|   | | Law Firm in Houston, Texas | A Registered Limited Liability Partnership |
| | Address | | JPMorgan Chase Tower, 47th Floor, 600 Travis Street | | Houston, Texas 77002 | | (Ft. Bend, Harris & Montgomery Cos.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Doyle, Restrepo, Harvin & Robbins, L.L.P. practices in the following areas of law:
Trial, Appellate and Arbitration Practice, including: Business/Commercial, Securities, Insurance (Coverage, Defense and Subrogation), Oil and Gas, Product Liability Defense, Antitrust, Bankruptcy, Complex Tort, Construction, Corporate Responsibility, Employment (Misconduct, Embezzlement and Fraud), Environmental, Intellectual Property, International Trade and Real Estate. | | Year Established: 1990 | Firm Profile:
An aggressive group of trial lawyers with complimentary expertise and advocacy skills, we have prevailed in or successfully resolved hundreds of lawsuits, injunctions and arbitration proceedings. We find solutions for our clients' problems and help make the most of their opportunities. It's a simple but serious commitment. The people of Doyle, Restrepo, Harvin & Robbins, LLP are proud of our reputation for initiative, responsiveness, stability and hard work. | | Firm Size: 19 | Languages:
Languages: French, Japanese and Spanish. | Representative Clients:
Aaron Rents, Inc.; Allstate Insurance Company; Boots & Coots, Inc.; Bush Hog Corporation; CIBC World Markets, Inc.; Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.; Devon Energy Corporation; Encompass Insurance Corporation; Equifax, Inc.; Everyones Internet, Inc.; Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc.; Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.; Healthcare and Nursing Education Foundation; Invensys Corporation; Isramco, Inc.; Milwaukee Electric Tool Company; National Oilwell Varco, Inc.; Oppenheimer & Co., Inc.; Pentair Inc.; Primerica Financial Services; The Russell Sage Foundation; Societe Generale; Stanford Financial Group; St. Paul Travelers Companies; Washington Mutual; Westlake Chemical Corporation. | | PARTNERS | | James Eloi Doyle (Partner) born Beaumont, Texas, February 21, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Indiana; 1974, Texas, U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: Rice University (B.A., 1967); University of Notre Dame (J.D., 1970); University of London, London, England (C.A.E.L., 1969). Faculty: University of Houston School of Law; National Institute for Trial Advocacy. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation. [Capt., U.S. Marine Corp., 1968-1974]. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury. Email: James Eloi Doyle | | Ronald J. Restrepo (Partner) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 19, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Pennsylvania; 1981, Texas, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third and Fifth Circuits. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1973); Georgetown University (J.D., 1976). Research Editor, Georgetown Law Journal, 1975-1976. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Insurance Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Ronald J. Restrepo | | Andrew R. Harvin (Partner) born Houston, Texas, April 15, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Texas, U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., cum laude, 1976); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1979). Pi Sigma Alpha. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Securities Industry Association (Member, Compliance and Legal Division). Practice Areas: Securities Arbitration; Securities Litigation; Commercial Arbitration; Commercial Litigation. Email: Andrew R. Harvin | | Michael D. Robbins (Partner) born Cleveland, Ohio, January 25, 1951; admitted to bar, 1980, Texas, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., 1972); American University (M.A., 1975 ); University of Houston (J.D., 1980). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Note and Comment Editor, Houston Law Review, 1979-1980. Law Clerk to the Hon. Robert O'Conor, Jr., U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1980-1981. Member: Houston, Federal (President, Houston Chapter, 1990-1991) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel. Fellow: Houston Bar Foundation (Life Fellow). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Oil and Gas Litigation; Personal Injury Defense; Products Liability Defense; Corporate Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Construction Litigation; Insurance Defense; Trade Secret Misappropriation. Email: Michael D. Robbins | | Bradley M. Whalen (Partner) born Carbondale, Illinois, December 31, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Texas, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Texas A & M University (B.A., 1985); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1988). Phi Delta Phi. Chairman, Board of Trustees, The Regis School of the Sacred Heart. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Houston Young Lawyers Association; College of the State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Banking Regulation; Building Codes; Construction Law; Contract Litigation; Defamation, Libel and Slander; Due Process; Employee Theft, Embezzlement and Misconduct; Fiduciary Duties; Insurance; Intellectual Property; Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Equipment; Oil and Gas Interests; Products Liability; Real Property Leases; Securities Sales Practices and Regulation; Sexual Harassment; Trade Secrets; Trucking Law; Water Rights. Email: Bradley M. Whalen | | Stephen H. Lee (Partner) born Houston, Texas, August 29, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.B.A., 1991); South Texas College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 1994). Order of the Lytae. Articles Editor, South Texas Law Review, 1993-1994. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Securities; Insurance; Litigation. Email: Stephen H. Lee | | Christopher N. Hackerman (Partner) born Austin, Texas, April 10, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., 1992); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1996). Order of the Coif. Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Christopher N. Hackerman | | J. B. (Trey) Henderson III (Partner) born Fayetteville, North Carolina, August 24, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Texas; 2002, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A. with special honors, 1993); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1996). Legislative Assistant, Office of the Honorable Jim Turner, U.S. House of Representatives, 1997-1999. Minority Counsel, Committee on Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives, 1999-2001. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Houston Young Lawyers Association; Texas Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: J. B. (Trey) Henderson III | | Max C. Weber (Partner) born Huntsville, Texas, August 25, 1972; admitted to bar, 2000, Texas; 2002, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: Southwestern University (B.A., summa cum laude, Political Science, 1995); University of Houston (M.B.A., 1999; J.D., 1999). Phi Beta Kappa. Formerly with Fitzhugh & Elliott, P.C. Member: State Bar of Texas; Houston Young Lawyers Association. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Max C. Weber | | ASSOCIATES | | Jamie M. Cohen (Associate) born Boston Massachusetts, March 19, 1979; admitted to bar, 2007, Texas. Education: Amherst College (B.A., cum laude, 2001); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Jamie M. Cohen | | N. Kimberly Hoesl (Associate) born Jacksonville, Florida; admitted to bar, 2003, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., with high honors, 1987); Rice University (M.A., 1994); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., summa cum laude, 2003). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Barons. Email: N. Kimberly Hoesl | | Marianne Ibrahim (Associate) born New York, N.Y., March 12, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, Texas; 2005, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Texas A & M University (B.A., 1998); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2003). Phi Delta Phi. Editor-in-Chief, South Texas Law Review. Member: Women's Energy Network; Houston Downtown Alliance (Emerging Leaders Committee); Galveston Bay Foundation (Trustee, 2007-2008; Gala Board Member, 2005-2007); Selected as a Fellow for the Houston Young Lawyers Foundation; 2008, recognized as a "Rising Star" by Law & Politics and Texas Monthly magazines and recognized as a Top Lawyer for H Texas Magazine. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Houston Young Lawyers Association (Director, 2007-2008; Co-Chair, Leadership Academy, 2006-2008; Member, Civil Trial Academy, 2005-2007); Association of Women Attorneys (Scholarship Chair, 2006-2007); Houston Lawyer Referral Service (Board Member, 2007-2008). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Oil and Gas Litigation; Appellate Practice. Email: Marianne Ibrahim | | Caroline Poarch (Associate) born Houston, Texas, September 8, 1981; admitted to bar, 2008, Texas. Education: Georgetown University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2004): American University, Washington College of Law (J.D., 2007). John Carroll Scholar, Georgetown University. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation(100%). Email: Caroline Poarch | | Katherine Ann Wade (Associate) born Austin, Texas, February 12, 1976; admitted to bar, 2004, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 1998; J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Katherine Ann Wade | | Peter Boyd Wells, IV (Associate) born Beaumont, Texas, September 28, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 2002); South Texas College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005). Order of the Lytae; Phi Delta Phi. Langdell Scholar. Note and Comment Editor, South Texas Law Review, 2004-2005. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Houston Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Securities Litigation. Email: Peter Boyd Wells, IV | | Kenichi Yagi (Associate) born Japan, 1972; admitted to bar, 1999, Texas and Texas Supreme Court; 2001, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 2006, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2007, New York. Education: University of Massachusetts, Lowell (B.A., 1996); University of Houston (J.D., 1999). Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association. Japan Business Association of Houston. Japan-America Society of Houston. Languages: Japanese. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: Kenichi Yagi | | OF COUNSEL | | Tom Alexander (Of Counsel) born Hazard, Kentucky, 1930; admitted to bar, 1956, Texas. Education: University of Kentucky; Xavier University; University of Cincinnati; Vanderbilt University; University of Miami and Southern Methodist University (LL.B., 1956; LL.M., 1957). Recipient: Gold Medal Award, Law Science Academy, 1969; The American Tradition Foundation Award, presented by B'nai B'rith, 1990. Guest Lecturer: "Jury Summation after Sanchez," American Law Institute-American Bar Association, New Orleans, January, 1989; "The Advocate's Weapon - Cross Examination," Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Houston, March, 1986; "Marshalling Documents for Trial," State Bar of Texas, Houston, April, 1983; "Jury Summation," State Bar of Texas, Houston, April, 1985; "Direct and Cross Examination of Damages Expert - Use of Experts in Litigation," State Bar of Texas, Houston, May and October, 1987; "Opening Statement in the Product Case," University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, May, 1975; "Defendant's Opening Statement," University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, May, 1977; "Final Argument for the Defendant," University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, May, 1981-1984; "Comparative Cross Examination," University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, May, 1986-1989; "Summations," University of Houston, Houston, September, 1986, February, 1987, November, 1987; "Closing Argument," University of Houston, Houston, February, 1988, November, 1988, February, 1989; "Trial Demonstration," National Conference on Products Liability Law, Chicago, March, 1990; "Summation-Salvation?" The 44th Annual Advocacy Institute, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1993. Guest Lecturer, Advanced Litigation Seminars, University of Houston and South Texas College of Law, annually; Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Illinois, Kentucky, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina and Georgia State Bar Associations. Author: Experts In Litigation, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, University of Michigan Law School, Wayne State Law School and State Bar of Michigan, 1973, Chapter One: Use and Overuse of the Expert Witness; Trial Techniques, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1987, The Products Liability Case, International Society of Barristers Quarterly, Volume 18, Number 4, 1983, at page 382 et. seq., Mary Carter Agreements: The State of the Law; Masters of Trial Practice, Wiley Law Publication, 1988, Chapter Fourteen: Defending a Professional Liability Case. Adjunct Faculty Member, Examination of Witnesses, Expert Witnesses, "The Daubert Exclusion," Ohio State University College of Law, 2002. Member: Advocacy Advisory Committee, South Texas College of Law; Chancellors Council, University of Texas. Chairman, Interprofessional Relations Committee, Houston Bar Association-Harris County Medical Society, 1966. Member: Houston and American (Vice Chairman: Advocacy Committee, 1972, 1973 and 1974, General Practice Section; Law and Medicine Committee, 1973-1974) Bar Associations; Inter-American Bar Association; State Bar of Texas (Vice Chairman, Town Hall Task Force Committee, 1973-1974); Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel (Chairman, Products Liability Committee, 1972, 1973 and 1974; Vice President, 1973 and 1974; Program Chairman, 1975); Law Institute of the Americas; Southwestern Legal Foundation, 1995; International Society of Barristers (Member, Board of Governors, 1983-1994; Vice President, 1992; President, 1993); International Academy of Trial Lawyers; American Board of Trial Advocates; Citizen Ambassador Program (U.S. State Department, Argentina, Brazil and Chile, 1992); People to People; Mensa; Houston Philosophical Society. Practice Areas: Civil Trial Practice; Family; Equine; Business; Commercial; Wrongful Death Law; Alternative Dispute Resolution. | | Kathleen Cynthia Pickett (Of Counsel) born Houston, Texas, February 19, 1953; admitted to bar, 1980, Texas, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, Columbia (1971), Escuela de la Tahona, Segovia, Spain (1973), University of Texas (B.A., 1974), Oxford University, England (1978), South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1980). Named: Who's Who in American Law, 1989-1990; Cambridge Who's Who, Honors Edition, 2007-2009; Houston's Top Lawyers by H Texas Magazine, 2008. Recipient, E.E. Townes Award for Scholastic Excellence. Member, Staff: South Texas Law Journal. Published, Texas Bar Journal. Associate Member, Institute for Energy Law of the Center for American and International Law, 2008. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Contracts; Litigation; Real Estate; Oil and Gas. Email: Kathleen Cynthia Pickett | Other Office Addresses:
Metairie, Louisiana Office: 6660 Riverside Drive, Suite 212, 70003. Telephone: 504-456-5809. Fax: 504-456-5810.
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