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| | Address | 2900 North Loop West
Suite 500 | | Houston, Texas 77092 | | (Ft. Bend, Harris & Montgomery Cos.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Lorance & Thompson,
A Professional Corporation practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Litigation, including cases in State and Federal Courts involving Products Liability, Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Insurance, Insurance Coverage, Bad Faith, Professional Liability, Directors and Officers, Architects & Engineers Litigation, Construction Litigation, Premises Liability, Commercial Matters, Trucking/Transportation Litigation, Employment Law, Disaster Litigation, and Civil Appellate Law. | | Year Established: 1970 | Firm Profile:
Lorance & Thompson has just celebrated its thirty-eight year of providing outstanding representation to clients in Texas. During that thirty eight years, its string of courthouse victories has been matched only by its quality of service to an ever-growing list of satisfied clients. The Firm has achieved the highest rating for legal ability in Martindale-Hubbell. The firm developed its reputation in the broad field of tort and insurance litigation. Today, while tort and insurance litigation is still the largest part of its practice, Lorance & Thompson also includes commercial litigation and employment matters as important segments of its full-client service. | | Firm Size: 20 | Representative Clients:
ABF Freight Systems, Inc.; American Freightways, Inc.; Arrow Trucking Company; Arthur J. Gallagher & Company; Aviles Engineering Corporation; The Brown Schools, Inc; Charter Insurance Companies; Chubb Executive Risk; CNA Professional; Consolidated Freightways Corporation of Delaware; Credit General Insurance Company; DPIC; Five Star Health Network; GEICO; Great West Casualty Company; Guide One; Harco National Insurance Company; Heartland Express of Iowa, Inc.; Jack Nadel, Inc.; Lincoln General Insurance Company; McLane Company, Inc.; Old Republic Insurance Company; RAMCO; Rentokil Initial Plc.; Roadway Express, Inc.; SCA Consulting Engineers; SHW Group; Stevens Transport; Swift Transportation Company, Inc.; Target Capital Partners; Tenet Healthcare Systems; Texas Farmers Insurance Company; Texas Medical Liability Trust; Top Spot, Inc.; Tristar Risk Management; Truck Insurance Exchange; U.S. Xpress Enterprise, Inc.; Yellow Freight Systems, Inc. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
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Other Office Locations of Lorance & Thompson,
A Professional Corporation
Laredo, Texas, U.S.A.
| | Larry D. Thompson (Managing Partner) born Fort Worth, Texas, August 22, 1940; admitted to bar, 1964, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1962; J.D., 1964). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1982-1984. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Director, 1987-1989); Texas Association of Defense Counsel; International Association of Defense Counsel. Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law and Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Managed Care; Health Law; Commercial Litigation; Insurance; Insurance Bad Faith; Contract Litigation; Toxic Torts; Products Liability. Email: Larry D. Thompson | | William K. Luyties (Member) born Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, September 8, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Texas. Education: University of Houston (B.A., summa cum laude, 1974; J.D., summa cum laude, 1977). Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Order of the Barons. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas (Member, Texas Pattern Jury Charge Committee, 1991—); Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Construction Litigation; Architects and Engineers Litigation; Products Liability; Premises Liability; Insurance Coverage; Professional Liability; Commercial Litigation. Email: William K. Luyties | | David Owen Cluck (Member) born Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, February 25, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1974); University of Houston (J.D., 1977). Member, Order of the Barons. Member: Travis County and Houston Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel. (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Reported Cases: Adams v. Morris, 584 S.W.2d 712 (Tex.App.-Tyler 1979, no writ); Bennett v. State National Bank, 623 S.W.2d 719 (Tex.App.-Houston, 1st Dist., 1981, no writ); Davis v. Manning, 847 S.W.2d 446 (Tex.App.-Houston, 14th Dist., 1993, no writ). Practice Areas: Health Law; Defamation; Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice Defense; Medical and Dental Board Actions. Email: David Owen Cluck | | Phillip C. Summers (Member) born Tampa, Florida, April 19, 1946; admitted to bar, 1980, Texas; 1984, Florida. Education: University of South Florida (B.A., 1972); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1980). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: State Bar of Texas; The Florida Bar; Houston Bar Association; Defense Research Institute; Texas Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Personal Injury; Products Liability. Email: Phillip C. Summers | | Walter F. (Trey) Williams, III (Member) born Houston, Texas, January 7, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, Texas, U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Houston (B.B.A., 1970; J.D., 1973). Member: Conference of Freight Council; Houston Council of Safety Professionals; National Tank Truck Carriers; Truckload Carriers. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Towing & Recovery Association of America; Transportation Lawyers Association; Association for Transportation Law, Logistics and Policy; American Bus Association; Agricultural Transportation Conference; ALFA International Transportation Practice Group (Member, Steering Committee); ALFA Environmental Practice Group (Member, Steering Committee); Texas Motor Transportation Association. (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization); (Also at Laredo). Practice Areas: Transportation; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Commercial Litigation. Email: Walter F. (Trey) Williams, III | | Teresa A. Carver (Member) born La Grange, Texas, October 21, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Education: Southwest Texas State University (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1988); South Texas College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1992). Order of the Lytae. Member, South Texas Law Review, 1991-1992. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; American Law Firm Association (Member, Insurance Law Section). Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Insurance Bad Faith; First Party Insurance; Personal Injury; Premises Liability. Email: Teresa A. Carver | | Eric R. Benton (Member) born Doniphan, Missouri, May 26, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; 1982, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1996, Texas; 1997, U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern, Western and Southern Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of International Trade; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 1978); Washburn University (J.D., 1981). Comments Editor, Washburn University, 1980-1981. Author: "Evaluation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act," The Transportation Lawyer Vol. 3, No. 3 at p. 22 (2001); Doing Business in Mexico, 41 Your Letter of the Law 51, 1991; Comment, Systematic Exclusion in the Jury Selection Process, 19 Washburn Law Journal 160, 1980. Member: North American Committee on Surface Transportation Law and Practice-National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade; Legal Forum, Texas Motor Transportation Association. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Corporate, Litigation and International Sections); Transportation Lawyers Association (Chairman, International Trade and Transportation Committee and Latin American Transportation Section, 1991-2003; Member, Executive Committee, 2005—); Association for Transportation Laws, Logistics and Policy; American Arbitration Association (Member, Commercial and Transportation Panels); NASD Dispute Resolution (Field Member); Conference of Freight Council; ALFA International Transportation and International Steering Committee. (Also at Laredo). Practice Areas: International; Transportation; Civil Litigation; Employment. Email: Eric R. Benton | | Michael W. Blaise (Member) born New Bedford, Massachusetts, March 16, 1960; admitted to bar, 1991, Texas. Education: Northeastern University (B.S.N., 1984); University of Houston (J.D., 1991). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Personal Injury Defense. Email: Michael W. Blaise | | David J. Escobar (Member) born La Paz, Bolivia, February 22, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas. Education: Texas Christian University (B.B.A., Finance, 1985); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1988). Member: Houston Bar Association; Harris County Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Employment Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: David J. Escobar | | Roger D. Oppenheim (Member) born San Francisco, California, August 6, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., English, 1982); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1985). Member: Houston Bar Association; Greater Houston Society for Healthcare Risk Management; Defense Research Institute; American Society for Healthcare Risk Management. (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Transportation; Premises Liability; Products Liability; Automotive Defense; Commercial Litigation. Email: Roger D. Oppenheim | | Robert G. Smith, Jr. (Member) born Houston, Texas, February 7, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., Mathematics, 1990) Phi Beta Kappa; University of Houston (J.D., 1995) Phi Delta Phi. Member: Houston Bar Association; Houston Young Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute (Medical Liability and Health Care Law Committee; Product Liability Committee; Drug and Medical Device Committee; Professional Liability Committee; Fifth Circuit Editor, DRI's Daubert Online); ALFA International Product Liability Steering Committee; National Risk Retention Association; College of the State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Products Liability; Personal Injury; General Liability. Email: Robert G. Smith, Jr. | | Brian T. Coolidge (Member) born St. Joseph, Missouri, April 23, 1968; admitted to bar, 1998, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 2000, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas. Education: University of North Texas (B.A., 1991; M.S., 1995); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1997). South Texas Law Review. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; College of the State Bar of Texas; Texas Motor Transportation Association; ALFA International Labor and Employment Practice Group (Steering Committee). Practice Areas: Government Entity Defense; Personal Injury; Commercial Litigation; Employment Law; Transportation Law. Email: Brian T. Coolidge | | Melanie R. Cheairs (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, October 15, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, Texas; 1991, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.A., 1985); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1989). Phi Alpha Delta Honor Fraternity. Member: Houston and Dallas Bar Associations; Texas Young Lawyers Association; Texas Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Premises Liability; Products Liability; Transportation. Email: Melanie R. Cheairs | | —————————— | | Ryan T. Hand (Associate) born Danville, Illinois, July 8, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, Texas; 2000, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas; 2001, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas. Education: Eastern Illinois University (B.A., Business, 1996); Indiana University (J.D., 1999). Member: Moot Court; Texas Motor Transportation Association. Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association; Conference of Freight Counsel; American Law Firm Association. Practice Areas: Transportation; Personal Injury; Civil Litigation; Maritime Law; School Law; Premises Liability; Insurance Defense; Commercial Litigation; Employment Litigation. Email: Ryan T. Hand | | David W. Prasifka (Associate) born Dallas, Texas, April 1, 1957; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: North Texas State University (B.B.A., 1979); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1985). Order of the Lytae. Member, South Texas Law Review. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Defense Research Institute; Texas Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Trucking Law; Toxic Torts; Insurance Coverage; Personal Injury. Email: David W. Prasifka | | Paul Judson Goldenberg (Associate) born Houston, Texas, August 26, 1970; admitted to bar, 2000, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: University of Houston (B.S., 1996); South Texas College of Law (J.D, 1999). Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Products Liability; Professional Liability; Premises Liability; Construction Law. Email: Paul Judson Goldenberg | | Dan L. Fulkerson (Associate) born Tulsa, Oklahoma, April 2, 1963; admitted to bar, 1999, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: University of Oklahoma (B.A., 1988); University of Tulsa (J.D., 1999). Phi Alpha Delta Honors Fraternity. Member: State Bar of Texas; Houston Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association; Customs and International Trade Bar Association; Houston Air Cargo Association; Southern Motor Carriers Conference. Practice Areas: Transportation and Cargo Litigation; Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Defense; Complex Business Litigation. Email: Dan L. Fulkerson | | Cynthia Huerta (Associate) born Chicago, Illinois, April 20, 1974; admitted to bar, 2001, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: University of Houston (B.A., Political Science, honors, 1996); Universidad de Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina; South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2000). Member: Houston and American Bar Association; Texas-Mexico Bar Association; Houston Young Lawyers Association; Texas Young Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Languages: Spanish and Portuguese. Practice Areas: Transportation; Insurance; International Law; Premises Liability; Civil Litigation; Personal Injury Defense. Email: Cynthia Huerta | | Lloyd Van Oostenrijk (Associate) born Des Moines, Iowa, January 14, 1972; admitted to bar, 2006, Texas. Education: Iowa State University (B.L.S., with distinction, 2001); University of Houston (J.D., magna cum laude, 2006). Phi Kappa Phi; Golden Key; Omicron Delta Kappa; Order of the Coif; Order of the Barons. Author: "Paper or Plastic? Electronic Discovery & Spoliation in the Digital Age," 42 Hous. L. Rev. 1163 (2005); "Disclosure of Privileged Material: Waive Your Expert Goodbye," 7 Digital Discovery & E-Evidence (BNA) 184 (September 1, 2007). Formerly with: Gardere Wynne Sewell, LLP; Royston Rayzor Vickery & Williams. Member: Houston, Corpus Christi and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment(25%); Commercial Litigation(25%); Transportation(25%); Insurance Defense(25%). Email: Lloyd Van Oostenrijk | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Laredo, Texas Office: 7100 North San Bernardo, Suite 300, 78401. Telephone: 877-307-3041. Facsimile: 713-864-4671.
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