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| | Address | | 1201 East Van Buren, P.O. Box 2155 | | Brownsville, Texas 78520 | | (Cameron Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Rodriguez, Colvin, Chaney
& Saenz, L.L.P. practices in the following areas of law:
Products Liability Defense, Labor and Employment Law, Insurance Defense, Toxic Tort Defense, Personal Injury, Insurance Coverage, Civil Litigation and Appellate Law. | | Firm Size: 19 | Languages:
Language: Spanish. | Clients:
REGIONAL COUNSEL FOR: Ford Motor Company. | Representative Clients:
3-M Corp.; A.G. Edwards; AIG Excess Insurance; AIG Technical Claim; American Airlines, Inc.; American Home Products; Anschutz Corporation; ARCO; ASARCO, Incorporated; Asgrow Seed Company; AT&T; Baxter Healthcare Corporation; Borg-Warner; Bridgestone Firestone, Inc.; Brown & Root; Browning Arms Company; Brownsville Foundation for Health & Education; Brownsville & Matamoros Bridge Co.; Burlington Northern Railroad Company; Cajun Operating Co.; Century Cellutel, Inc.; Chase Bank of Texas, N.A.; Chase Manhattan Bank; Chevron; Chrysler Corporation; Chubb Insurance Group; Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.; Coltec Industries, Inc.; Conseco; Converto Manufacturing; Correct Craft, Inc.; Deer & Co.; Denny's, Inc.; Drennan Construction Corp.; Doubleclick, Inc.; The Dow Chemical Company; Dow Jones & Company, Inc.; Drury Inns, Inc.; DynaCraft Industries, Inc.; E.I. DuPont Nemours & Company; Economy Oil Company; Emerson Electric Company; Evenflo Company, Inc.; Exxon Corporation; Encycle/Texas, Inc.; Ford Motor Company; Garlock Inc.; General Motors Corporation; GENICOM Corporation; Gladys Porter Zoo; Glock, Inc.; The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company; Gorges Quik to Fix Foods, Inc.; Great Dane Trailers, Inc.; H.Yturria Land & Cattle Co.; Harco Insurance; Hertz; Hewlett-Packard Company; Homelite Textron; Honda Motor Corporation; Hospital Corporation of America; Houston Lighting & Power Company; Hyundai Motor Corporation; Ingersoll Rand; International Paper Company; JC Penney Corporation, Inc.; Jeep; John Deere Co.; John Deere Transportation Services; Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation; Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S. A.; Kerr-McGee Corporation; Kolcraft Enterprises, Inc.; La Quinta Motor Inns, Inc.; Magic Valley Electrical Cooperative, Inc.; Marathon; Marine Military Academy, Inc.; Mazda Motor Corporation; Mazda North American Operations; Mercedes Benz USA, Inc.; Merrill Lynch; Michelin North America, Inc.; Minnesota Title Insurance Co.; Mission Petroleum Carriers, Inc.; Monsanto Company; National American Insurance Company; National Cash Register Corporation; Navistar Corp.; Nissan Motor Co. in U.S.A.; Nor-Am Chemical Co.; Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. and Novartis Consumer Health, Inc.; O.F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc.; Oasis Water Co.; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; Pacific Employers Insurance; PG&E Gas Transmission, Texas Corporation f/k/a Valero Corporation; Pizza Hut of South Valley; Public Utilities Board of Brownsville (PUB); Remington Arms Company; Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, Inc.; Rio Valley Switching Company; Rohm and Haas Company; Rotan Mosle, Inc.; SCI, International; Sears, Roebuck & Company; Service Lloyds Insurance Company; Shell Offshore, Inc.; Smith & Wesson; Simon Property Group (Texas), L.P.; Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.; Spalding & Evenflo Company, Inc.; St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins.; St. Paul Insurance; St. Paul Travelers; Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.; Sweeney Jewelers; T & D Solutions; Terminix International Company; The Boot Jack; The Coca-Cola Company; Toyota Motor Corp; Toyota Motor Sales Corporation; Unifirst Holdings; Union Carbide Corporation; Union Pacific Railroad Co.; Upjohn Company; U.S. Home Corporation; Valley Coca-Cola Bottling Co.; Valley Telephone Cooperative; Vanity Fair, Inc.; Volkswagen; Wells Fargo Home Mortgage; Western Atlas; Winland Electronics; Wright Petroleum Company, Inc.; Whataburger, Inc.; The Woodman Company, a Division of Kliklock Corporation; Wright III Foods, Inc.; Yamaha Motor Company, Ltd. |
Other Office Locations of Rodriguez, Colvin, Chaney
& Saenz, L.L.P.
