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| | Address | | 306 West 7th Street, Suite 200 | | Fort Worth, Texas 76102-4905 | | (Tarrant Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 817-332-1391 | | Telecopier: 817-870-2427 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.browndean.com | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Brown, Dean, Wiseman, Proctor, Hart & Howell, L.L.P. practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Practice. Trial of Civil Cases in all Courts. Aviation, Business Law, Commercial and Business Litigation, Commercial Transactions, Construction, Corporate Law, Eminent Domain, Employment Discrimination, Family Law, Hospital and Health Care Law, Housing Law, Insurance Law, Insurance Defense Litigation, Probate, Product Liability, Railroad Defense, Real Estate, Property Taxation. | | Year Established: 1922 | Firm Profile:
Established in 1922 by Judge Jesse M. Brown, the preeminent firm of Brown, Dean, Wiseman, Proctor, Hart, & Howell, L.L.P. offers clients a broad-based civil trial practice with appeals in State and Federal Courts, including medical malpractice, personal injury, product liability, aviation, construction, employment discrimination, probate and business/commercial litigation. In addition, the firm concentrates on commercial transactions, real estate and eminent domain matters. | | Firm Size: 21 | Representative Clients:
Autobahn Motorcar Group; AZZ Incorporated; Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.; CNA; Daimler Chrysler Corporation; Denny's Inc.; Dr. Pepper Bottling Co. of Texas; Duininck Bros., Inc.; FM Global Insurance; Fort Worth Housing Authority; General Dynamics Corporation; GuideOne Insurance; Horace Mann Insurance Co.; Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.; Lockheed Martin Corporation; Nationwide Insurance; Scottsdale Insurance Company; Southwest International Trucks, Inc.; Tarrant Appraisal District; The Trane Company; Underwriters at Lloyds; Union Pacific Corporation; Union Pacific Railroad Co.; United States Aviation Insurance Group; Utica National Insurance; Weyerhaeuser Company; Wyeth. | | Jesse M. Brown (1883-1978). | | John M. Scott (1911-1985). | | A. M. Herman (1905-1987). | | William M. Brown (1912-1987). | | Richard E. Miles (Partner) (Retired). | | Beale Dean (Partner) born Fort Worth, Texas, February 26, 1922; admitted to bar, 1946, Texas; 1950, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1952, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit; 1954, U.S. Supreme Court; 1966, U.S. District Court, Southern and Western Districts of Texas; 1975, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1943; LL.B., 1947). Listed in: "The Best Lawyers in America," 1987-2008; Texas Super Lawyers, 2003-2007. Assistant District Attorney, Dallas County, 1947-1948. Special Assistant Attorney General of Texas, 1959-1961. President, Fort Worth-Tarrant County Bar Association, 1971. Recipient, Blackstone Award, 1990. Regent, National College of District Attorneys, 1985-2003. Member: Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; Tarrant County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Director, 1973-1976; Delegate, Fifth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1984-1986). Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; Texas Bar Foundation; American Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Business and General Litigation; Employment Discrimination. Email: Beale Dean | | James T. Blanton (Partner) born Childress, Texas, December 27, 1933; admitted to bar, 1958, Texas; 1960, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.B.A., 1956; LL.B., 1958). Phi Alpha Delta; Order of Barristers. Director, Fort Worth-Tarrant County Bar Association, 1966-1968. Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Texas Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Probate; Family Law; Business Law; Civil Litigation. Email: James T. Blanton | | Grant Liser (Partner) born Fort Worth, Texas, April 17, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, Louisiana and Texas; 1972, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1985, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Texas Christian University and Louisiana State University (B.A., 1965); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1968). Phi Alpha Delta. Listed: The Best Lawyers In America; Texas Super Lawyers, 2003—. Member: Tarrant County and Louisiana State Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Products Liability; Aviation Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Litigation. Email: Grant Liser | | Richard W. Wiseman (Partner) born Fort Worth, Texas, April 25, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Texas; 1977, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2002, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas. Education: Texas Christian University (B.B.A., cum laude, 1973); University of Texas (J.D., 1976). Author and Lecturer: "Third Party Influence on the Security Agreement: The Primary Source Doctrine," Uniform Commercial Law Journal, Summer 1977; "Texas Apartment Association Lease and Tenant Security," CLE Presentation, International Property Management Seminar, 1986-1989; "Forcible Detainer: Quick of Quack Justice," CLE Presentation, Tarrant County Bar Association, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 1987 Summer Seminar; "Commercial Liens on Private Projects," CLE Presentation, Lorman Education Services Construction Lien Law Seminars, 1998-2001, 2005-2008; Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, "The Panel on the Tarrant County Construction Outlook: Perils and Profits," October 2006; "Condemnation or Con'damn'ation," CLE Presentation, Tarrant County Bench Bar Conference XIV, 2007. