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| | Address | | 490 Park Street, P.O. Box 4905 | | Beaumont, Texas 77704 | | (Jefferson Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Provost & Umphrey Law Firm, L.L.P. practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil and Trial Practice. Products Liability, Asbestos Litigation, Probate, Real Estate, Corporate, Banking, Family, Negligence, Insurance Law, Antitrust Litigation, Securities Litigation and Commercial Litigation. | | Year Established: 1969 | Firm Profile:
The Provost & Umphrey Law Firm is a group of trial lawyers and staff members that has become steadfast champions for the rights of individuals. The firm started in 1969 with two attorneys in Port Arthur, Texas. Today the firm is one of the most successful trial law firms in the nation. Civil litigation represents most of their work and this work has resulted in landmark decisions in innovative cases and cases of first impression. The firm pioneered labor law in the region where the world's petrochemical industry was born. The Provost & Umphrey Law Firm is designated General Counsel to: Texas AFL-CIO, Texas Building and Construction Trades, and the International Assoc. of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers. As Special Counsel-Toxic Tort Litigator for OCAW International, the firm represents 106,000 individual union members. The lawyers at the Provost Umphrey Law Firm have built a reputation for excellence starting in Jefferson County, Texas, growing to the State of Texas, the Southeast U.S., and nationwide. Our personal injury law firm represents clients anywhere in America from our offices in Beaumont, Dallas, Tyler and Friendswood Texas, Memphis and Nashville Tennessee and Little Rock, Arkansas. For a more complete overview of our lawyers and our firm including news, reported cases, authorships and more, please visit our website. | | Firm Size: 39 | Clients:
WALTER UMPHREY IS SPECIAL COUNSEL: Toxic Tort Litigation for the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International, Denver, Colorado. |
UNION CLIENTS: Pipefitters Local 195, Ironworkers Local 125, Sheet Metal Workers Local 196, Operating Engineers Local 450, Laborers Local 853, Painters Local 438, OCAW Local 4-23, OCAW Local 228. |
GENERAL COUNSEL FOR: Texas Building and Construction Trades Council; Texas AFL-CIO. | Representative Clients:
Community Bank; Market Basket; Pleasure Island Commission; First Bank & Trust; Orange Savings & Loan Association; Texas P.A.W. Employees Federal Credit Union; Gulf Employees Credit Union; DuPont Beaumont Federal Credit Union; Huntsman Federal Credit Union; Goodrich Federal Credit Union; Mid-County Teachers Credit Union; Mobil Federal Credit Union; Golden Triangle Federal Credit Union; Government Services Credit Union; PACE International Union; Texas AFL-CIO; Texas Building and Construction Trades; United Transportation Union; Transportation Communications Union; Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; American Train Dispatchers Department of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. | Reference:
Community Bank, Beaumont, Texas. | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | David A. Provost (1934-1990). | | Walter Umphrey (Member) born Port Arthur, Texas; admitted to bar, 1965, Texas; 1967, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; 1972, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1973, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1990, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas. Education: Southern Methodist University; Baylor University (B.B.A., 1959; J.D., 1965). Delta Theta Phi. Member: Port Arthur (President, 1974), Jefferson County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Director, 1981); American Board of Trial Advocates; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; International Society of Barristers. Fellow, International Society of Barristers. Recipient, Baylor Lawyer of the Year, Baylor Law School, 2000. Listed, Legal Legends: A Century of Texas Law and Lawyering, 2000. Listed, Best Lawyers of America. Author: "Recognizing and Developing the Case," Masters at Work Seminar, October, 1985; "Voir Dire - The Initial Assault," Advanced Practice Seminar, March 1988; "Post Trial Settlement Techniques - Winning on Appeal," Advanced Appellate and Post Trial Settlement Techniques, December, 1989; "Developing and Managing Class Actions 25," Trial Lawyers Forum 3, 1991; "Punitive Damages after Haslip and Moriel," Dynamic Advocacy Seminar, Jackson Hole, Wyoming - TTLA - July, 1994. Prosecuting Attorney and Chief Felony Prosecutor, Jefferson County District Attorney Office, 1965-1969. Vice Chairman, Texas State Parks and Wildlife Commission, 1991-1997. Member, Committee on Admission of Attorneys to Practice, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont Division, 1980—. (Board Certified, Labor and Employment Law and Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization) (Certified as a Civil Trial Specialist, by the National Board of Trial Advocacy). Reported Cases: Jenkins v. Raymark Industries, 831 F.2d 550 (5th Cir. 1987); In Re Fibreboard, 893 F.2d 706 (5th Cir. 1990); Cimino v. Raymark Industries, Inc., No. 86-0456 (E.D. Tex. Sept. 23, 1989) (1989 WL 253889); Cimino v. Raymark Industries, Inc., 739 F.Supp. 328 (E.D. Tex. 1990); Cimino v. Raymark Industries, Inc., 751 F.Supp. 649 (E.D. Tex. 1990); In Re: The American Tobacco Company, State of Texas v. Tobacco Industry, et. al., 97-411156 (5th Cir. October 8, 1997). