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| | Address | | Riviana Building, 14th Floor, 2777 Allen Parkway | | Houston, Texas 77019 | | (Ft. Bend, Harris & Montgomery Cos.) | |  | Free Initial Consultation |
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| Fisher, Boyd, Brown, Boudreaux & Huguenard, L.L.P. practices in the following areas of law:
Civil Trial Practice. Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Products Liability, Insurance, Aviation, Commercial, Estate, Environmental, Admiralty and Construction Litigation. | | Firm Size: 8 | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
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| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Wayne Fisher (Member) born Cameron, Texas, June 22, 1937; admitted to bar, 1961, Texas and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Southern Districts of Texas; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: Baylor University (B.B.A., cum laude, 1959; J.D., cum laude, 1961). Alpha Chi; Delta Theta Phi. Member, Board of Editors, Baylor Law Review, 1960-1961. Co-Author: "Comparative Negligence, An Exercise in Applied Justice," Vol. 5, No. 4, St. Mary's Law Journal, 1974; "The Seat Belt Defense in Texas," Vol. X, No. 10, The Houston Lawyer, 1973; "Alfaro Case Did The Right Thing," Texas Lawyer at 30 (June 4, 1990). Author: "Admissibility of Economic Testimony on Future Inflation," South Texas Law Journal, Vol. 18, No. 1, 1976; "Use of an Economist to Prove Future Economic Loss," South Texas Law Review, Vol. 18, No. 2, 1977; "How to Handle the Expert Witness in Aviation Case Under the New Federal Rules of Evidence," The Forum, Vol. X11, No. 1, Fall, 1976; "Contribution and Indemnity Among Joint Tortfeasors", 13 Texas Trial Law F. 3, 1979; "Compromise Settlements and Their Effects," 1 State Bar of Texas Advanced Civil Trial Course, R-1, App., 1978. Chairman, Lawyers Involved for Texas, 1972-1973. Baylor Lawyer of the Year, 1983. Filmmaker: American Bar Association Trial Demonstration, "How to Try a Medical Malpractice Case," National Distribution Training Film, Nov., 1986; "Contribution and Indemnity—Comparative Responsibility," St. Mary's College Procedure Institute, San Antonio, Texas, November 13, 1987; "Analysis: Anesthesiology Cases," Advanced Medical Malpractice Seminar, University of Houston Law Center, November 12, 1987; "The Art of Negotiation," Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Atlanta, Georgia, August 7, 1987; "Contribution and Indemnity," Third Annual Advanced Personal Injury Trial Law Course, sponsored by the State Bar of Texas Professional Development Program, Fort Worth, Houston and Austin, July 22, July 29, August 5, 1987; "Cross-Examination of an Expert in a Products Liability Case," Products Liability Seminar, American Trial Lawyers Association, San Francisco, California, July 15, 1987. Supreme Court Historical Society (Board of Trustees), National Membership Committee. Seminar Lectures/Publications: "Common Mistakes in Discovery," Annual Meeting State Bar of Texas, CLE SuperStore, Dallas, Texas, June 19 and 20, 1996; "The Impact of DuPont v. Robinson and Daubert v. Merrell Dow Upon Texas and Federal Jury Trials" - Robinson Case, Meeting of Texas Association of Civil Trial and Appellate Specialists, Houston, Texas, February 15, 1996; "Medical Malpractice," Legal Assistants Division Advanced Personal Injury Law Seminar, Houston, Texas, February 2, 1996; Theories and Approaches to Trying Products Liability Cases," TTLA Advanced Products Liability Seminar: "What's Next After Tort Reform?," Dallas, Texas, January 25, 1996 and Houston, Texas, February 1, 1996; "Voir Dire - Tammy Weitraub et al v. Country Road Commission," In-House Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Baker & Botts, Houston, Texas, March 18, 1995; "Top Ten Tactics for Cross-Examination," State Bar of Texas, Austin, Texas, March 31, 1995; "Theories and Approaches to Trying Products Liability Cases," Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Houston, Texas, March 15, 1994; "Trial Notebook," Houston Bar Association Trial Notebook Seminar, Houston, Texas, May 21, 1993 Televised Debate with Walter Olson, Author of The Litigation Explosion, Rotary Club of Houston, Houston, Texas, May 6, 1993; "Medicine and the Law," Lecture for Law Students, Baylor University School of Law, Waco, Texas, December 14, 1992; How to Prevent Medical Malpractice Cases," Lecture, Cardiology Staff, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas, November 