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| | Address | | 550 Bailey Avenue, Suite 500 | | Fort Worth, Texas 76107 | | (Tarrant Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 817-338-1707 | Facsimile: 817-338-1787
URL: http://www.wallach-law.com | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.wallach-lawfirm.com |  | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Wallach & Andrews, P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Trial and Appellate Practice, Medical and Healthcare Liability Defense, Insurance Coverage Litigation, Professional Liability, Automobile Liability Litigation, Self-Insured Litigation, Public Entity Defense, Products Liability Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation, General Civil Litigation, General Business, Health Care. | | Year Established: 1991 | | Firm Size: 5 | Languages:
Spanish. | Representative Clients:
Advocate M.D.; Baylor All Saints' Medical Center; Chubb Insurance Companies; Cook Childrens Indemnity Company; Lifecare Hospitals; Medical Protective Insurance Company; MEDMARC Insurance Company; Mount Hawley Insurance Company; Preferred Physicians Mutual; Security Insurance Group; Tarrant County Hospital District; Texas Medical Liability Trust; The Doctors Company; VGM Insurance. | Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
| | SHAREHOLDERS | | D. Michael Wallach (Shareholder) born Fort Worth, Texas, November 13, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Texas; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Texas Christian University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1975); University of Houston (J.D., cum laude, 1979). Phi Alpha Theta; Phi Delta Phi. Received Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating for Legal Ability and Ethics. Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel (President, 2001-2002); Defense Research Institute, Inc.; Tarrant County Civil Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1988-1989); Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel; International Association of Defense Counsel; College of the State Bar of Texas; Litigation Counsel of America. Practice Areas: Physician Professional Liability; Hospital Liability Defense; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries; Products Liability; Drug and Medical Device Litigation. Email: D. Michael Wallach | | Jennifer Morris Andrews (Shareholder) born Montgomery, Alabama, March 20, 1959; admitted to bar, 1987, Texas; 1991, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.S.N., summa cum laude, 1981); Baylor University (J.D., 1987). Phi Alpha Delta; Senior Notes and Comments Editor, Baylor Law Review, 1986-1987. Former Adjunct Professor, University of Texas at Arlington School of Nursing; Registered Nurse, Texas, 1981. Author: "Questions Surrounding the Texas Medical Malpractice Statute of Limitations," 38 Baylor Law Review 751, Summer, 1986. Member: State Bar of Texas; Tarrant County Bar Association; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute, Inc. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Hospital Liability Defense; Physicians Licensing; Nurses Licensing; Medical Disciplinary Proceedings; Brain Injury; Personal Injury Defense; Trial Practice; Drug and Medical Device Defense; Elevator Liability. Email: Jennifer Morris Andrews | | Leslie Dillon Thomas (Shareholder) born Providence, Rhode Island, October 18, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.B.A., 1990); South Texas College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1993). Order of Lytae; Board of Advocates; Assistant Editor, South Texas Law Review; Briefing Attorney for Hon. Massie Tillman, United States Bankruptcy Judge, Northern District of Texas, 1993-1994. Member: State Bar of Texas; Tarrant County and American Bar Associations; Texas Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense; Nursing Home Litigation; Hospital Liability Defense; Personal Injury; Brain Injury; Wrongful Death. Email: Leslie Dillon Thomas | | —————————— | | Linda L. Maloney (Associate) born Reno, Nevada, September 12, 1964; admitted to bar, 1994, Texas; 1994, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1995, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; 1996, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; 1998, U.S. District Court, Southern, District of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Georgetown University (I.C.P.E.S., 1986); McMurry University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1987); The University of Texas at Arlington (M.A., 1987; C.L.A., with honors, 1989); Texas Tech University School (J.D., 1994). Alpha Chi; Phi Delta Phi. Member: The Texas Humane Society; United States Humane Society; Doris Day Society. Silver Star Leader, Disabled American Veteran. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards. Listed, Who's Who, American Law Students. Law Clerk to: Jones, Flygare, Galey, Brown & Wharton, Lubbock, Texas, 1992; Wallach, Jones & Moore, P.C., Forth Worth, Texas, 1993; Tarrant County District Attorney Hospital District, Fort Worth, Texas, 1993; Office of the U.S. Attorney, Lubbock, Texas, 1993. Author: "De-Bunk the Junk: Attacking Junk Science," 1994; "Evidence: Basic Issues and Developing Trends," 1995; "Evidence: Basic Issues and Developing Trends: Revised," 1997; "Estate Issues in Survival and Wrongful Death Actions," 1997; "Junk Science," 2001. Presenter, Estate Issues and Survival in Wrongful Death Actions, Texas Association of Defense Counsel, Winter Meeting, 1997. Political Science Assistant, McMurry University, Abilene, Texas, 1984-1987. Legal Researcher, Writer and Lobbyist, Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, Washington, District of Columbia, 1986. Clerk and Paralegal Assistant, Brown, Hermann, Scott, Dean & Miles, Forth Worth, Texas, 1987. Legal Assistant and Legal Administrator, Gould, Broude & Nelson, P.C., Forth Worth, Texas, 1987-1991. Executive Committee Chairman, Board of Barristers, Texas Tech University School of Law, 1993-1994. Formerly with: Wallach & Moore, P.C., Fort Worth, Texas, 1994-2001; Godwin Gruber, P.C., Dallas, Texas, 2001-2004; Rodriguez, Colvin, Chaney & Saenz, P.C., Brownsville, Texas, 2004-2006. Member: S.A.S.S. Mentor Program; Educational Committee, North Society for Health Care Risk Managers; The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; Doris Day Animal League. President and Director Chimney Wood Home Owners Association. Served on Several National Completion Team. Member: Dallas County, Tarrant County and American (Member, Law Student Division) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Law Student Division); Texas Tech Student Bar Association; Woman in Law; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Products Liability Defense; Probate; Mass Tort Litigation; Toxic Tort Litigation; Environmental Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Health Law; Health Litigation; Commercial and Business Litigation; General Litigation; Corporate Law; General Estate Planning. Email: Linda L. Maloney | | OF COUNSEL | | J. Wade Birdwell (Of Counsel) born Fort Worth, Texas, July 8, 1959; admitted to bar, 1989, Texas; 1992, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2004, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.S.Ch.E., 1983); University of Houston (J.D., 1989). Order of Barristers. Research Editor, Houston Law Review, 1988-1989. Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; Bar Association of the Fifth Circuit; State Bar of Texas (Member, Appellate Section); Texas Association of Defense Counsel. (Also practicing individually). Reported Cases: Lal v. Harris Methodist Fort Worth, 230 S.W.3d 468 (Tex. App.-Fort Worth 2007, no pet.); Smith v. Dean, 232 S.W.3d 181 (Tex. App.-Fort Worth, May 10, 2007, pet. filed); Brumfield v. Ruyle, 2007 WL 1018475 (Tex. App.-Fort Worth, April 5, 2007, no pet.); In the Interest of E.E.H., 2006 WL 1791713, (Tex. App.-Fort Worth, 2006, no pet.);Yaquinto v. Britt, 188 SW3d 819 (Tex. App.- Fort Worth, 2006, pet. filed);Moseley v. Behringer, 184 SW3d 829 (Tex. App.-Fort Worth, 2006, no pet.);Stutes v. Samuelson, 180 SW3d 750 (Tex. App.-Fort Worth, 2005, pet. denied); Ketter v. ESC Medical Systems, Inc., 169 SW3d 791 (Tex. App.-Dallas, 2005, no pet.); Boyd v. Kallam, 152 SW3d 670 (Tex. App.-Fort Worth, 2004, pet. granted);Gilbert v. Bartel, 144 SW3d 136 (Tex. App.-Fort Worth, 2004, pet denied); Penley v. Westbrook, 146 SW3d 220 (Tex. App.- Fort Worth, 2004, pet granted); Westbrook v. Penley, 231 S.W.3d 389 (Tex. 2007), rev'g in pertinent part, 146 S.W.3d 220 (Tex.App.-Fort Worth 2004); Kallam v. Boyd, 232 S.W.3d 774 (Tex. 2007), den'g pet. per curiam, 152 S.W.3d 670 (Tex. App.-Fort Worth 2004); Wiggs v. All Saints' Health System, 124 SW3d 407 (Tex. App.-Fort Worth, 2003, pet. denied); Marvelli v. Alston, 100 SW3d 460 (Tex. App.-Fort Worth, 2003, pet. denied); Richburg v. Wolf, 48 SW3d 375 (Tex. App.-Eastland, 2001, pet denied); Lincoln Property Co. v. DeShazo, 4 SW3d 55, (Tex. App.-Fort Worth, 1999, pet. denied); Baker v. Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., 985 SW2d 272 (Tex. App.-Fort Worth, 1999, pet. denied); Allen v. Rogers, 977 SW2d 733 (Tex. App.-Fort Worth, 1998, pet. denied); Palmer v. Flaggman, 93 F.3d 196 (5th Cir. 1996);. Practice Areas: Civil Appeals; Medical Malpractice Defense. Email: J. Wade Birdwell |
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