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America, 2007—; Texas Super Lawyers, Texas Monthly Magazine, 2004—; Top Attorneys in Tarrant County, Fort Worth Texas Magazine, 2002—; Attorneys of Excellence and Elite 100, Fort Worth Business Press, 2003—. Member: Tarrant County Bar Association (Director 2004-2006); State Bar of Texas (Council Member, 2003-2006, Treasurer, 2006-2007 and Secretary, 2007-2008, Construction Law Section). Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Charter Fellow, Tarrant County Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Business and Commercial Litigation; Construction; Condemnation; Landlord and Tenant Law. Email: Richard W. Wiseman | | Stephen C. Howell (Partner) born Fort Worth, Texas, February 17, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: Texas Christian University (B.A., History, 1972); University of Texas (J.D., 1975). Certified Mediator, National Mediation Academy. Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Aviation Litigation; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Civil Litigation. Email: Stephen C. Howell | | John W. Proctor (Partner) born Natchez, Mississippi, January 31, 1959; admitted to bar, 1983, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern, Western and Eastern Districts of Texas; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Texas Christian University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1980); Baylor University (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, The Order of Barristers. Member, National Mock Trial Competition Team. Managing Editor, Baylor Law Review, 1982-1983. Listed: Best Lawyers in America, since 2002—; Texas Super Lawyers, 2003—. Texas Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel, 2008. Member: Fort Worth-Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Texas and National Associations of Railroad Trial Counsel. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Railroads. Email: John W. Proctor | | John C. Hart (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, April 29, 1945; admitted to bar, 1973, Minnesota; 1979, Texas; U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eighth Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois (B.S., 1967); Northwestern University School of Law; University of North Dakota (J.D., 1972). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, University of North Dakota Law Review, 1971-1972. Member, Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel; Loss Executives Association. Author: "Theories to Pursue in Insurance Subrogation Cases," The Brief, Vol. 13, No. 3, pg. 17, 1984. Listed: Texas Super Lawyer, Texas Monthly Magazine, 2006—. Top Attorney in Tarrant County, Fort Worth, Texas Magazine, 2006—. Member: Tarrant County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. [U.S. Air Force, 1969-1973; Major, JAGDR]. Practice Areas: Insurance Law; Insurance Subrogation Law. Email: John C. Hart | | Larry W. Wilshire (Partner) born Mansfield, Texas, June 28, 1960; admitted to bar, 1987, Texas; 1988, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1996, U.S. Supreme Court; 2002, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.S.Ed., summa cum laude, 1982; J.D., cum laude, 1987). Phi Alpha Delta. Co-Author and Lecturer, "Negotiating and Drafting Purchase and Sale Agreement," Housing and Development Law Institute, 2003. Listed in Top Attorneys in Tarrant County, Fort Worth, Texas Magazine, 2006 and 2007. Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Housing and Development Law Institute. Practice Areas: General Civil Litigation; Business Law; Commercial Law; Construction Law; Housing Law. Email: Larry W. Wilshire | | Sandra Cockran Liser (Partner) born Roanoke, Virginia, March 3, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas. Education: College of William & Mary; University of Colorado (B.A., chemistry, 1991); Baylor University (J.D., 1987). Phi Alpha Delta. Order of Barristers; Texas Young Lawyers Association Mock Trial Competition Team. Recipient: Claude Williams Advocacy Award, Thomas R. Bond Memorial Scholarship. Member: Tarrant County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Texas Bar Foundation; Loss Executives Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Workers' Compensation; Products Liability; Insurance Subrogation; Medical Malpractice. Email: Sandra Cockran Liser | | John G. Sams (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, February 23, 1962; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas; 1991, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1993, U.S. District Court, Western, Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., 1985); Baylor University (J.D., 1990). Fellow, Tarrant County Bar Foundation. Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Aviation Litigation; Personal Injury. Email: John G. Sams | | Charles B. Mitchell, Jr. (Partner) born Sioux Falls, South Dakota, October 27, 1953; admitted to bar, 1980, Texas; 1985, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 1992, U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Texas; 1993, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: Texas Christian University (B.S., 1977); St. Mary's University (J.D., 1980). Author: "Lie Once and Lose - Update on the Fraud Defense," 22 The Brief (T.I.P.S. - A.B.A.) 14, 1993. Adjunct Professor, Dallas Baptist University, 1988-1993. Assistant District Attorney, Dallas County, Texas, 1980-1989. Member: Dallas, Tarrant and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Association of Certified Fraud Examiners; Risk and Insurance Managers Society; Texas Motor Transportation Association; International Association of Arson Investigators. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Litigation (First and Third Party); Legal Malpractice; Family Law; Construction Law; Probate Litigation. Email: Charles B. Mitchell, Jr. | | Michael Lindley Peck (Partner) born Fort Worth, Texas, May 5, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Texas; 1997, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 2002, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; 2003, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Furman University; Southwestern University (B.A., cum laude, 1991); University of Texas (J.D., 1995). Alpha Chi; Pi Sigma Alpha. Listed in: Texas Monthly Rising Stars, 2005-2008; Fort Worth Texas Magazine Best Lawyers, 2004-2007. Author and Lecturer, "Liability of Design Professionals for Construction Accidents," Texas Construction Accident Seminar, Lorman Education Services, 2004. Former Member, Eldon Mahon Inn of Court. Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Tarrant County Bar Foundation; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. Reported Cases: Fitzpatrick v. Copeland, 80 S.W.3d 297 (Tex. App. Fort Worth 2002, pet. denied); Texas Mutual Insurance Company v. Surety Bank, N.A. 156 S.W. 3d 125 (Tex. App. Fort Worth 2005, no pet.). Aero DFW, LP v. Swanson 2007 WL 704911 (Tex. App. - Fort Worth 2007). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Railroad Law; Personal Injury. Email: Michael Lindley Peck | | Bruce H. Rogers (Partner) born Kingston, Ontario, Canada, May 3, 1956; admitted to bar, 1994, Texas; 1995, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Royal Military College of Canada (B.Eng. with honors, 1978); European Institute for Business Administration, Fontainebleau, France (M.B.A. with distinction, 1981); Southern Methodist University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1994). Order of the Coif. Registered Professional Engineer, Canada, 1981-1998. Member, National Association of Corrosion Engineers (1982-1987). Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Languages: French, German. Practice Areas: Insurance Subrogation; Litigation. Email: Bruce H. Rogers | | SENIOR COUNSEL | | Catherine Jane Alder, P.C. (Senior Counsel) born Winters, Texas, April 5, 1951; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., with honors, 1973); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1985). Legal Writing Instructor, Southern Methodist University, 1986-1987, 1987-1988. Author: "Contribution and Indemnity", Texas Torts and Remedies, J. Edgar, Jr. & J. Sales, ed., 1988, ch 102 (with William V. Dorsaneo, III); "Joint and Several Liability", Texas Torts and Remedies, J. Edgar, Jr. & J. Sales, ed., 1988, ch. 3 (with William V. Dorsaneo, III). Member, Texas Association of Appraisal Districts. Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas (Committee on Property Taxation). Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Property Tax Law. Email: Catherine Jane Alder, P.C. | | —————————— | | Sterling Elza (Associate) born Amarillo, Texas, September 4, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Texas; 2002, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., 1997); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Member, Eldon Mahon Inn of Court. Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Litigation (First and Third Party); Business and Commercial Litigation; Class Action Litigation. Email: Sterling Elza | | David W. Chant (Associate) born Oakville, Ontario, Canada, January 3, 1972; admitted to bar, 1999, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: York University (B.A., 1995); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1998). Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Aviation Litigation; Products Liability. Email: David W. Chant | | Jason C. Moon (Associate) born Fort Worth, Texas, October 29, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., 1994); University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 1997). Tarrant County Assistant District Attorney, 1998-2003. Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Railroad Law; Aviation Litigation. Email: Jason C. Moon | | Jennifer L. Willingham (Associate) born The Dalles, Oregon, May 3, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Texas. Education: Howard Payne University (B.A., 2001); Baylor Law School (J.D., 2004). Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; Tarrant Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Trial Practice; Personal Injury; Insurance Defense; Insurance Subrogation Law; Workers Compensation. Email: Jennifer L. Willingham | | Robert K. Piwetz (Associate) born Victoria, Texas, September 25, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Texas; 2004, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 2006, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 2007, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., 2000); Texas Tech University School of Law (J.D., 2003). Member: State Bar of Texas; Tarrant County Bar Association; Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Business Litigation; Personal Injury; Insurance Defense. Email: Robert K. Piwetz | | Brooke A. Ulrickson (Associate) born Fort Worth, Texas, December 21, 1976; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Education: Auburn University (B.A., International Business, 1999); Texas Wesleyan University of Law (J.D., 2005). National Order of Barristers; Phi Delta Phi International. Listed in Top Attorneys, Fort Worth Texas Magazine. Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Texas Young Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors); Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors); Eldon B. Mahon Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Aviation Litigation; Insurance Defense; Products Liability; Civil Litigation. Email: Brooke A. Ulrickson | | Adam L. Plumbley (Associate) born Nashville, Tennessee, June 20, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Texas. Education: Texas Christian University (B.A., 2002); Texas Wesleyan University School of Law (J.D., 2006). Phi Delta Phi (Historian, 2004-2005); Editor-in-Chief, Law Review. Member, Eldon B. Mahon Inn of Court. Member: State Bar of Texas; Tarrant County Bar Association; Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Adam L. Plumbley |
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