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| | Address | | 1855 Calder Avenue, P.O. Drawer 3688 | | Beaumont, Texas 77704 | | (Jefferson Co.) | |  | Free Initial Consultation |
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| | Contact Information | | Phone: 409-835-3000 | Telecopier: 409-832-6162
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Gilbert T. Adams, P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Litigation and Appeals in all State and Federal Courts, Tort Litigation, Consumer, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Automobile, Trucking, Boating & Motorcycle Accidents, Slip and Fall, Seatbelt Injuries, Whiplash, Head and Spinal Injuries, Birth Injury, Construction Accidents, Defective Products, Railroad Accidents, Burns and Explosion, Brain Injuries, Helicopter and Airplane Crashes, Pharmaceutical Drugs, Cerebral Palsy, Products Liability, Admiralty, F.E.L.A., Toxic Tort, Maritime, Railroad Crossing, Employment Law, Sexual Harassment, Discrimination, Insurance, Bad Faith, Family Law, Divorce. | | Year Established: 1930 | | Firm Size: 7 | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
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| | Gilbert T. Adams (1905-1984). | | Gilbert T. Adams, Jr. (Member) born Beaumont, Texas, July 1, 1942; admitted to bar, 1968, Texas; 1969, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; 1972, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court; 1980, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas. Education: Lamar University (B.S., 1964); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1968). Delta Theta Phi. President of Student Bar Association, 1967-1968. Recipient of American Bar Association's Silver Key Award, 1968. Director, Jefferson County Junior Bar, 1971-1972. Member, Executive Committee and Faculty, Texas College of Trial Advocacy, 1978—; Executive Committee Faculty, 1978-1990. Co-editor, Texas Evidence Law Reporter, 1984-1990. Member, Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee, 1985-1991. Author: "Special Considerations for the Negligent Plaintiff Under Comparative Negligence: Joinder of Defendants and the Feasibility of 100% Recovery," Trial Lawyers Forum, 1976; "Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Problems," TTLA Insurance Litigation Seminar, 1983; "Stress-Triggered Disability: Medically Recognized, Legally Ignored," Trial Lawyers Forum, 1984; "The Common Law and the Texas Rules of Evidence," Texas Evidence Reporter, 1984; "Other Experts: When and How to Use Them," A Basic Trial Seminar, 1984; "New Vistas in Proving the Value of Human Life," Trial Lawyers Forum, 1985; "Art of Persuasion: Profile of a Master," Masters at Work, 1985; "Creating Your Lawsuit: Organization From Inception to Trial," Marshalling Evidence and Mapping Procedure, 1985; "Public is Competent Enough to Elect Judges," Beaumont Enterprise, 1986; Message From the President: "Sound the Tocsin," Trial Lawyers Forum, 1986; "President's Page: An Elected Judiciary is Preferred," Trial Lawyers Forum," 1986; "Presidents Page: Safer Products and the Texas Trial Lawyer," Trial Lawyers Forum, 1987; "President's Page: Life is a Fishbowl," Trial Lawyers Forum, 1987; "Preventing Law Trends and Compensation Payments For Stress-Disabled Workers," Praeger Publishers, 1987; "Pitfalls of Multi-Party Settlements," Personal Injury and Wrongful Death, State Bar of Texas Professional Development Program, 1987; "Experts and Learned Treatises," Evidence and Discovery Techniques, State Bar of Texas Professional Development Program, 1988. Course Chair and Moderator: Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Dynamic Advocacy Seminar, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 1994; "Beat the Heat," (Course Chair and Moderator), Texas Trial Lawyers Association, 1996; Southeast Texas Legislative Update Seminar, 1996; "Small Firms Can Successfully Litigate the Corporate Goliath: Meissner v. Wal-Mart, July, 2002, Association of Trial Lawyers of America Annual Convention. Sustaining Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Member: Houston, Jefferson County (Chairman, Scholarship Committee, 1971-1972; Member, Civil Jury Services Committee, 1983-1984) and American Bar Associations; Bar Association of Fifth Federal Circuit; State Bar of Texas (Member: Personal Injury Trial Law Advisory Commission, 1977-1985; Committee on Lawyers Advertising and Solicitation, 1979-1980; State Bar Liaison Committee on the Federal Rules of Evidence, 1981-1983; Committee on Administration of Rules of Evidences in Civil Cases, 1983-1986; Federal Judiciary Appointments Committee, 1981-1984, Vice-Chairman, 1986-1987; Chairman, Civil Trial Law/Personal Injury Trial Law Exam Commission, 1984-1985; Member, 1994-1995 and Vice Chair, 1995-1996, Pattern Jury Charge Committee; Vol. I Member Vice Chair, 1995—); Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Advisory Board, 1972-1973; Director, 1973-1986; Statewide Membership Chairman, 1974-1975; Budget and Finance Chairman, 1981-1985; Nominating Committee, 1981; President, 1986-1987; Member, Executive Committee, 1987-1988); American Association for Justice (AAJ): National Program Director, Young Lawyers Section, 1970-1971; National Chairman, State Committeemen, 1971-1972; Recipient, Leadership Award, 1971; Member, M Club, 1977—; Chair, Law School Chapter Program Committee, 1989-1990; Secretary, 1980-1981, Vice-President, 1981-1982, and Chairman, 1982-1983; Workers Compensation Section; Member, Board of Governors, 1982-1986, 1987-1989, 1994-2000; Executive Committee, 1984-1985, 1996-1997; Medical Malpractice Committee, 1985-1986; Public Affairs Committee, 1985-1986, 2000-2001; Member, Partnership for Progress Committee, 1999-2001; Presidential Advisory Council, 1986-1987; Co-chair, Elections Committee, 1994-1996; Trustee, ATLA Political Action Committee, 1996-2003; Member, Committee on Ethical Conduct, 1990-1991, 1993-1994, 2000-2003; Member, ATLA-PAC Task Force, 2000-2003; Public Affairs Liaison Committee, 2001. Member, PAC - Board of Trustees, 1995-1996, 2000-2003; Member, Organization & Home Office Committee, 1998-2001; Member, Presidents Club, 200-2001; Budget Committee, 1997-2001; The Roscoe Pound Foundation Sustaining Life Fellow; ATLA Endowment, 2002; New York Trial Lawyers Association; Law Science Academy of America; Southeast Texas Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1990-1991); American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate); Texas Center for Legal Ethics & Professionalism; American Jury Trial Foundation (Trustee, 1993-2000); Trial Lawyers for Public Justice. Practice Areas: Personal Injury. Email: Gilbert T. Adams, Jr. | | —————————— | | Theme Sue Linh (Associate) born 1958; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Education: Sam Houston State University (B.B.A., 1981); University of Houston (J.D., 1990). Member: State Bar of Texas; Jefferson County Bar Association; Jefferson County Young Lawyers Association; Texas Trial Lawyers Association; American Association for Justice (AAJ); Southeast Texas Trial Lawyers. Reported Cases: Wal-Mart Stores v. Coward, 829 S.W.2d 340; Offshore Petroleum Drivers, Inc., v. Cromp, et, al, 952 S.W.2d 954; Alcantara v. Prudential 75 F. Supp.2d 563 (E.D. Tex 1999). Languages: Chinese, Mandarin, Cantonese and Laotian. Practice Areas: Personal Injury. Email: Theme Sue Linh | | Gilbert T. Adams, III (Associate) born Beaumont, Texas, December 20, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Texas and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.A., 1992; J.D., 1994). Recipient, Law Student National Scholarship for Best Essay, American Association for Justice (AAJ), Auxiliary, 1993. Author: "Big Box Retailers: Discovery Abuse" Trial Magazine-Journal of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, April 2000. "How to Make Death Penalty Sanctions Stick", Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Winning Edge Seminar, February, 2000. "Small Firms Can Successfully Litigate the Corporate Goliath: Meissner v. Wal-Mart", July 2002 American Association for Justice Annual Convention. Member: State Bar of Texas; Jefferson County Bar Association; Jefferson County Young Lawyers Association; American Association for Justice (AAJ); Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Associate Director, 1995-1998; Director, 1998—); Advocates of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Directors, 1996-1998); Southeast Texas Trial Lawyers Association (President, 2003; Vice President, 2000-2002; Secretary/Treasurer, 1995- 2000; Executive Director, 1995—); PJC III - Malpractice, Premises & Products Committee (1998-2000); Million Dollar Advocates Forum (Life Member); Mickey Mehaffy Inns of Court (1995-1996); College of State Bar of Texas; Texas Bar Foundation (Sustaining Member). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Products Liability; Commercial Litigation. Email: Gilbert T. Adams, III | | Cheryl A. Schultz (Associate) born Houma, Louisiana; admitted to bar, 1989, Texas; 1992, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit. Education: University of Texas (B.A., with high honors, 1986); Baylor University (J.D., 1989). Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Theta Phi. Briefing Attorney to Hon. John E. Powers, Third Court of Appeals, Austin, Texas, 1989-1990. Member: State Bar of Texas; Jefferson County and Houston (Member, Section: Appellate) Bar Associations; College of the State Bar of Texas; Texas Trial Lawyers Association; American Association for Justice (AAJ); Southeast Texas Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Civil Appellate. Email: Cheryl A. Schultz | | Curtis L. Soileau (Associate) born Beaumont, Texas, March 5, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas, 1988, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Lamar University (B.S., 1982); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1986). Member, Order of the Lytae. City Councilman, 1981-1982 and Mayor 1982-1983, City of Lumberton; Texas House Representatives, District 20, 1989-1993. Board Member, 1997-2000; President, 1998, Lumberton I.S.D. Foundation Board of Directors, Lamar Institute of Technology, 2000—. Member, Board of Directors, Southeast Texas Food Bank, 2005—. Member: Jefferson County, Hardin County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Southeast Texas Trial Lawyers Association; Texas Trial Lawyers Association; American Association for Justice (AAJ). Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Products Liability. Email: Curtis L. Soileau | | Alto V. Watson, III (Associate) born Beaumont, Texas, March 19, 1960; admitted to bar, 1987, Texas and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1982); Columbia University (M.A., 1984); St. Mary's University School of Law (J.D., 1987). Recipient, AMJUR Award of Civil Procedure, Evidence, Legal Ethics. Author: "Big Box Retailers: Discovery Abuse," Trial Magazine-Journal of The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (now the AAJ) (April 2000). Member: Jefferson County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; American Association for Justice (AAJ); Texas Trial Lawyers Association; Southeast Texas Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Civil Appellate. Email: Alto V. Watson, III | | Catherine Adams Matthews (Associate) born Beaumont, Texas; admitted to bar, 2004, Texas; 2007, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.A., 2001) Dean's List; South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2004). Varsity Mock Trial, 2005-2007. Finalist, Gallagher, Lewis, Downey & Kim's Mock Trial Competition. Dean's List, South Texas College of Law, 2003. The Hague Academy of International Law, 2007. Licensed Mediator, Texas, 2006. Member: Jefferson County Young Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors, 2007-2009); Jefferson County Pro Bono Honor Roll; American Association for Justice (AAJ); Jefferson County Bar Association; Southeast Texas Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Commercial Litigation; Insurance; Family Law. Email: Catherine Adams Matthews |
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