economics, cum laude, 1970); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1977). Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi. Member: State Bar of Texas; Jefferson County, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; College of the State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Toxic Torts. Email: David L. Tolin | | Larry J. Simmons, Jr. (Partner) born Beaumont, Texas, December 2, 1962; admitted to bar, 1994, Texas and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Lamar University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1985); Southern Methodist University (M.S., 1989); Baylor University (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Executive Editor, Baylor Law Review, 1993. Member, Baylor Order of Barristers. Named Texas Super Lawyer as published in Texas Monthly (2007). Member: State Bar of Texas (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section); Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Texas Association of Business (Board Member). (Board Certified, Labor & Employment Law and Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Labor and Employment. Email: Larry J. Simmons, Jr. | | Scott C. Crutchfield (Partner) born Beaumont, Texas, October 2, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1989); St. Mary's University of San Antonio (J.D., 1992). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards. Walker Moot Court. Intern, Texas Supreme Court, Spring, 1992. Member: Jefferson County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Transactions; Civil Litigation; Multi-Family Housing; Housing and Urban Development. Email: Scott C. Crutchfield | | Gary W. Coker (Partner) born Jasper, Texas, July 26, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas; 1987, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1991, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 2001, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas. Education: Lamar University (B.B.A., Finance, with highest honors, 1983); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., with honors, 1986). Phi Delta Phi (Vice-Magister, 1985-1986); Order of the Coif. Certified Mediator. Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Member: Jefferson County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Southeast Texas Estate Planning Council; Texas Association of Bank Counsel. Practice Areas: Business Transactions; Creditors Rights; Estate Planning; Probate; Commercial Litigation; Real Estate. Email: Gary W. Coker | | SENIOR TRIAL COUNSEL | | Howell "Chip" Cobb, III (Senior Counsel) born Houston, Texas, August 26, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Texas; 1986, New Mexico; 1981, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; 1989, U.S District Court, District of New Mexico. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1976); University of Texas (J.D., 1979). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member, Law Review, 1976-1978. Named Texas Super Lawyer as published in Texas Monthly (2007). Member: El Paso Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; American Board of Trial Advocacy (Advocate). (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law and Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Products Liability; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury. Email: Howell "Chip" Cobb, III | | Sandra Jean Cole Howard (Senior Counsel) born Kountze, Texas, May 23, 1957; admitted to bar, 1998, Texas. Education: Lamar University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1993); South Texas College of Law (J.D., with honors, 1998). Phi Delta Phi and Phi Kappa Phi. Best Oralist, Spurgeon Bell Moot Court Competition, 1997; Semi-Finalist, Craven Constitutional Law National Moot Court Competition, 1998. Named as Texas Super Lawyer Rising Star (2007) as published in Texas Monthly. Appointed Municipal Judge, City of Lumberton. Member: Jefferson County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Defense Research Institute; Texas Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Toxic Torts; Insurance Defense. Email: Sandra Jean Cole Howard | | John Daniel Surma (Senior Counsel) born Parkridge, Illinois, June 10, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, Wisconsin; 2001, Texas, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas, U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Wisconsin and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: University of Wisconsin-Platteville (B.S., summa cum laude, 1992); University of Wisconsin-Madison (J.D., 1994). Phi Kappa Phi. Member: State Bar of Wisconsin; State Bar of Texas; Jefferson County Bar Association; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Premises Liability; Products Liability; Personal Injury; Toxic Torts; Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation. Email: John Daniel Surma | | OF COUNSEL | | James D. McNicholas (Of Counsel) born Marenisco, Michigan, April 23, 1918; admitted to bar, 1948, Michigan; 1949, Texas, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Michigan (A.B., 1940; J.D., 1948). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Order of the Barristers. Mayor, Beaumont, 1968-1970. Associate Justice, Ninth Judicial District Court of Appeals, 1983-1984. Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Member: Jefferson County (President, 1967-1968) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel. | | Christine L. Stetson (Of Counsel) born Glens Falls, New York, October 27, 1965; admitted to bar, 1992, Texas; 1993, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Education: State University of New York at Binghamton (B.A., magna cum laude, 1989); Albany Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Member: Jefferson County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy and Creditor's Rights; Securities Litigation. Email: Christine L. Stetson | | ASSOCIATES | | T. Phillip Brent (Associate) born Houston, Texas, February 6, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Texas; 2003, Mississippi. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., 1998); Texas Tech University (J.D., 2001). Phi Alpha Delta; Phi Delta Phi. Author: "An Overview of the Use of Experts in Administrative Proceedings," Texas Tech Journal of Administrative Law, Vol. 1, Book 2, 2000. