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| | Address | | 8 Greenway Plaza, Suite 614 | | Houston, Texas 77046 | | (Ft. Bend, Harris & Montgomery Cos.) | |  | Free Initial Consultation |
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| Killeen & Stern, PC practices in the following areas of law:
General Insurance Defense, General Liability, Admiralty, Protection and Indemnity, Energy, Toxic Torts, Property Damage, Products Liability, Pollution, Premises Liability, Trucking, Automobile Liability, Construction, Medical Malpractice, Professional Liability, Errors and Omissions, Employer Liability, Workers Compensation, Employment Law, Coverage Issues, Subrogation, Jones Act, Nursing Homes and Health Care. | | Year Established: 1996 | Firm Profile:
Established in 1996, Killeen & Stern, PC is a Houston-based civil litigation law firm dedicated to giving its clients personalized service customized to each client's individual needs in all federal, state and local courts in Texas, Louisiana and throughout the Gulf Coast region. Since the firm's inception, Killeen & Stern, PC continues to build on the firm's fundamental values of integrity and the belief that a moderate-sized boutique can offer clients quality service and the most cost-effective representation. Our primary focus is civil litigation with its expertise in maritime law and energy. Our trial lawyers and attorneys has represented a diverse group of clients, including vessel owners, Protection and Indemnity Clubs, significant domestic marine underwriters and certain London underwriters. In addition, Killeen & Stern, PC also represents both individuals and businesses in general corporate law matters, general civil trial and appellate practice, general commercial practice with an emphasis on acquisitions and divestitures, oil and gas and related downstream and midstream assets, as well as, MEL, state and federal workers' compensation, employment law, medical malpractice, health care law, nursing homes, banking litigation, public utilities, OSHA, products liability, automobile, commercial trucking, pollution, premises liability, toxic tort, general liability, property and casualty, construction, general subrogation, commercial contractual litigation and insurance coverage. Killeen and Stern, PC was featured as the Houston Top Lawyers in 2005, 2006 and 2007 by the H Texas Magazine. | | Firm Size: 20 | Representative Clients:
The American Protection and Indemnity Club; ACE Marine; Boat Services of Galveston, Inc.; Catlin Syndicate; Commercial Underwriters Insurance Company; Fireman's Fund McGee Marine Underwriters; Gray Insurance Company; Great American Insurance Companies; Martin Companies; National Security Fire and Casualty Company; Odfjell; Travelers Insurance Company; Texas Crewboats, Inc.; Underwriters Risk Managers; Weeks Marine, Inc.; Zurich American Insurance Group; Crosby Tugs; L & L Marine, C.V Star Co. & Inc. | Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Free Initial Consultation
| | Robert J. Killeen, Jr. (Director) born New Orleans, Louisiana; admitted to bar, 1987, Louisiana; 1990, Texas, U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern, Western and Southern Districts of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana. Education: Tulane University (B.A., 1984; J.D., 1987). Author: "Fear and Loathing in the P&I World: A Simple Primer to a Complex Universe;" "Ethical Dilemmas Facing Insurance Adjusters: From an Attorney's Point of View;" "Texas Construction;" "Reservation of Rights." Member: New Orleans Mariner's Club; Houston Mariner's Club. Member: State Bar of Texas; Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; The Maritime Law Association of the United States; The Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute; The Maritime Law Association of the United States; Bar Association of the Fifth Circuit; Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Maritime Personal Injury; Environmental Law; Toxic Torts; Contracts; Insurance Coverage; Construction Law. Email: Robert J. Killeen, Jr. | | Robert C. Stern (Partner) born New York, N.Y; admitted to bar, 1978, Louisiana; 2005, Texas; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, New Jersey (B.A., cum laude, 1975); Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana (J.D., 1978). Member, National Mock Trial Team. Special Prosecutor, St. Tammany Parish District Attorney's Office, 1993-1995. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; State Bar of Texas. (Resident, New Orleans, Louisiana Office). Practice Areas: Maritime Law(50%); Criminal Defense(50%). Email: Robert C. Stern | | —————————— | | Andrew Mihalick (Senior Associate) born Indianapolis, Indiana; admitted to bar, 2004, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 1994); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2004). Member: State Bar of Texas. Email: Andrew Mihalick | | Nancy Frachtman (Associate) born Guatemala City, Guatemala, March 9, 1976; admitted to bar, 2004, Texas; U.S District Court, Southern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1999); Loyola Law School, New Orleans (J.D., 2003). Member: State Bar of Texas. Email: Nancy Frachtman | | Kyle M. Smith (Associate) born Houston, Texas, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.A., 2002); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2006). Member: State Bar of Texas; Houston Bar Association; Houston Young Lawyers Association. Email: Kyle M. Smith | | OF COUNSEL | | Frank C. Allen, Jr. (Of Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana; admitted to bar, 1964, Louisiana; 1977, Mississippi; 1991, Texas. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.S.Ch.E, 1955; LL.B., 1964). Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1955. Member: New Orleans Bar Association; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Mississippi Association of Defense Counsel; American and British Average Adjusters Associations; Maritime Law Association of U.S.; American Institute of Chemical Engineers; Mediation Arbitration Professional Services, Inc. (MAPS). (Also Special Counsel to Rushing & Guice, PLLC, Biloxi, Mississippi). Practice Areas: Maritime Law; Environmental Law; Toxic Torts; Corporate Law; Marine Law; Contracts; Mediation; Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage. Email: Frank C. Allen, Jr. | Other Office Addresses:
Austin, Texas Office: P.O. Box 27709, 78755. Telephone: 512-533-9198. Fax: 512-323-0354.
New Orleans, Louisiana Office: 400 Poydras Street, Suite 1710, 70130. Telephone: 504-525-8111. Fax: 504-680-6080.
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