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| | Address | | Eight Greenway Plaza, Suite 1120 | | Houston, Texas 77046 | | (Ft. Bend, Harris & Montgomery Cos.) | | | |
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| Welsh & Chapoton, LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Civil Litigation, Complex and Multi-District Litigation, Mass Torts, Class Actions, Securities, Corporate Law, Business Law, Contracts, Business Litigation, Commercial Litigation, False Claims Act, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Toxic Torts, Property Law, Energy, RICO, Wills, Estate Litigation, Tax Litigation. | | Firm Size: 5 | | H. Ronald Welsh (Member) born Orange, New Jersey, January 9, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: Northwestern University (B.S., 1972); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1975). Order of the Coif. Phi Delta Phi Scholar. Clarion DeWitt Hardy Scholar, Northwestern University. Note Editor, Texas Law Review, 1973-1974. Author and Lecturer: ""Professional Liability," Houston Bar Association Institute; "Damages and Other Remedies in Business Litigation," Annual Advanced Civil Trial Course, State Bar of Texas; "Medical Malpractice in Texas," Baylor Medical School Cardiology Fellows, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital Cardiology Hospital Cardiology Service, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital; "Business Litigation: Attorney and Accountant Perspectives," Houston Bar Association-Houston Foundation of the Texas Society of CPA's; "Pre-Trial Discovery," Federal Bar Association, South Texas College of Law; "Medico-Legal Problems in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery," Houston Cardiology Society; "Damages," Annual Advanced Personal Injury Course, South Texas College of Law; "Choosing and Courting a Jury," State Bar of Texas, South Texas College of Law; "Corporations-Sale of Control-Possibility of Looting Not Foreseeable to Seller," 51 Texas Law Review 1234; "European Economic Community Law versus United Kingdom Law: A Doctrinal Dilemma," 53 Texas Law Review 1032; "Damages and Other Remedies in Civil Litigation," Advanced Civil Trial Course; "Damages in Personal Injury Actions," Advanced Personal Injury Course. Instructor and Team Leader, Trial Advocacy Program, Louisiana State University. Former Special Disciplinary Trust Counsel, State Bar of Texas; Past Member and Administration of the Rules of Evidence Committee, State Bar of Texas. Former Chair, Medical Malpractice Committee, Texas Association of Defense Counsel. Former Editor, Texas Medical Malpractice Newsletter. National Advisory Counsel, Northwestern University School of Speech. Life Fellow, Houston Bar Foundation. Sustaining Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Keeton Fellow, University of Texas School of Law. Member: Houston and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; American Board of Trial Advocates; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Texas Law Review Association (Life Member). Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers (Member, Committee on Federal Civil Procedure, 2003—); The Southwestern Legal Foundation. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Mass Torts; Class Actions; Securities; Corporate Law; Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation; False Claims Act; Products Liability; Professional Liability; Torts; Personal Injury; Property Law; Energy; RICO; Wills; Estate Planning; Tax Litigation. | | John E. Chapoton, Jr. (Member) born Houston, Texas, October 9, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Texas, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit. Education: Duke University (B.A., Public Policy Sciences, with distinction; Economics, cum laude, 1988); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., 1991). Recipient, Dean's Achievement Award in Property Law, International Law Journal. Board of Advocates; Inmate Assistance Program; Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program, University of Texas School of Law (1991). Senior Honor's Thesis, "Structural Improvements in the United States Intelligence Community," Duke University (1988). Contributor: "The Basics of Insider Trading and Tipping," Fulbright & Jaworski's Federal Securities Law Seminar (1994); Fifth Circuit Practice and Procedure Manuel; Lawyers Cooperative Publishing; International Law Journal, University of Texas. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas (Member, Grievance Committee, 2003-2006); Texas Trial Lawyers Association; Texas Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Business Law; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Securities; Contract Litigation. Email: John E. Chapoton, Jr. | | —————————— | | Daphne Marie Cherry (Associate) born Ramey, Puerto Rico, August 11, 1962; admitted to bar, 1998, Texas; 2000, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: University of Central Florida (B.A., History/Legal Services, 1984); Loyola University School of Law (J.D., 1998). Recipient, Best Comment, Loyola Law Review: "Seamen's Reasonable Duty of Care: The Fifth Circuit Recharts a Uniform Course Under the Jones Act," 1997-1998 (as selected by the Honorable Sol Gothard, Judge, Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals). Member, Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts, 2000. Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Toxic Torts; Commercial Litigation; Business Law; Contracts. | | Monica Sharon Dobie (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, June 30, 1978; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas. Education: Barnard College (B.A., 2000); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., 2004). Member: Houston Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Tort Law; Employment Litigation. Email: Monica Sharon Dobie | | COUNSEL | | Leif A. Olson (Counsel) born Tacoma, Washington, October 10, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Trinity University (B.A., Economics, cum laude, 1998); University of Chicago (J.D., 2001). Member: Houston Bar Association (Litigation and Appellate Sections); State Bar of Texas; Houston Young Lawyers Association (Director 2005-2006; Treasurer, 2006-2007; Secretary, 2007-2008); Houston Young Lawyers Foundation (Trustee, 2007-2009). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Mass Torts; Products Liability; Appellate Litigation; Tort Litigation. Email: Leif A. Olson |
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