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; FELA Railroad Litigation; Toxic Torts; Labor Law; Antitrust; Commercial Litigation. Email: Walter Umphrey | | Bryan O. Blevins, Jr. (Member) born Lufkin, Texas; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.A., 1987); Baylor University (J.D., 1990). Phi Delta Phi. Member: National Moot Court and Moot Trial Teams; Order of Barristers. Member: Jefferson County, Fifth Circuit and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Toxic Tort. | | Paul F. (Chip) Ferguson, Jr. (Member) admitted to bar, 1982, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., 1979); University of Houston (J.D., 1982). Phi Alpha Delta; The Order of Barristers; Advocates. Member: Port Arthur and Jefferson County (Member, Tort and Compensation Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Houston Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1988-1989); Texas Trial Lawyers Association; Southeast Texas Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Houston Young Lawyers Association; College of the State Bar. (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). | | Joe J. Fisher, II (Member) born San Antonio, Texas; admitted to bar, 1993, Texas. Education: Southwestern University (B.A.); University of Houston (J.D.). Member: State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law. | | James E. Payne (Member) born Port Arthur, Texas; admitted to bar, 1993, Texas; 1994, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1995, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; 1997, U.S Court of Appeals; 1998, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Houston (B.S., 1989; J.D., 1993). Order of Barristers. Member: Port Arthur and Jefferson County and Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Black Lawyers Association. (Board Certified, Personal Injury, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Products Liability; Labor and Employment. Email: James E. Payne | | David P. Wilson (Member) born Bay City, Texas; admitted to bar, 1991, Texas, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Lamar University (B.S., 1975); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1990). College of the State Bar of Texas. Instructor, Torts, Lamar University, Beaumont, 1995—. Member: Port Arthur (Vice-President; President, 1995), Jefferson County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. [With U.S. Air Force, 1966-1973]. (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Maritime Law; Product Liability; Toxic Tort. | | Mark A. Allen (Member) admitted to bar, 1981, Tennessee; U.S. District Court, Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of Tennessee; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western District of Arkansas; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit. (Not admitted in Texas). Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.A., with honors, 1976); University of Memphis (J.D., 1981). Delta Theta Phi. Listed in Best Lawyers of America. Member, AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee. (Resident, Memphis, Tennessee Office). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Railroad Law; Personal Liability; Workers Compensation. Email: Mark A. Allen | | Darren Brown (Member) admitted to bar, 1991, Texas. Education: Lamar University (B.B.A., 1987); Baylor University (J.D., 1991). Sigma Iota Epsilon; Beta Gamma Sigma; Delta Theta Phi. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Toxic Torts; Environmental Law; Property Damage; Consumer Protection. | | Jane Swearingen Leger (Member) admitted to bar, 1993, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.B.A., 1990; J.D., 1993). (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Personal Injury. | | Edward Fisher (Member) admitted to bar, 1999, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 1996); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Personal Injury. Email: Edward Fisher | | Guy G. Fisher (Member) admitted to bar, 1990, Texas. Education: Southwestern University (B.B.A., 1987); University of Houston (J.D., 1990). s Trial Lawyers Association; Houston Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury. Email: Guy G. Fisher | | Aaryn E. Kemp Giblin (Member) admitted to bar, 1992, Texas. Education: Arizona State University (B.A., cum laude, 1988); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1992). Member: Texas Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law. | | W. Michael Hamilton (Member) born Little Rock, Arkansas, July 21, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Arkansas; 1983, Tennessee; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: University of Denver (B.A., 1974); University of Arkansas (J.D., 1977). Associate General Counsel, United Paperworkers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC, 1981-1993. Member: American Bar Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee. (Resident, Nashville, Tennessee Office). Practice Areas: Labor; Employment; ERISA; Toxic Tort. | | Michael A. Havard (Member) admitted to bar, 1988, Texas. Education: Lamar University (B.B.A., Accounting, 1979); University of Houston (J.D., 1987). Phi Delta Phi. Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 1982. Member: American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants. Practice Areas: Business Law and Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury. | | Michael H. Hennen (Member) admitted to bar, 1982, Minnesota; 1994, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1967); Michigan State University; Hamline University (J.D., 1982). Sigma Nu Phi. (Resident, Friendswood Office). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Federal Employers Liability Act(100%); Personal Injury; Employment Law. Email: Michael H. Hennen | | John Keith Hyde (Member) admitted to bar, 1989, Texas and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., 1979); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1989). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, Environmental Law. Certified Safety Professional, 1984—. Member: Port Arthur and Jefferson County Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on: Environmental and Natural Resources Law; Health Law); Texas Trial Lawyers Association; American Industrial Hygiene Association. Practice Areas: Toxic Torts; Environmental Law. | | Zona Jones (Member) admitted to bar, 1989, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.B.A., 1985); St. Mary's University of San Antonio (J.D., 1989). Phi Alpha Delta. Languages: Spanish. | | Joe Kendall (Member) admitted to bar, 1980, Texas. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.B.A.); Baylor University (J.D.). (Resident, Dallas Office). Practice Areas: Personal Injury. Email: Joe Kendall | | Christopher T. Kirchmer (Member) admitted to bar, 1995, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.A., 1992); University of Texas (J.D., 1995). Member: Port Arthur Bar Association (Secretary, 1997; Vice President, 1998; President, 1999). (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Litigation. | | Matthew Matheny (Member) admitted to bar, 2003, Texas. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., 2000); Baylor University (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Personal Injury. Email: Matthew Matheny | | Thomas H. McGowan (Member) admitted to bar, 1982, Arkansas. Education: Oberlin College (B.A., 1974); University of Arkansas at Little Rock (J.D., 1982). (Resident, Little Rock, Arkansas Office). Practice Areas: FELA; Labor Union Law; Personal Injury. Email: Thomas H. McGowan | | D'Juana Parks (Member) admitted to bar, 1991, Texas. Education: Lamar University (B.S., 1976); University of Houston (J.D., 1990). (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Product Liability; Toxic Tort. | | Douglas C. Sikes (Member) admitted to bar, 1976, Texas. Education: Lamar University (B.S., 1970); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1975). (Board Certified, Criminal Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Employment Law; Criminal Law. | | Mark C. Sparks (Member) admitted to bar, 1997, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1995); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., with honors, 1997). Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to the Hon. Thad Heartfield, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, 1998-2000. Reported Cases: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Johnson, 39 S.W.3d 729, 732 (Tex.App.-Beaumont 2001). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Class Actions. Email: Mark C. Sparks | | Andy Tindel (Member) admitted to bar, 1982, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.B.A., 1979; J.D., 1982). Law Clerk, Honorable William M. Steger, U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of Texas. (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Civil Appellate Law and Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization) (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy; Resident, Tyler Office ). Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Products Liability Law; Professional Malpractice Law. Email: Andy Tindel | | Ken N. Whitlow (Member) admitted to bar, 1989, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Houston (B.B.A., 1979); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1988). (Board Certified, Commercial Real Estate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Banking Law. | | Matthew Willis (Member) admitted to bar, 1990, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 1986); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1989). Practice Areas: Personal Injury. Email: Matthew Willis | | ASSOCIATES | | Willie Charles Briscoe (Associate) | | Warren G. Clark, Jr. (Associate) | | John A. Cowan (Associate) (Board Certified, Civil Appellate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). | | Judge Leonard Giblin (Associate) | | Jennifer Job Seale (Associate) (Admission pending) | | John M. Lane (Associate) | | Hamilton Lindley (Associate) | | Judge James W. Mehaffy (Associate) (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). | | Colin D. Moore (Associate) | | Nicholas G. Palmarozzi, Jr. (Associate) | | Karl Anthony Rupp (Associate) | | Thomas A. Thomas (Associate) | Other Office Addresses:
Memphis, Tennessee Office: 5050 Popular Avenue, Suite 700, 38157. Telephone: 888-835-6009.
Nashville, Tennessee Office: 2002 Richard Jones Road, Suite 103-C. Telephone: 615-242-0199. Fax: 615-256-5922.
Little Rock, Arkansas Office: 1 Riverfront Place, Suite 605, 72114. Telephone: 501-374-3655; 1-800-388-6521. Fax: 501-374-4279.
Friendswood, Texas Office: 1560 West Bay Area Boulevard, Suite 355, 77546. Telephone: 281-992-1550. Fax: 281-992-2617.
Dallas, Texas Office: 3232 McKinney Avenue, Suite 700. Telephone: 214-744-3000. Fax: 214-744-3015.
Tyler, Texas Office: 112 E. Line Street, Suite 304, 75702. Telephone: 903-596-0900. Toll Free: 800-392-4031.
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