Edinburg, Texas, U.S.A.
Harlingen, Texas, U.S.A.
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Eduardo Roberto Rodriguez (Member) born Edinburg, Texas, November 13, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, Texas; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Southern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: George Washington University (B.A., 1965); University of Texas at Austin (L.L.B., 1968). Order of the Coif (Honorary Member, 2000). Class Agent, 1968. Quizmaster, 1967-1968. President, University of Texas Law Alumni Executive Committee, 2001. Faculty Member, International Association Trial Academy, Boulder, Colorado, 2002. Member: Board of Disciplinary Appeals, 1991; Texas Supreme Court Task Force on Discovery, 1991; Texas Supreme Court Task Force on Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, 2003. Conservator, Duval County Conservation and Reclamation District, appointed by Texas Water Rights Commission, 1975-1989. Chairman, The Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation, 1997-1998. Chairman, Brownsville Convention & Visitors' Bureau, 1992-1993. President, Brownsville Kiwanis Club, 1972-1973. Member: Cameron County (Director, 1972-1974; Vice-President, 1974-1975; President, 1975-1976) and American (State Representative, Young Lawyers Division, 1979-1981; House of Delegates, 1991-1997; Chairman, Standing Committee on Gavels) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (President-Elect, 2004-2005; President, 2005-2006; Member, Grievance Committee, District 12-B, 1980-1986; Director, 1987-1990; Federal Judicial Relations Committee, 1998-2000; Executive Committee, 1988-1990); Texas Young Lawyers Association (Director and Treasurer, 1977-1978); Texas Association of Defense Counsel (Director, 1988-1991; Vice-President, 1992-1993); International Association of Defense Counsel; American Board of Trial Advocates (TEX-ABOTA); Products Liability Advisory Council; American Law Institute. American College of Trial Lawyers. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Railroad Defense; Products Liability; Criminal Law; General Litigation; Construction Law; Toxic Torts. Email: Eduardo Roberto Rodriguez | | Norton A. Colvin, Jr. (Member) born San Antonio, Texas, November 26, 1945; admitted to bar, 1974, Texas; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Southern and Western Districts of Texas; 1984, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1970); St. Mary's University of San Antonio (J.D., 1974). Delta Theta Phi (Member, Consumer Affairs Committee). Speaker: Lender Liability Bank School, 1989-1991, sponsored by the Texas Tech University School of Banking; Bankruptcy and Commercial Litigation, NBI Conferences; American Health Care Association Conference Nursing Home Defense, Chicago, 1998. Member: Cameron County (Board of Directors, 1977-1983; Treasurer, 1979-1980; President, 1983-1984), Hidalgo County, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (U.S. Magistrate Selection Committee, Brownsville-McAllen Division, Southern District of Texas; Grievance Committee, District 12B, 1986-1989; Standing Committee, Bankruptcy Practices and Procedures, Southern District of Texas); College of the State Bar of Texas; Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel; Litigation Counsel of America; American Association of Justice; Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel; Texas Association of Bank Counsel; National Association of Bank Counsel; American Academy of Hospital Attorneys; Defense Research Institute; Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Civil Trial; Toxic Tort; Environmental; Lender Liability; Railroad Defense; Nursing Home Litigation. Email: Norton A. Colvin, Jr. | | Mitchell C. Chaney (Member) born Kansas City, Missouri, June 15, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; 1982, Texas, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1997, U.S. Supreme Court; 1998, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; 2003, U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 1978); University of Kansas (J.D., 1981). Co-Author: "Trying the Automobile Injury Case in Texas," National Business Institute, Inc., Defense Research Institute; "Daubert Update: Admissibility of Expert Testimony in The Wake of Kumho Tire," National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, 1999. Author: "Spoliation in Texas." Special Assistant Disciplinary