MEMBER OF FIRM
David P. Matthews (Founder) admitted to bar, 1988, Texas; 1990, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1993, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1996, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; 2004, New York and Mississippi; 2005, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas. Education: University of Wisconsin (B.A., 1984); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1988). 2006, Texas Super Lawyer; Honors: Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards: Property, Civil Procedure; Law Review: South Texas College Law Review, Assistant Editor, 1988, Comment Editor; Author: "Self Insureds and Non-Subscribing Suing and Defending", Damage Control Institute, 1997; "New Horizons in Damages", Damage Control Institute, 1997; Adjunct Professor, South Texas College of Law. Member: State Bar of Texas; Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Associate Director); American Association for Justice; American Bar Association; American Board of Trial Advocates; Houston Bar Association; Houston Young Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation. (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Federal Civil Practice; Mass Torts; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Premises Liability; Environmental Products Liability; Product Defects; Product Recall; Product Failure; Class Actions; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Breach of Warranty; Diet Drug Litigation; Explosions; Product Warning Labels; Product Safety; Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Trial Practice; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Automobile Negligence; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Asbestos Litigation; Toxic Torts; Pharmaceutical Products.
ASSOCIATES
Adam T. Funk (Associate) born Houston, Texas; admitted to bar, 2008, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 2004); University of Houston (J.D., with honors, 2008). Member: State Bar of Texas; Texas Trial Lawyers Association; American Inns of Court; American Association of Justice. Languages: Hebrew and Spanish.Email: Adam T. Funk
Julie L. Rhoades (Associate) admitted to bar, 1988, Texas; 2006, New York; U.S. District Court, Southern, Western, Eastern and Northern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit. Education: Southwest Texas State University (B.A., 1983); South Texas College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1988). Order of the Lytae; Delta Zeta; Sigma Nu Sweetheart, 1983. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Awards in Western Legal Tradition, Real Property II, Marital Property, Law Office Technology; Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Award, 1987-1988. Lead Articles Editor, South Texas Law Review. Co-Author: HMO Liability, 15th Annual Advanced Personal Injury Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 1999. Briefing Attorney, Texas Court of Appeals, Dallas, 1988-1989. Member: Houston, New York State, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Trial Lawyers Association; Houston Trial Lawyers Association; Association of Women Attorneys. Practice Areas: Hazardous Materials and Substances; Water Pollution; Federal Trial Practice; Multidistrict Litigation; Trial Practice; Animal Bites; Motor Vehicle Accidents; Premises Liability; Property Damage; Wrongful Death; Asbestos Litigation; Chemicals and Cosmetics; Machinery and Tools; Medical Products and Devices; Pharmaceutical Products; Recreational Products Liability; Nursing Home Injuries; Sexual Abuse; Diet Drug Litigation; Personal Injury; Products Liability.
Rachal Rojas (Associate) born Corpus Christi, Texas, 1979; admitted to bar, 2008, Texas. Education: Columbia University (B.A.); University of Houston (J.D.). Practice Areas: Personal Injury.
Lizy Santiago (Associate) admitted to bar, 1996, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: University of Houston (B.S., Legal Studies); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1996). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Pharmaceutical Litigation; Medical Products and Devices; Motor Vehicle Defects; Chemicals and Cosmetics; Aviation Accidents; Motor Vehicle Accidents; Premises Liability; Railroad Accidents; Wrongful Death.
Jason C. Webster (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, Texas; 2002, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi and Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; 2003, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit. Education: Sam Houston State University (B.A., 1997); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2001). Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association; Houston Young Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Texas Trial Lawyers Association; Houston Trial Lawyers Association; United States Court of Federal Claims. Practice Areas: Litigation; Civil Trial Practice; Consumer Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Admiralty Law; Aviation Law; Wrongful Death.
OF COUNSEL
Coleman F. Wait (Of Counsel) born San Antonio, Texas, January 7, 1959; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.A., cum laude, 1981); Baylor College of Medicine (M.D., 1985); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1990). Medical License, Texas, 1986. Transitional Internship, Baylor Affiliated Hospital, 1986. Certified Mediator, A.A. White Dispute Resolution Institute, 1991. Attorneys-Medicators Institute, Dallas, 1991. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Houston Trial Lawyers Association; Texas Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Harris County Medical Society; Texas Medical Association; American Medical Association; Houston Medical Legal Society. Fellow: American College of Legal Medicine. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury.