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| | Address | | 100 North Stanton, Suite 1700, P.O. Box 1977 | | El Paso, Texas 79950-1977 | | (El Paso Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Mounce, Green, Myers, Safi, Paxson & Galatzan,
A Professional Corporation practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Practice, Trials, Antitrust, Commercial Litigation, Products Liability, Insurance, Professional Liability, Civil Rights and School Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate, Banking, Real Estate, Oil and Gas, Construction Law, Creditors Rights, Labor and Employment Law, Health and Hospital Law, Probate, Trusts, Estate Planning and Environmental Law. | | Year Established: 1904 | Firm Profile:
Mounce, Green, Myers, Safi, Paxson & Galatzan attorneys are known in the legal community for bringing a common sense, business-oriented approach to both litigation and business matters. The firm's philosophy is to invest the time and effort necessary to achieve each client's objectives, while still keeping services cost-effective. | | Firm Size: 19 | Clients:
ATTORNEYS FOR: El Paso Corporation; El Paso Independent School District; Bank of the West; Wells Fargo Bank; Pioneer Mortgage Co.; Rocky Mountain Mortgage Co.; Stewart Title Guaranty Co.; Chicago Title; R.E. Thomason General Hospital; State Farm Fire and Casualty Co.; State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.; Chubb Group; St. Paul Insurance Co.; Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Cos.; Safeco; One Beacon Insurance Group; Texas Lawyers' Insurance Exchange; Professional Liability Insurance Co.; The Hartford; Farmers Insurance Group; ESIS; ACE USA; Zurich-U.S.; Nationwide Insurance; G.E. Medical Protective Co.; Scottsdale Insurance; The Travelers Companies; Cumis Insurance Society, Inc.; American Physicians Insurance Exchange; Greater El Paso Association of Realtors; Central Freight Lines; El Paso Apparel Co.; Universal Underwriters Insurance Co.; Great West Casualty Co.; The Texas Property & Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association; Transportation Claims, Inc.; Crete Carrier Corporation; Old Dominion Freight Lines; C.R. England; J.B. Hunt Trucking; El Paso County; Texas Political Subdivisions Joint Self-Insured Fund; Unitrin Shand; Morahan & Co. | Office Hours:
Monday: 07:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 07:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 07:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 07:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 07:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Saturday: 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM
| | S. Anthony Safi (Member) born El Paso, Texas, February 1, 1952; admitted to bar, 1976, Texas; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1978, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Princeton University; University of Texas (B.A., 1973; J.D., with high honors, 1976). Phi Delta Phi; Chancellors; Order of the Coif. Research Editor, Texas Law Review, 1975-1976. Co-Author: "Home Instruction: Public Schools v. The Fundamentalists," 1987 National School Boards Association Council of School Attorneys, School Law in Review 127. Listed, Texas Super Lawyers, 2003-2007. Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Member: El Paso and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Antitrust Law) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Executive Council, School Law, 2006—; Governing Council, Business Litigation, 1990-1996); Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Texas Council of School Attorneys (Chair, 2002-2003; Member, Executive Committee, 1998-2003). Practice Areas: Litigation; Education Law. Email: S. Anthony Safi | | H. Keith Myers (Managing Partner) born Houston, Texas, November 4, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Texas; 1977, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1983, U.S. Supreme Court; 1992, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., cum laude, 1973); University of Texas (J.D., 1976). Listed in Texas Super Lawyers, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007. Note and Comment Editor, Texas Law Review, 1975-1976. Chair, 1999-2008 and Member, 1994-1996, Merit Selection Panel, U.S. Magistrate Judge, Western District of Texas. Chair, Committee on Admissions, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, 1995-2006. Member, Advisory Commission, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2006—. Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Member: El Paso (President, 1995-1996), Federal (President, West Texas Chapter, 1992-1994) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; Texas Association of Defense Counsel (Director, 1990-1992); Association of Defense Trial Attorneys; American Board of Trial Advocates (President, El Paso Chapter, 1996-1997); Defense Research Institute. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Professional Liability; Products Liability. Email: H. Keith Myers | | Carl H. Green (Member) born Houston, Texas, December 31, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Texas; 1978, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1986, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Texas-El Paso (B.A., with high honors, 1973); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1976). Phi Delta Phi. Order of the Coif. Listed in, Texas Super Lawyers, 2005-2007. Member: El Paso and Federal Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Association of Defense Trial Attorneys; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate). Fellow: Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel; Texas Bar Foundation (Life Member). (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law and Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Toxic Tort; Construction; Transportation Litigation; Securities Litigation; Professional Malpractice; Products Liability; Workers Compensation; Labor and Employment Litigation. Email: Carl H. Green | | John Steven Birkelbach (Member) born El Paso, Texas, May 23, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Texas; 1976, U.S. District Court, Western and Northern Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Texas at El Paso (B.B.A., with honors, 1971); University of Texas (J.D., 1974). Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America, 1993-2007; Texas Super Lawyers (Real Estate), 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007. Member: El Paso Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Commercial Law; Business Law. Email: John Steven Birkelbach | | Kurt G. Paxson (Member) born El Paso, Texas, September 14, 1960; admitted to bar, 1984, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., with honors, 1981; J.D., 1984). Listed, Texas Super Lawyers, 2005-2007. Member: State Bar of Texas; Diplomate, American Board of Trial Advocates; President, El Paso Chapter, American Board of Trial Advocates, 2002; Defense Research Institute; Association of Defense Trial Attorneys; Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel. (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law and Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Transportation Litigation; Construction Litigation; Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Products Liability. Email: Kurt G. Paxson | | Norman J. Gordon (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, December 24, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Illinois; 1971, U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1974, Texas and U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1967; J.D., 1970). Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America; Texas Super Lawyers, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007. Assistant States Attorney, McLean County, Illinois, 1970. Member: El Paso, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; National Association of Bond Lawyers. [Capt., JAGC, U.S. Army, 1971-1974]. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Litigation; Administrative Law; Municipal Finance. Email: Norman J. Gordon | | Steven L. Hughes (Member) born Big Spring, Texas, May 31, 1953; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas; 1987, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Texas Tech University (B.M., with high honors, 1975; M.M., 1976); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1985). Author: "Interlocutory and Accelerated Appeals," State Bar Appellate Practice Course, 1996; "Legal Malpractice and Ethical Considerations for Appellate Lawyers," State Bar Appellate Practice Course, 1997; "Appellate Issues All Civil Trial Lawyers Need to Know," 9th Annual Civil Trial Seminar, 2005; "Mandamus and Interlocutory Appeals," 10th Annual Civil Trial Seminar, 2006; "Texas Supreme Court Update," 11th Annual Civil Trial Seminar, 2007. Briefing Attorney to Chief Justice Clarence A. Guittard and Justice Pat McClung, Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, Dallas, Texas, 1985-1986. Listed in, Texas Super Lawyers, 2005, 2006 and 2007. Member: El Paso, Federal and American (Member, Appellate and Litigation Sections) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Appellate and Litigation Sections); Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. (Board Certified, Civil Appellate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Litigation; Labor. Email: Steven L. Hughes | | Mark D. Dore (Member) born Port Arthur, Texas, November 5, 1955; admitted to bar, 1983, Texas, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Southern, Western and Northern Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Baylor University (B.A., 1977); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1983). Order of Lytae. Assistant Comments Editor, South Texas Law Journal, 1981-1982. Editor and Co-Author: "Compendium of Significant Employment - Related Case Law and Statutes," ALFA International Client Seminar, Texas, 2004 and Texas and The Fifth Circuit, ALFA International Client Seminar, 2006. Author: "Employee Benefits Law For the Defense Lawyer," Defense Research Institute Employment Law Monograph, 1997. Listed in Texas Super Lawyers (Labor and Employment), 2007. Member: El Paso (Chairman: Labor and Employment Law Committee, 2004-2006; Speaker's Bureau Committee, 1997-2000) and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member: Labor and Employment Law Section; Disability Issues Committee); American Law Firm Association (Steering Committee, Labor and Employment Law Practice Group); Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. (Board Certified, Labor and Employment Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Management Labor Law; Employment Law. Email: Mark D. Dore | | Clyde A. Pine, Jr. (Member) born Midland, Texas, March 18, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, U.S. District Court, Western and Northern Districts of Texas and District of New Mexico; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Texas (B.A., with high honors, 1985); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1988). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Order of the Coif. Listed in: Texas Rising Stars; Texas Super Lawyers; Best Lawyers in America. Member: El Paso and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; State Bar of New Mexico. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy; Business Law. Email: Clyde A. Pine, Jr. | | Bruce A. Koehler (Member) born El Paso, Texas, June 5, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas. Education: Illinois College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1986); Texas Tech University (J.D., 1990). Recipient, Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, 1997-1998. Member, 1988-1990 and Note Editor, 1989-1990, Texas Tech Law Review. Author: "Employment Law for Engineers," Legal Issues for Texas Professional Engineers, 2006; "Managing Intermittent Leave," Employment Law Update, 2005; "Handling The Administrative Charge: Best Practices," Employment Law Seminar, El Paso Bar Association, 2005; "Are you In Compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act," Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators, 2005; "Handling Performance Problems," Employee Discharge and Documentation, 2004; "Time Off and the Fair Labor Standards Act," Time Off, State and Federal Laws on Employee Leave, Vacation and Holidays, 2003; "OSHA Administrative Procedures," State and Federal Personal Law, 2002; "Investigations and Employee Privacy Rights," Internal Investigations of Employment Issues Seminar, 2001; "Employment Law Update," Civil Trial Seminar, 2000; "Effective Hiring," Introduction to Employment and Labor Law Seminar, 2000; "Eligibility for Unemployment Benefits," Texas Unemployment Compensation Seminar, 1999; "Compelling the Mental Examination of a Party to a Civil Law Suit," 20 Texas Tech Law Review 1303, 1989. District Chairman, Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, Supreme Court of Texas, 1997—. Member: El Paso (Director, 2005), Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; El Paso Young Lawyers Association (President, 1996-1997); Defense Research Institute. Fellow, Texas Bar Association. (Board Certified, Labor and Employment Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Civil Litigation; Insurance Litigation. Email: Bruce A. Koehler | | Stephen H. Nickey (Member) born El Paso, Texas, October 20, 1963; admitted to bar, 1991, Texas; U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas. Education: Austin College (B.A., 1986); University of Texas School of Law; Thomas M. Cooley Law School (J.D., 1990). Phi Alpha Delta. Author and Lecturer: "Transportation Litigation," Commercial Law League of America, Chicago, 1995. Lecturer: "Texas and Federal Fair Debt Collection Acts," Consumer Law Committee, El Paso, 1996; "Miller Act," Lorman, El Paso, 2000 and 2008. Member: El Paso and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on Business, Consumer and Litigation; Chairman, Consumer Law Committee, El Paso, 1997-1998 and 2007-2008); Texas Young Lawyers Association; Commercial Law League of America. Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Creditors Rights; Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; General Business; Civil Trials. Email: Stephen H. Nickey | | Darryl S. Vereen (Member) born U.S. Army Base, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, April 5, 1965; admitted to bar, 1992, Texas; 1993, U.S. District Court, Western and Northern Districts of Texas; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Texas Tech University (B.B.A., 1987; J.D., cum laude, 1992). Phi Delta Phi. Order of the Barristers. Board of Barristers. National Mock Trial Teams. Recipient: Outstanding Trial Advocate Award; William R. Moss Trial Advocacy Award. Listed in, Who's Who Among American Law Students, 11th Edition. Listed in, Texas Super Lawyers, 2006-2007. Author: "Vicarious Liability Issues for the Acts of Owner/Operators," 2001 ALFA National Transportation Seminar; "When Will Courts Deem Owner-Operators Employees of Trucking Companies?" 