Counsel, State Bar of Texas, Commission for Lawyer Discipline. Member: DRI Lawyers Professionalism and Ethics Committee; U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society. Member: Cameron County (Director, 1988-1990), Kansas and American (Litigation Section; Law Practice Management Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Litigation Section); Texas Young Lawyers Association (Director, Dist. 15, 1989-1991); Co-Chair: Dropout Prevention/Literacy Committee, 1989-1990; Rights of the Homeless Committee, 1990-1991; U.S. Magistrate Merit Selection Committee, Brownsville Division, Southern District of Texas, 1998 and 2000 Sustaining Member, Product Liability Advisory Council; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel; Litigation Counsel of America; International Association of Defense Counsel; Texas Association of Defense Counsel (Director, 2005-2006); Texas Trial Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Railroad Defense; Products Liability; Civil Practice; Toxic Torts. Email: Mitchell C. Chaney | | Marjory Colvin Batsell (Member) born San Benito, Texas, October 17, 1951; admitted to bar, 1978, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1974); University of Houston (J.D., 1978). Phi Delta Phi. Chief Felony Prosecutor, Cameron County District Attorney (1982-1983). Assistant U.S. Attorney, Civil, Brownsville Division Southern District of Texas, 1984-1985. Member: Cameron County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Railroad Defense; Banking; School Law. Email: Marjory Colvin Batsell | | Jaime A. Saenz (Member) born Roma, Texas, October 21, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas; 1987, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2002, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., magna cum laude, 1983; J.D., 1986). Phi Beta Kappa. Who's Who in Practicing Attorneys, 1990. Briefing Attorney, Honorable Filemon B. Vela, U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas (1986-1988). Author and Speaker, Page Keeton Products Liability and Personal Injury Law Conference, Topic: House Bill 4, 2003. Member, Dean's Roundtable, University of Texas School of Law, 2004. Member: Cameron County, Hidalgo County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Litigation Section); National Hispanic Bar Association; Defense Research Institute; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel; International Association of Defense Counsel; Litigation Counsel of America. Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury; Employment Law; Products Liability; Railroad Defense. Email: Jaime A. Saenz | | Joseph A. (Tony) Rodriguez (Member) born Brownsville, Texas, December 20, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, Texas; 1988, U.S. District Court, Southern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., 1984); University of Houston (J.D., 1987). Delta Theta Phi (Dean, 1986-1987). Briefing Attorney to Hon. Filemon B. Vela, U.S. District Court Judge, Southern District of Texas, 1987-1989. Member: Cameron County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Railroad Defense. Email: Joseph A. (Tony) Rodriguez | | Alison D. Kennamer (Member) born San Antonio, Texas, August 18, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Rice University (B.A., cum laude, 1985); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., with honors, 1988). Order of the Coif. Co-Author: "Fifth Circuit Survey: Evidence," 26 Texas Tech Law Review 625, 1995. Author and Speaker: "Overview of the Law of Expert Witnesses," University of Texas Annual Evidence Symposium, April 2000; University of Texas' Annual Page Keeton Products Liability Conference, October 1999. Author: "Implications of the Application of Non-Mutual Offensive Collateral Estoppel in Texas Products Liability Cases," 30 Texas Tech Law Review No. 3, p. 1127 (1999). Member, Cameron County Young Lawyers Association, 1993-1999. Member: Cameron County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Products Liability; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Defense; Personal Injury. Email: Alison D. Kennamer | | Lecia L. Chaney (Member) born Belleville, Kansas, May 16, 1963; admitted to bar, 1992, Kansas; 1993, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Wichita State University (B.A., cum laude, 1984); University of Kansas (J.D., 1992). Briefing Attorney, Hon. Filemon B. Vela, U.S. District Court Judge, Southern District of Texas, 1992-1993. Member: Cameron County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Kansas; State Bar of Texas; Cameron County Young Lawyers Association. Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Employment Law; Personal Injury; Products Liability. Email: Lecia L. Chaney | | Teri L. Danish (Member) born Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania, December 5, 1962; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern, Western and Eastern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Texas A&M University (B.B.A., 1984); University of San Diego (J.D., 1990). Order of the Barristers. Member: Cameron County, Hidalgo County and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment Law; Women and Individual Rights & Responsibilities); Texas Association of Defense Counsel. (Board Certified, Labor and Employment Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Civil Litigation; Products Liability. Email: Teri L. Danish | | Rosa Maria Villagomez (Member) born San Antonio, Texas, January 23, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern and Western Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Stanford University (B.A., 1993); St. Mary's University School of Law (J.D., 1998). Phi Alpha Delta. Author: "Accident Investigation and Preservation of Evidence: Defense Perspective"; State Bar of Texas Seminar, Prosecuting or Defending a Trucking or Auto Accident Case" September 27-28, 2007; "Indemnification: What Every Lawyer Needs to Know"; Texas Association of Defense Counsel Fall Meeting, 2005; Top Young Lawyers in Texas, Rising Stars (2006 and 2007). Briefing Attorney to Hon. John Wm. Black, U.S. Magistrate, Southern District of Texas, Brownsville Division, 1998-1999. Kappa Alpha Theta, Young Lawyer Committee Chair, Texas Association of Defense Counsel (2006-2007); Merit Selection Panel Chair for Reappointment of U.S. Magistrate for Southern District of Texas, Brownsville Division (2006); Panel Member, District 12 Grievance Committee of the State Bar of Texas (2007—); Cameron County Chair, Do the Write Thing and National Campaign to Stop Violence (2005—); Panel Member, Community Law School, Cameron County Bar Association (2006—). Member: Cameron County, Hidalgo County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Litigation Section); Cameron County Young Lawyers Association; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; Texas Association of Young Lawyers. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Rosa Maria Villagomez | | ASSOCIATES | | Derek T. Rollins (Associate) born Dallas, Texas; admitted to bar, 2006, New Mexico; 2007, Texas. Education: Tulane University (B.A., 2002); University of Texas (J.D., 2006). Founder and President Graduate Advisor, Delta Tau Delta, 2001-2003. Founder, Adopt-A-School, 2001-2002. Mentor, Gloria K. Bradford Society, 2004-2005. Member: Cameron County, Bernalillo County and Albuquerque Bar Associations; Cameron County Young Lawyers Association; New Mexico Young Lawyers Division. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Derek T. Rollins | | Laura J. Urbis (Associate) born Harlingen, Texas, October 31, 1959; admitted to bar, 1988, Texas, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Auburn University (B.A., 1982); St. Mary's University of San Antonio (J.D., 1988). Phi Delta Phi. Member, St. Mary's Law Journal, 1987-1988. Co-Author: Chapter "Records and Recordkeeping," Employment Law Handbook, published by Texas Association of Business, 1991; "Judicial Selection in Texas: A Gathering Storm?" 23 Texas Tech Law Review 525 (1992). Editorial Advisory Board for Texas Employment Law, 1998. Member: Cameron County (Director, 2001-2004; Secretary, 2004-2005, Incoming President, 2007—) and American (Labor and Employment Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation (Life Fellow); Texas Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Employment Law; Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect. Email: Laura J. Urbis | | Sarah A. Nicolas (Associate) born Ft. Worth, Texas, June 25, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Texas; 2001, California, U.S. District Court, Central District of California and U.S. District Court, Southern, Western, Eastern and Northern Districts of Texas. Education: Texas Lutheran University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1996); University of Texas at