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Commercial Litigation; Premises Liability; Civil Litigation. Email: T. Phillip Brent | | Jerry W. Fancher, Jr. (Associate) born Lubbock, Texas, August 25, 1972; admitted to bar, 2000, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., History, 1996); Baylor University Law School (J.D., 2000). Member, Law Review, 1999-2000. Member: State Bar of Texas; Texas Young Lawyers Association; Jefferson County Young Lawyers Association; Texas Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Premises Liability; Negligence. Email: Jerry W. Fancher, Jr. | | Jonathan S. Frederick (Associate) born Port Arthur, Texas, December 12, 1978; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., magna cum laude, 2001); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., 2005). Phi Alpha Delta; President, General O. R. Simpson Corps Honor Society; Member, Ross Volunteers. Member: State Bar of Texas; Jefferson County Bar Association; Jefferson County Young Lawyers Association; Texas Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Litigation; Personal Injury. Email: Jonathan S. Frederick | | Jason L. Hughes (Associate) born Beaumont, Texas, March 3, 1971; admitted to bar, 2007, Texas. Education: Lamar University (B.S., Criminal Justice, 1993); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2006). Member: Jefferson County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; TexasYoung Lawyer's Association; Jefferson County Young Lawyer's Association; Texas Association of Defense Counsel. Languages: English. Practice Areas: Insurance Law; Family Law; Personal Injury; Premises Liability; Products Liability. Email: Jason L. Hughes | | Keith Jefferson (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 5, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Texas. Education: Loyola University (B.B.A., Finance, Economic, cum laude, 1999); University of Arkansas (J.D., 2002). Participant, William H. Sutton Trial Competition (First Place). National Member and Quarterfinalist, Order of the Barrister National Criminal Procedure Moot Court Competition. Member: Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Toxic Torts; Products Liability; Premises Liability. Email: Keith Jefferson | | Christopher D. Leavins (Associate) born Vider, Texas, June 22, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Texas, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2008, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; U.S. Tax Court. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., Economics 2004); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2007). Delta Theta Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, Highest Grade Award in Family Law, Conflicts of Laws, and Law Office Management; Certified Impartial Third Party, 2007. Formerly with Daniel J. Hoffman & Associates. Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association; Texas Young Lawyers Association; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; Texas Aggie Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Business Law; Estate Planning; Probate; Real Estate; Family Law. Email: Christopher D. Leavins | | Toby Nash (Associate) born Beaumont, Texas, February 1, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas. Education: Lamar University (B.B.A., Accounting, magna cum laude, 2002); Texas Tech University (J.D., summa cum laude, 2005). Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Comment Editor, Texas Tech Law Review. Member: Jefferson County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Jefferson County Young Lawyer's Association; Texas Defense Counsel; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. Practice Areas: Railroad Litigation; Personal Injury Defense; Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation. Email: Toby Nash | | B. Eliot New (Associate) born Lufkin, Texas, September 27, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., 2004; M.P.A., 2004); Baylor University Law School (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Employment Litigation; Civil Litigation. Email: B. Eliot New | | Christopher B. Reed (Associate) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, May 5, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 2004, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.B.A., 1997); Southern Methodist University (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Phi Delta Phi, 1998-2000. Order of the Coif. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award for Civil Procedure (1997). President, Page Class, United States House of Representatives (1989). Speaker of the Student Senate, Texas A & M University (1996-97). Member: Dallas County, Jefferson County and American (Member, Section on: TIPS; International Law) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on: Litigation; International Law); Defense Research Institute, Inc.; Texas Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Christopher B. Reed | | Aaron M. Rubin (Associate) born Houston, Texas, March 24, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (2003); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Commercial Transactions; Real Estate; Business Entities; Commercial Litigation. Email: Aaron M. Rubin | | Collin D. Shellenberger (Associate) born Beaumont, Texas, April 27, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas. Education: Lamar University (B.C.J., cum laude, 2001); Texas Tech University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Member: State Bar of Texas; Jefferson County Bar Association; Jefferson County Young Lawyers Association; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Defense; Labor and Employment Law; Railroad Litigation; Insurance Defense. | | Kelli Burris Smith (Associate) born Orange, Texas, October 15, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Texas; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Lamar University (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1994); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1998). Member, Michelle Mehaffy American Inns of Court. Member, Editorial Committee, Jefferson County Bar Journal. Member: Jefferson County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Jefferson County Young Lawyers Association; Texas Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Defense; Appellate Practice; Professional Malpractice Defense. Email: Kelli Burris Smith | | Robin M. Woolridge (Associate) born Beaumont, Texas, September 2, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Texas. Education: Lamar University (B.A., English, 2000); Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University (J.D., 2003). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Student Bar Association, 2000-2003. Practice Areas: Toxic Torts; Premises Liability; Products Liability. Email: Robin M. Woolridge | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Austin Office: 301 Congress Avenue, Suite 1700. Telephone: 512-472-0288. Fax: 512-472-0721; 512-472-9280.
Houston Office: Three Allen Center, 333 Clay Street, Suite 4950. Telephone: 713-650-1313. Fax: 713-739-7420.
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