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| | Address | | 3811 Turtle Creek Boulevard, Suite 1400 | | Dallas, Texas 75219-4461 | | (Collin, Dallas & Denton Cos.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | Phone: 214-720-0720
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| Sommerman & Quesada, L.L.P. practices in the following areas of law:
Plaintiffs' Personal Injury Law. | | Firm Size: 5 | | Andrew B. Sommerman (Member) born Nedro, New York, August 15, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Education: University of Texas at Arlington (B.A., 1983); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1986). Recipient, South Texas College of Law American Jurisprudence Award, Torts. Co-Author: "Undergraduate Moot Court," Knerr, Charles R. and Andrew B. Sommerman, 21 NAPLA Notes 53-56, 2000; "Undergraduate Appellate Simulation in American Colleges," Knerr, Charles R., Andrew B. Sullivan, Suzy K. Rogers, accepted for publication, the Journal of Legal Studies Education. "Bringing the Supreme Court into the Undergraduate Classroom: Appellate Simulation in American Colleges," Knerr, Charles R. and Andrew B. Sommerman, accepted for publication, Law and Courts, April 2001; "Bringing the Courtroom into the Undergraduate Classroom: Appellate Simulation in American Colleges," Knerr, Charles R. and Andrew B. Sommerman, accepted for publication, Undergraduate Educator; "Variation in the Conduct of Undergraduate Moot Court," Knerr, Charles R. and Andrew B. Sommerman, paper delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Las Vegas, March 15, 2001; Undergraduate Appellate Simulation in American Colleges and Universities," Knerr, Charles R. and Andrew B. Sommerman, paper delivered at National Communication Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, November 11, 2000; "Undergraduate Moot Court: A Comparison with Law School and Appellate Practice," Knerr, Charles R. and Andrew B. Sommerman, paper delivered at American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., August 31, 2000; "Undergraduate Moot Court," Knerr, Charles R. and Andrew B. Sommerman, paper delivered at Pacific Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, California, February 22-25, 2001; "Undergraduate Appellate Simulation in American Colleges and Universities," Knerr, Charles R. and Andrew B. Sommerman, paper delivered at National Communication Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, November 11, 2000; "Undergraduate Appellate Simulation in American Colleges and Universities," Knerr, Charles R. and Andrew B. Sommerman, paper delivered at Southwestern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Galveston, Texas, March 16, 2000. Author: "Discovery Under the Not-So-New-Rules," paper delivered at the Advanced Personal Injury Seminar, South Texas College of Law, March 1, 2001; "Forum Shopping," paper delivered at the Multi-Party Litigation Seminar, University of Houston Law School, February 23, 2001; "Expert Witnesses and Their Evidence: Reliability and Relevance (Robinson Turns 5)", paper delivered at the Advanced Personal Injury Seminar, South Texas College of Law, April 13, 2000; "Depositions Under the Rules of Civil Procedure," paper delivered at Civil Discovery Conference, University of Houston Law School, April 14, 1999, January 27, 2000 and February 2, 2000; "Evidence and Discovery: A New Ball Game," paper delivered at Advanced Personal Injury Conference, University of Houston Law School, August 26, 1999; "Demonstrative Evidence," paper delivered at the Advanced Personal Injury Seminar, State Bar of Texas, June, 1999; "How to Present a Soft Tissue Injury Case," paper delivered to the Automobile Injury Conference, South Texas College of Law, April 23, 1999, May 15, 1998, April 14, 1997 and July 17, 1996; "Injuries in a Soft Tissue Injury Case," paper delivered to the Insurance Law Seminar, University of Houston Law School, May 14, 1998 and May 16, 1997; "Mechanism of harm in Head Injury Cases," paper offered to the Traumatic Brain Injury Conference, Lorman Education Center, August 27, 1997; "Proving Difficult Damages," paper offered to the Advanced Personal Injury and Insurance Law Course, University of Houston Law School, May 1, 1997, May, 1996 and February, 1995; Admissibility of Medical Evidence," paper delivered to the Advanced Personal Injury Seminar, South Texas College of Law, May, 1994. Member: Dallas Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Dallas Trial Lawyers Association (Director); Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Director); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Email: Andrew B. Sommerman | | George A. Quesada, Jr. (Member) born Ft. Worth, Texas, August 30, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas; 1988, U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas; 2004, New Mexico. Education: Baylor University (B.A., 1983; J.D., 1986). Co-Author: "Personal Injury Actions Under the DTPA," St. Mary's Law Journal, 1990. Joint Author "Practicing Law in the 'New Age': The 1988 Amendments to the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure," Texas Tech Law Review, 1988. Member: Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Director); Dallas Trial Lawyers Association. Email: George A. Quesada, Jr. | | OF COUNSEL | | Al Ellis (Of Counsel) born Cleveland, Ohio, August 26, 1943; admitted to bar, 1972, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; 1974, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1975, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Texas at Arlington (B.A., 1965); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1971). Student Chief Counsel, Southern Methodist University Legal Clinic. Member, Board of Editors, Journal of Air Law and Commerce, 1970-1971. Recipient: Dallas Jaycees Distinguished Service Award; Dallas All Sports Association Distinguished Service Award; Dallas Trial Lawyers Association Distinguished Community Involvement Award; Leon Jaworski Award for Teaching Excellence; Nancy Garms Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions to Law-Focused Education; Judge Sam Williams Local Bar Leadership Award; Texas Bar Foundation Dan Price Memorial Award. Listed: Best Lawyers in America, 2003-2004; D Magazine Best Lawyers in Dallas, 2003; Texas Monthly Super Lawyers, 2003; Who's Who in American Law, South and Southwest Texas, America and World Editions. Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Past Board Member: Law Focused Education, Inc.; Legal Services of North Texas; Dallas Legal Hospice; Dallas Habitat for Humanity. Instructor, Trial Advocacy, Southern Methodist Law School. Past President: Dallas Council on Alcoholism; Dallas All Sports Association. Past Director, Dallas Regional Golden Gloves Tournament. Member: Dallas Bar Association (Past President and Board Member); State Bar of Texas (Past Board Member); International Academy of Trial Lawyers; American Board of Trial Advocates (Past President, Dallas Chapter); Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Past Board Member); Dallas Trial Lawyers Association (Past President); Dallas Association of Young Lawyers (Past President); Texas Equal Access to Justice Foundation (Past Board Member); Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism (Chair). [Capt., U.S. Army, 1965-1969]. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization) (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy). Practice Areas: Products Liability; Negligence Law; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury. | | ASSOCIATES | | Heather Long (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., Political Science, magna cum laude); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2006). Golden Key International Honor Society. Langell Scholar. Brief Writer and Member, South Texas Moot Court Teams; Participant; Duberstein National Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition; Mack Kidd Administrative Law Moot Court Competition. Recipient: Bonnie E. Browne Award. | | Barrett M. Havran (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Texas. Education: Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law (J.D., 2006). Outstanding Advocate, elected to the Order of Barristers. National Champion, National White Collar Crime Mock Trial Competition. |
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