Austin, School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1999). Member: Cameron County, Hidalgo County and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Sarah A. Nicolas | | Norton "Trey" Colvin III (Associate) born Brownsville, Texas, February 24, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Texas; 2005, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: Texas Christian University (B.A., 2000); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2004). Member South Texas College of Law Review, 2002-2004. Assistant Editor-in-Chief, South Texas College of Law Review, 2004. Member: Cameron County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Cameron County Young Lawyers' Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Toxic Torts; Products Liability; Railroad Law. Email: Norton "Trey" Colvin III | | OF COUNSEL | | Orrin W. Johnson (Of Counsel) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 7, 1920; admitted to bar, 1947, Texas; 1964, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Texas (B.A., cum laude, 1942; LL.B., cum laude, 1947). Chancellors; Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi. Associate Editor, Texas Law Review, 1945-1947. Member, Texas Delegate, 1989-1990. Member: Cameron County (President, 1961-1962) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Director, 12th District, 1972-1975; President, 1982-1983; Trustee, State Bar of Texas Insurance Trust, 1973-1979; Director, Texas Lawyers Insurance Exchange, 1974-1980; Council Member, Section on Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law, 1976-1981; Secretary, 1980-1981; Chairman, Model Rules Committee, 1984-1988; Presidents Award, 1986). Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; American College of Trust and Estate Counsel; American Bar Foundation (Life Fellow); Texas Bar Foundation (Trustee, 1977-1978; Chairman of the Fellows, 1978-1981; Sustaining Life Fellow). [Major, USMCR, Retired, 1957]. (Also practicing individually in Harlingen) (Resident, Harlingen Office). | | Benjamin S. Hardy (1912-1993). | | Neil E. Norquest (Of Counsel) born Edinburg, Texas, October 17, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Texas; 1974, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Pan American University (1966-1967); University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 1969); University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 1972). Speaker: Legal Ethics, No Evidence Summary Judgments, 2000. Member: Hidalgo County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, District 12-B Grievance Committee, 1987-1993); Texas Bar Foundation (1989—); Texas Association of Defense Counsel (1985—); College of the State Bar of Texas (1998—); Council of Appellate Lawyers. (Resident, Edinburg Office). Practice Areas: Legal Research; Civil Appeals. Email: Neil E. Norquest | | Aaron Peña, Jr. (Of Counsel) born Austin, Texas, June 8, 1959; admitted to bar, 1988, Texas. Education: Pan American University; University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 1984); Texas Southern University (J.D., 1987). State Representative, District 40. Member: National Employment Lawyers Association; American Bar Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Texas Trial Lawyers Association; College of the State Bar of Texas; Hidalgo County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Trial Lawyers for Public Justice; Hispanic National Bar Association. (Resident, McAllen Office) (Board Certified, Labor and Employment Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation. | | Shawn M. Isbell (Of Counsel) born Amarillo, Texas, December 20, 1953; admitted to bar, 1981, Texas; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1993, Alaska; 2002, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., magna cum laude, 1977); University of Houston (J.D., 1981). Formerly with: Browning-Ferris Industries; Lyondell Petrochemical Company. Member: Cameron County, Hildago County and American Bar Associations. Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Languages: Spanish and French. Practice Areas: Toxic Torts; Environmental Litigation. Email: Shawn M. Isbell | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
McAllen, Texas Office: 323 W. Cano, Suite 100. Telephone: 956-686-1287. Telecopier: 956-380-0254.
Harlingen, Texas Office: 402 East Van Buren. Telephone: 956-423-0213. Telecopier: 956-423-2035.
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