20, 1992; Videotaped Presentation: Deposition of Defendant's Expert in Medical Malpractice Case, Baylor University School of Law, Waco, Texas, November 19, 1992; "Alternative Trial Notebook," A.A. White Dispute Resolution Institute, South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas, November 13, 1992; "Responding to Common Defense Arguments," Third Annual Medical Malpractice Conference, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, October 30, 1992; "Direct and Cross of Plaintiff's Expert," American Board of Trial Advocates, Houston Texas, September 25, 1992; "Case Analysis" Manufacturing Defects," The University of Houston Law Foundation, Houston, Texas, May 28, 1992; "Seaman Status Under the Jones Act," Maritime Law Center, Tulane University and The British Maritime Law Association, London, England, May 13, 1992; "Advanced Settlement Techniques," Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Houston, Texas, November 7, 1991; "How to Win Your Case on Voir Dire," Houston Intellectual Property Law Association Seventh Annual Fall Institute, Galveston, Texas, October 4, 1991; "Analysis: Anesthesiology Cases - Plaintiff's Perspective," University of Houston Law Center Medical Malpractice Seminar, Houston, Texas; "Jury Charge after Tort Reform," State Bar of Texas, Dallas, Texas, June 21, 1991; Jury Demonstration," State Bar of Texas Trial and Tactics Advanced Litigation Seminar, Beaumont, Texas, April 19, 1991; "Lawyer Sanctions," Medical Malpractice Conference, Texas Tech and St. Mary's Schools of Law and the Texas State Bar, San Antonio, Texas, April 11, 1991; "Complex Settlements and Their Impact at Trial," Texas Trial Lawyers Association, April 5,1991; "How to Use Basic Safety and Risk Management principles in the Development and Trial of Medical Malpractice Cases," Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, December 15, 1989; Montana Trial Lawyers Association Annual Conference, Barbados, March 18, 1991; "Contribution and Indemnity in Texas Before and After Tort Reform," State Bar of Texas, St. Mary's Twelfth Annual Procedural Law Institute-Litigation Malpractice, San Antonio, Texas, November 9, 1990; "Analysis: Emergency Room Cases, Plaintiff's Perspective," University of Houston Law Center, Advanced Medical Malpractice Litigation, Dallas, Texas, November 7, 1990; "Advanced Technology in Preparation and Case Presentation," Negotiation and Settlement Techniques Seminar, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, November 3, 1990; "A Plaintiff's Lawyer Shares His Ideas on How to Turn the 'Little' Case into a 'Big' Verdict," Defense Research Institute, Dallas, Texas, October, 1990; "What Drives Patients to an Attorney," Delivered to Medical Staff, Scott & White Hospital, Temple, Texas, September 6, 1990; "Plaintiff's Closing Argument in Medical Malpractice Cases," Annual Convention, Kentucky Trial Lawyers Association, Owensboro, Kentucky, August 25, 1990; "Wrongful Death, Survivorship and Bystander Recover," 1990 Advance Personal Injury Course, State Bar of Texas, San Antonio, Texas July 25, 1990 and Houston, Texas July 11, 1990; "Final Argument - Plaintiff," Ultimate Trial notebook, State Bar of Texas Annual Convention, Dallas, Texas, June 7, 1990"; "How to Overcome Common Defense Arguments,: Medical Malpractice Conference, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Houston, Texas, May 10, 1990; "Panel Discussion on Explaining Medicine,: Second Annual Medicine for Lawyers Conference, The University of Houston School of Law, Houston, Texas, February 23, 1990; "Plaintiff's Strategies After Tort Reform," Litigation in the Age of Tort Reform: The Reality for Plaintiffs and Defendants in Texas Today, Tarrant County Civil Trial Lawyers Association, Fort Worth, Texas May 19, 1989; "Restraint System Failures," Seminar for The Institute for Injury Reduction, Baltimore, Maryland, May 25, 1989; "Negotiating Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Cases," South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas, August 15, 1989; "Plaintiff's Perspective on Medical Malpractice," Legal Issues in Medicine - Avoiding Unnecessary Dilemmas, Delivered to Medical Staff, Scott & White Hospital, Temple, Texas, October 21, 1989; Videotaped Presentation "Rambo Trial Tactics," State Bar of Texas, Dallas, Texas, October 23, 1989; "Plaintiff's Closing Argument," Advanced Medical Malpractice Litigation, University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, November 10, 1989; "Punitive Damages," International