Nickens Keeton Lawless Farrell & Flack LLP

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600 Travis Street, Suite 7500
Houston, Texas 77002
(Ft. Bend, Harris & Montgomery Cos.)
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Phone: 713-571-9191  
Fax: 713-571-9652
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Nickens Keeton Lawless Farrell & Flack LLP practices in the following areas of law:
General and Complex Commercial Litigation and Appeals including: Securities, Antitrust, Oil and Gas and Insurance Coverage. Policyholder Claims against Insurance Companies including: Environmental, Asbestos, Products, Toxic Torts, Construction, Intellectual Property, Business Torts, Commercial Property and Professional Liability, Mortgage Backed Securities.
Firm Size: 11
Representative Clients:
Officers of Enron Corp; Goodrich Operating Co.; Harvard University; Maxxam Inc.; Potter Concrete Co.; S & B Engineers & Constructors Ltd.; Temple-Inland, Inc.; JT Thorpe Co.; Total Fina Elf; Tyler Technologies Inc.; Wild Well Control, Inc.

Other Office Locations of Nickens Keeton Lawless Farrell & Flack LLP
Austin, Texas, U.S.A.
Jacks C. Nickens (Member) born McCamey, Texas, February 7, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third, Fifth, Seventh and Ninth Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Harvard University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1971; J.D., cum laude, 1975). Law Clerk to Hon. Robert M. Hill, U.S. District Judge, Northern District of Texas, 1975-1976. Member: Houston (Vice-Chair, Antitrust Section, 1997-1998) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member and Chairman, District 4 Grievance Committee, 1985-1988); Association of Attorney-Mediators. Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation; Houston Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Securities Litigation. Email: Jacks C. Nickens
Richard P. Keeton (Member) born Austin, Texas, November 10, 1937; admitted to bar, 1963, Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 1959); University of Texas Law School (LL.B., 1963). Phi Beta Kappa. Partner: Mayor Day, Caldwell & Keeton, 1988-2002; Miller, Keeton, Bristow & Brown, 1983-1987; Scott, Douglass & Keeton, 1979-1983; Vinson & Elkins, 1969-1979. Associate, Vinson & Elkins, 1963-1969. (700 Louisiana). Email: Richard P. Keeton
Thomas M. Farrell (Member) born Lawrence, Massachusetts, February 28, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Ninth Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Vermont (B.A., 1980); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., summa cum laude, 1984). Order of Coif. Recipient, University of Houston Law Foundation Academic Excellence Award. Publications Editor, University of Houston Law Review, 1983-1984. Judicial Clerk, Honorable Carolyn Dineen King, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1984-1985. Partner: Andrews & Kurth, L.L.P., 2001-2002; Mayor Day, Caldwell & Keeton, L.L.P., 1990-2001. Associate, Mayor Day, Caldwell & Keeton, L.L.P., 1985-1990. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: Thomas M. Farrell
Paul D. Flack (Member) born Kansas City, Missouri, April 4, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, New York; 1993, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Ninth Circuits. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., cum laude, 1986); University of Texas (J.D., cum laude, 1989). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member: Houston Bar Association. Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Securities Litigation. Email: Paul D. Flack
Gail M. Brownfeld (Member) born Miami Beach, Florida, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas. Education: Newcomb College of Tulane University (B.A., 1982); Tulane University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1985). Notes Editor, 1984-1985 and Comments Editor, 1984-1985, Tulane Law Review. Member: State Bar of Texas, American Bar Association. Email: Gail M. Brownfeld
Solace Kirkland Southwick (Member) born Houston, Texas, 1961; admitted to bar, 1988, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Smith College (B.A., 1984); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1988). Law Clerk: Hon. Carolyn Dineen King, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1988-1989; Justice Nathan Hecht, Texas Supreme Court, 1993. Member: State Bar of Texas; Houston and Texas Bar Foundations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Appellate Practice. Email: Solace Kirkland Southwick
Jett Williams, III (Member) born Houston, Texas, August 12, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas; 1986, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1981); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1984). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Houston and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation, Tort and Insurance and Business Law) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on: Litigation and Construction Law). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Oil and Gas Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Securities Litigation; Professional Liability; Employment Litigation. Email: Jett Williams, III
SENIOR COUNSEL
Bradley W. Hoover (Senior Counsel) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, September 7, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third and Fifth Circuits; U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of Texas. Education: Texas Tech University (B.A., cum laude, 1985); University of Texas Law School (J.D., with honors, 1988). Formerly with: Hoover & Harger, P.C., 2000-2003; Solo Practitioner, 1994-2000; Mayer, Brown & Plat, 1988-1994. Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Securities Litigation. Email: Bradley W. Hoover
ASSOCIATE
Jessica L. Wilson (Associate) born Salina, Kansas, October 31, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Vassar College (A.B., 1997); Vanderbilt University School of Law (J.D., 2000). Author: "Technology as a Panacea: Why Pregnancy-Related Problems Should Be Defined Without Regard to Mitigating Measures Under the ADA," 52 Vand. L. Rev. 831, 1999. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Texas Young Lawyers Association; Houston Young Lawyers Association; Association of Women Attorneys. Email: Jessica L. Wilson
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Austin, Texas Office: 327 Congress Avenue, Suite 480, 78701. Telephone: 512-472-3067. Fax: 512-472-3088.

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