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| | Address | | 5847 San Felipe, Suite 1900 | | Houston, Texas 77057 | | (Ft. Bend, Harris & Montgomery Cos.) | |  | Free Initial Consultation |
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| | Contact Information | | Phone: 713-647-6800 | | Fax: 713-647-6884 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.ecdglaw.com | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| | Ellis, Carstarphen, Dougherty & Griggs P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
Civil Litigation, Civil and Appellate Practices, Toxic Tort, Business Litigation, Products Liability, Class Actions, Intellectual Property. | | Firm Size: 7 | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Free Initial Consultation
| | PRINCIPALS | | G. Joe Ellis (Principal) born Jacksonville, Florida, January 28, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas, Florida and U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: Florida State University (B.S., 1980); South Texas College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1985). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Lytae. Member, South Texas Law Journal, 1984-1985. Co-Author: "Recovery of Attorneys' Fees as Response Costs in CERCLA Actions," Toxic Law Reporter, Vol. 6, No. 14, (1991) and State Bar of Texas Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 22, No. 4, Spring 1992. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Environmental Litigation; Agricultural Litigation; Chemical Exposure; Asbestos Litigation; Wrongful Death; Estate Litigation; Trust Litigation. Email: G. Joe Ellis | | Edward M. Carstarphen (Principal) born Ancon, Panama Canal Zone, October 25, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Texas; 1983, U.S. District Court, Southern and Western Districts of Texas; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., cum laude, 1979); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., 1982). Phi Delta Phi. Member, American Journal of Criminal Law, 1980-1982. Recipient, University of Texas Law School Foundation Merit Scholarship, 1981. Author: "Product Defects" in Edgar & Sales, Texas Torts & Remedies (Matthew Bender & Co. 1988); Keeping Up with Medical Malpractice, 26 Houston Lawyer 39 (July-August 1988): Preservation of Indemnity Rights Among Strictly Liable Tortfeasors, 48 Tex. Bar J. 268 (1985); Comparative Causation, Contribution and Indemnity in Texas, 4 Review of Litigation 1 (1984). Law Clerk to the Honorable William J. Cornelius, Chief Justice, Court of Appeals, Sixth District of Texas. Member: State Bar of Texas. Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Construction Litigation; Class Actions; Internet Law; Intellectual Property Litigation; Civil Appeals. Email: Edward M. Carstarphen | | Douglas B. Dougherty (Principal) born Bermuda, March 18, 1958; admitted to bar, 1988, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., 1980); South Texas College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1987). Member, South Texas National Mock Trial Team, 1986-1987. Member, South Texas Law Review, 1986-1987. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Toxic Torts; Environmental Litigation; Products Liability; Consumer Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Douglas B. Dougherty | | Elna Nguyen Griggs (Principal) born Vietnam, November 24, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 1995); University of Houston (J.D., with honors, 1999). Member: Houston (Member, Committees on: LIPS; Adopt-A-School) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Young Lawyers; Houston Young Lawyers Association; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Products Liability; Premises Liability; Asbestos Litigation; Toxic Torts. Email: Elna Nguyen Griggs | | ASSOCIATES | | Kimberly Willis Gartner (Associate) born Houston, Texas, December 31, 1962; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., with honors, 1984); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1990). Recipient: Distinguished Service Award, UHLC, 1990. President, University of Houston Student Bar Association, 1990. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Houston Young Lawyers Association (Treasurer, 1997-1998; Director, 1994-1999); Houston Volunteer Lawyers. Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation and Houston Young Lawyers Foundation. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Toxic Torts; Products Liability. Email: Kimberly Willis Gartner | | Kori L. Westbrook (Associate) born Corpus Christi, Texas, December 19, 1972; admitted to bar, 2002, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.A., 1996); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2002). Recipient: Best Brief Award and National Finalist; National Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition, 2000; National Finalist; National Health Law Moot Court Competition, 2001; American Bar Association Appellate Advocacy competition, 2002. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Houston Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Asbestos Litigation; Toxic Torts. Email: Kori L. Westbrook | | Aileen Cruz Diaz (Associate) born Dallas, Texas, April 30, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, Texas. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.A., Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, cum laude with departmental distinction in Communication Arts, 1998; B.A., Psychology, cum laude, 1998); University of Texas at Austin School of Law (J.D., 2001). Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Houston Young Lawyers Association; Texas Young Lawyers Association; National Asian Pacific American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Asbestos Litigation; Toxic Torts. Email: Aileen Cruz Diaz |
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