2000 ALFA National Transportation Seminar, 50 State Compendium (Texas Submission). Editor and Co-Author, "Who's Responsible, For How Much and How Much Will It Cost in The Meantime? A 50-State Survey on Comparative Responsibility, Punitive Damages and Prejudgment Interest," 1999 ALFA National Transportation Seminar. Author: "How To Protect the Investigation File From Discovery," 1995 ALFA National Transportation Seminar. Member: El Paso (Member: Ethics Committee; Judicial Liaison and Local Rules Committee) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Tort and Insurance Practice Section); Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Association of Defense Trial Lawyers; Defense Research Institute (Member, Trucking Law Committee); American Law Firm Association (ALFA; Transportation Practice Group, Steering Committee); American Board of Trial Advocates. (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Trucking and Transportation Law; Employer Liability; Governmental Liability; Civil Litigation. Email: Darryl S. Vereen | | Andrés E. Almanzán (Member) born El Paso, Texas, September 5, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Texas; 1998, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; 2006, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Stanford University (B.A., Quantitative Economics, 1994); University of California at Los Angeles School of Law (J.D., 1997). Listed in Texas Super Lawyer "Rising Stars" Edition, 2004, 2006. Member, Board of Advisors, Harvard Law School Latino Law Review, 2004-2005. Member, Admissions Committee, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, 2006—. Member: El Paso (Director of the Board, 2003-2005) and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Texas Supreme Court's Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee); Mexican-American Bar Association of El Paso (President and Director of the Board, 2002—); Texas C-Bar (Director of the Board, Community Building with Attorney Resources); Defense Research Institute; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; El Paso Young Lawyers Association (Director of the Board; Vice President, 2001-2002). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Defense; Civil Litigation; Transportation Litigation; Trucking Law; Construction Litigation; School Law; Products Liability; Premises Liability; Governmental Liability; Civil Rights; Labor and Employment. Email: Andrés E. Almanzán | | Raymond Benavides III (Member) born Laredo, Texas, February 5, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Texas; 1997, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 2004, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.A., Political Science, 1992); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1996). Phi Sigma Alpha. Author: "Supreme Court Clarifies Proper Scope of the 'Shopkeepers Privilege' in a False Imprisonment Case," Phillips and Akers Quarterly Newsletter, 1997-1998. Co-Author: with R. E. Lopez and Christopher C. Peterson, "Tort Reform HB4," Published by Texas Bar Association. Co-Author: with Mark C. Walker, "ALFA Products Liability Compendium," 2004. Member: State Bar of Texas; El Paso Bar Association; Texas Young Lawyers Association; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Commercial Litigation; Trucking Law; Transportation; Civil Litigation; Products Liability; Construction. Email: Raymond Benavides III | | —————————— | | Angelica A. Saenz (Associate) born Torrance, California, June 21, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Texas. Education: New Mexico State University (B.A., 2001); University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 2004). Languages: Spanish. Email: Angelica A. Saenz | | Elizabeth Melby Ruhmann, R.N. (Associate) born El Paso, Texas, August 9, 1969; admitted to bar, 2004, Texas. Education: Texas Tech University (B.S., 1993); St. Mary's University (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Elizabeth Melby Ruhmann, R.N. | | Cristina I. Torres (Associate) born El Paso,Texas, March 6, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas. Education: University of Texas at El Paso (B.A., 2002); University of California, Berkeley (J.D., 2005). Member: Berkeley La Raza Law Students Association, 2002-2005; Berkeley La Raza Law Journal, 2003-2005. Member: Mexican-American Bar Association; Women's Bar Association. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment(50%); General Civil Defense(50%). Email: Cristina I. Torres | | Belinda A. May (Associate) born El Paso, Texas, January 24, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.S., 2004); University of Illinois College of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: El Paso Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Texas Young Lawyers Association; Women's Bar Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense(80%); Contract Disputes(5%); Premises Liability(15%). Email: Belinda A. May | | Jose C. Vega (Associate) born Friona, Texas, April 11, 1979; admitted to bar, 2007, Texas; 2008, New Mexico. Education: West Texas A&M University (B.A., 2004); Texas Tech University School of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: State Bar of Texas; El Paso Bar Association; Mexican Bar Association; Texas Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense(75%); Trucking and Transportation Law(10%); Premises Liability(10%); General and Commercial Civil Litigation(5%). Email: Jose C. Vega | | OF COUNSEL | | William J. Mounce (Of Counsel) born McLean, Texas, March 6, 1929; admitted to bar, 1956, Texas; 1957, New Mexico; 1963, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: New Mexico State University (B.S., 1952); University of Texas (LL.B., 1957). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Board of Editors, Texas Law Review, 1956-1957. Quizmaster, University of Texas Law School, 1956. Listed in, Texas Super Lawyers, 2005 and 2006. Member: El Paso and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Property Law; Probate Law; Oil and Gas Law. Email: William J. Mounce |
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