Academy of Trial Lawyers, Palm Springs, California, March 8, 1988; "Contribution and Indemnity," Baylor University School of Law, Waco, Texas, March 11, 1988; "Pennzoil v. Texaco Decision," American College of Trial Lawyers, Regional Meeting for the Eleventh Circuit, Point Clear, Alabama, October 31, 1987. Member: Houston (Chairman, Committee on Personal Injury and Workers Compensation, 1968-1970) and American (Member, House of Delegates, 1984—) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Director, 1971-1974; Chairman, Special Committee to Study Disciplinary Procedures, 1973-1974; Appointee District Court Advisory Committee, 1991; Member, Legislative Committee, 1974—; Vice Chairman, Committee on Selection, Compensation and Tenure of State Judges, 1974-1976; Chairman, Administration of Justice Committee, 1975-1976; President-Elect, 1980-1981; President, 1981-1982); Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Director, 1972—; President, 1974-1975; Chairman: Legislative Committee, 1973-1974; Professional Responsibility Committee, 1976-1977); Houston Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1971-1972); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, Board of Governors, 1976-1979); American Judicature Society; American Board of Trial Advocates; The Inner Circle of Advocates. Regent, American College of Trial Lawyers; International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member, Board of Directors, 1985—; Secretary-Treasurer, 1989-1990; President, 1993); Texas Bar Foundation (Secretary, Board of Directors, 1973-1974); The Southwestern Legal Foundation (Board of Trustees, 1995—); The American Law Institute (Adviser, 1994—). (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Products Liability; Commercial Litigation; Aviation Law; Maritime Law; Medical Malpractice. Email: Wayne Fisher | | Larry P. Boyd (Member) born Casper, Wyoming, April 28, 1959; admitted to bar, 1982, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: Baylor University (B.A., 1981; J.D., cum laude, 1982). Editor-in-Chief, Baylor Law Review, 1981-1982. Briefing Attorney for Hon. Sam D. Johnson, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1982-1984. Seminars: "Legal Issues Surrounding Credentialing in a Managed Care Environment," Advanced Personal Injury, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Dallas, 1995; "Dealing with Governmental and Private Liens and the Problem with ERISA," Advanced Personal Injury, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, 1995; "Case Study: Chest Pain/Heart Attack"; "Evaluation, Treatment and Risk Challenges: HIV Disease, Breast Lumps and Chest Pain"; "Statutes of Limitation and Repose in Products Cases," Advanced Products Liability, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Dallas, 1996; "Sexual Harassment," Emerging Physician Liability, 1996; "Physician Credentialing Matters," Physician Liability: Challenges in Today's Medical Practice, 1997; Physician Credentialing and Economic Competition," Physician Liability: Challenges in Today's Medical Practice, 1997; "Point/Counterpoint - The Elements of a Malpractice Case and How to Reduce Liability," Legal Issues and Nursing Practice, 1997; "Legal Issues Surrounding Credentialing in a Managed Care Environment," Health Care Delivery Networks: Physician Integration, 1997; "Medical Malpractice," Harris County Nurse/Paralegal Society, 1997; "Empowering the Jury," Trails to Successful Trials, 1998. President, Baylor Law School Alumni Association, 2001-2002. Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association; Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Director, 1986); Houston Trial Lawyers Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American College of Trial Lawyers. Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation; American Board of Trial Advocates (Associate); Fellow, International Society of Barristers. (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Products Liability; Commercial Litigation; Aviation Law; Maritime Law; Medical Malpractice. Email: Larry P. Boyd | | Thomas K. Brown (Member) born Dallas, Texas, March 24, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas; 1987, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Howard Payne University (B.A., cum laude, 1983); Baylor University (J.D., cum laude, 1986). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Barristers; National Order of the Barristers. Member, Baylor Law Review, 1985-1986. National Trial Advocacy Competition, 1986; State and National Moot Court Competitions, 1984-1985; Outstanding Oral Advocate, 1985-1986. Outstanding Alumnus Howard Payne University, 1997. Board of Trustees, Howard Payne University, 1998-2004. Author: "Revocation of Acceptance: The Seller's Right to Cure After Gappelberg v. Landrum," Baylor Law Review, Spring, 1986. Co-Author: "Pitfalls of Multi-Party Settlements," Texas Wrongful Death Institute, 1987; "Evidentiary Considerations Under the New Workers' Compensation Act," South Texas College of Law Seminar, 1990; "Getting What You Paid For- Underinsured Motorist, Uninsured Motorist and Other First Party Insurance," Preparing, Trying and Settling Auto Collision Cases, State Bar of Texas Seminar, 1996; "Presentation of the Case Part One: Plaintiff's Perspective," Litigation and Trial Tactics, University of Houston Law Foundation Seminar (with Wayne Fisher), 1996; "Bus Crashworthiness," Attorneys Information Exchange Group, 2006; Texas Trial Lawyers Association, 2006. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Texas Trial Lawyers Association; American Association for Justice; Texas Bar Foundation; Houston Trial Lawyers Association (Director, 1992); American Board of Trial Advocates; International Academy of Trial Lawyers; American College of Trial Lawyers; Attorneys Information Exchange Group. (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Products Liability; Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Aviation. Email: Thomas K. Brown | | Olan J. Boudreaux (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, July 24, 1953; admitted to bar, 1984, Texas; 1985, U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Houston (B.S., summa cum laude, 1980); South Texas College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 1984). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Lytae; Order of the Barristers. Comments Editor, South Texas Law Journal, 1983. Author: "Probate Issues in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Cases," South Texas College of Law, Personal Injury/Automobile Injury Conference, 2007; "Privilege or Posturing, You Make the Call," Texas Trial Lawyers Association, 13th Annual Medical Malpractice Conference, 2002; "Settlements: The Simple, The Subtle, and The Sublime," State Bar of Texas, Advanced Personal Injury Law Course, 2001 (with Wayne Fisher); "Sovereign Immunity: Can the Citizen Sue the State for Medical Malpractice?" Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Medical Malpractice Conference, 2001 (with Larry Boyd); "Unanswered Questions and Ambiguities in the New Rules: Looking Toward the First Appellate Decisions," University of Houston Law Center, Civil Discovery Under the New Rules, 1999; "Cutting Edge Issues with Experts," State Bar of Texas, Annual Litigation Update Institute, 1997; "How Early Settlements Can Ruin Your Case at Trial," Texas Trial Lawyers Association, 7th Annual Medical Malpractice Seminar, 1996 (with Wayne Fisher); "Contribution and Indemnity," State Bar of Texas, Advanced Personal Injury Law Course, 1996 (with Michael Gallagher); "Dealing with the Insolvent (or Maybe Insolvent) Defendant," University of Houston Law Foundation, Medical Device and Pharmaceutical Litigation Seminar, 1995; "Interesting and Unique Evidence Problems," State Bar of Texas, Advanced Evidence and Discovery Course, 1992 (with Wayne Fisher); "Frivolous Appeals in Texas," 50 Texas Bar Journal 358, April, 1987 (with Judge David Hittner); "Is It Time for Texas to Amend Rule 215c to Adopt Guidelines for Taking Videotape Depositions?" 24 South Texas Law Journal 225, 1983; "Perry v. Hinshaw, Effect of a Condition of Survivorship on Determination of Class Gifts in Wills," 24 South Texas Law Journal 381, 1983. Corporate Officer, 1985-1987 and President, 1987-1989, South Texas College of Law Alumni Association. Chair, 2007— and Board Member, Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Vice Chair, 2007-2008 and Board Member, Texas Court Reporters Certification Board. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; College of the State Bar of Texas; Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Associate Director, 1992-1998; Director, 1998—); American Board of Trial Advocates; Association of Trial Lawyers of America.; Houston Trial Lawyers Association; Sustaining Life Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation. Sustaining Life Fellow: Houston Bar Foundation. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice. Email: Olan J. Boudreaux | | James A. Huguenard (Member) born Fort Wayne, Indiana, May 19, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas; 1987, U.S. District Court, Southern, Western and Eastern Districts of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Tax Court; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Baylor University (B.B.A., 1983; J.D., 1986). Phi Delta Phi. Life Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation; Life Fellow: Houston Bar Foundation. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Texas Trial Lawyers Association; Houston Trial Lawyers Association; Houston Estate and Financial Forum. (Managing Partner). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Trusts and Estates; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Aviation Law; Maritime Law. Email: James A. Huguenard | | Bernard G. Johnson, III (Member) born Houston, Texas, December 24, 1966; admitted to bar, 1996, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: University of Houston (B.A., 1990); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1996). Presentations and Publications: "Ethics: A Survey of Reported Cases and Ethical Opinions," Legal Assistants Division of the State Bar of Texas Seminar for Legal Assistant University, 2002; "Ethical Considerations Relating to the Discovery Process," Lorman Education Services Discovery Skills for Legal Staff in Texas Seminar, 2002; "Ethics: A Survey of Reported Cases and Ethical Opinions," Houston Legal Assistants Association Trial Preparation & Trial Seminar 2000; "Unanswered Questions and Ambiguities in the New Rules: Looking Toward the First Appellate Decisions," University of Houston Law Foundation Evidence and Discovery: A New Ball Game Seminar, 1999 (by Olan J. Boudreaux and Kay K. Morgan) Publications: Co-Author: "Texas Evidence Workshop Handbook," Professional Education Systems, Inc., Texas Evidence Seminar, 1998, (with Larry P. Boyd); "Examination of Expert Witnesses: Direct and Cross-Examination," University of Houston Law Foundation Medical Malpractice, Medical Device & Pharmaceutical Litigation Seminar, 1998, (with Wayne Fisher); "Punitive Damages: When, Where, How and How Much," The University of Houston Advanced Personal Injury Law Course, 1995 (with Joel C. Thompson). Member: Houston and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Committee on Pattern Jury Charges for General Negligence and Motor Vehicles, 2000-2001); Texas Trial Lawyers Association. (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Litigation; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Commercial Law; Maritime Law; Construction Law; Medical Malpractice. Email: Bernard G. Johnson, III | | Miranda P. Rau (Member) born Lafayette, Tennessee, October 1, 1970; admitted to bar, 1998, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.A., 1992); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1998). Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Texas Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Products Liability; Maritime Law. Email: Miranda P. Rau | | OF COUNSEL | | Robert S. Toth (Of Counsel) born New York, N.Y., 1948; admitted to bar, 1982, Texas, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Hunter College (B.A., 1967); Baylor College of Medicine (M.D., 1976); South Texas College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 1981); University of Houston (LL.M., Health Law, 1993). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Order of Lytae. Licensed Medical Doctor: Texas, 1976. Co-author and Co-editor: Legal Medicine: Legal Dynamics of Medical Encounters, C.V. Mosby Co, 1988. Author: "The Law of Physician Assistants and Advanced Nurse Practitioners in Texas," South Texas Law Journal, Vol 22, No. 1, 1981. Instructor: South Texas College of Law, 1982-1986; Texas College of Trial Advocacy, 1983-1993. Associate, Butler & Binion, 1982-1984. Member: Houston and Montgomery County Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Chairman, Health Litigation and Medical Malpractice Committee, 1984-1986; Member, Grievance Committee, 2000-2006); American Trial Lawyers Association; Houston Medical-Legal Society (President, 1983-1986); Texas Medical Association; Harris County Medical Society; College of the State Bar of Texas. Fellow: Houston Bar Foundation. (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization) (Board Certified, Legal Medicine, American Board of Legal Medicine). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Medical Law. Email: Robert S. Toth |
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