(Main Office)

Statement of Practice

General Commercial and Insurance Defense Practice in State and Federal Courts, including Tort Liability, Trucking and Automobile Liability, Medical and Professional Liability, Premises and Construction Liability, Products and Retailer Liability, Toxic Tort and/or Environmental Cases, including mold, Insurance Defense (First Party Claims, Excess/Reinsurance and Coverage Opinions and Disputes), Employment Matters (Wrongful Discharge, Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Claims), Defamation, False Arrest/Imprisonment, Governmental Liability (Municipal and School Law), and Construction Defect.

Representative Clients:

Acceptance Indemnity Insurance Co.
Affirmative Risk Management
Agricultural Workers Mutual Auto Insurance
AIG Claim Service, Inc.
Allied Group
Allied Insurance
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P.
American Equity Insurance Company
American Family Insurance
American Modern Home Insurance Company
Aspen Managers
Atlas Van Lines
Atofina Petrochemicals, Inc.
Banc One
BDL Management, Inc.
Beacon Insurance Group
Berkley Risk Administrators Co., L.L.C.
The Hartford
Cal Eagle Insurance Co.
Cambridge Integrated Services Group
Century Surety Co.
Cincinnati Insurance Co.
Chubb Group
CIGNA
CNA Insurance Company
Coastal Mart, Inc.
Coastal State Management Corp.
Colonial County Mutual
Commercial Indemnity
Commercial Underwriters Insurance Co.
Concord Insurance Services, Inc.
Consolidated Freightways, Inc.
Curry & Aliseda
DBG Claims
Delta Lloyds
D & F Industries, Inc.
Druen, Dietrich, Reynolds & Koogler
D. Wilson Construction Co.
El Paso Natural Gas Co.
Empire Fire & Marine Insurance Company
Empire Lloyds Ins. Co.
Employers General Insurance
Erie Insurance Group
Farmers Insurance Group
Farmland
Farmland Insurance Co.
F.F.E. Transportation Services, Inc.
Fireman's Fund Ins. Co
First State Management Group
Foremost Insurance Group
Fred Loya Insurance
Frontier Adjusters
Fulcrum Insurance Co.
General Casuality
Great Amrican Lines
Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co. Hallmark Claims Services, Inc.
Hanover Ins. Co.
Hirsch & Westheimer, P.C.
Home State County Mutual Insurance Company
ITT Hartford Insurance Group
Interstate Insurance Group
Interstate National Corp.
Jefferson Insurance Group
John Deere
John R. Guest & Associates
Junior's Supermarket
Manpower
Leader National Insurance Co.
Liberty Mutual Group
LMS Risk Management Services
Maryland Insurance Group
Midland Claims
Mt. Hawley Insurance Co.
Mustang Claims Services, Inc.
Nationwide Insurance Company
Network Adjusters
Old American Insurance
O'Reilly Auto Parts
Orion Specialty
Palmco Construction Company
Parker & Associates
Progressive Insurance Company
ProMutual Insurance Group
PST Vans, Inc.
Reliant American Group
Reliant Insurance Co.
Republic Insurance Companies
Repulic Western Ins. Co.
RLI Insurance Co.
Royal Insurance Companies
RSKCO Claims Services
Ryder Truck Rental
Safeco
Saskatchewan Government Ins.
San Benito I.S.D.
San Perlita I.S.D.
Scottsdale Insurance Company
Sedgwick Claims
Southern County Mutual Insurance Co.
Specialty Risk Service
Spikes Motor Co.
Standard Insurance Agency, Inc.
Star Properties
State-Wide Insurance Co
Sun States Insurance Services, formerly Northwestern Int'l Ins. Services
Swift Transportation, Inc.
Texas Municipal League - IRP
Texas Property & Casualty Insurance Guaranty
Texas Property of Casuality Insurance Guaranty Association
Texas State Construction Co.
T.H.E. Ins. Co.
The Littleton Group
TIG Speciality
Trans-Com General Agency, Inc.
Transguard Ins. Co. of American, Inc.
Trinity Industries
Trinity Universal Ins., Unitrin Co.
TristarRisk Management
Truck Claims, Inc.
Underwriters Service Co.
Union Insurance Company
Union Standard Insurance Company
Unitrin Property & Casualty Insurance Group
Vinson & Elkins
Walton Risk Services
Ward North America
Ward Strategic Claims Solutions
Warren, Inc.
Wausau Ins.
W.E. Love & Associates
Western Heritage Insurance Company
Williamson Construction Co.
Wilshire Insurance Company
Windsor Group.

Address

One Park Place
100 Savannah Avenue, Suite 500
McAllen, TX 78503, (Hidalgo Co.)

Phone

Phone: 956-971-9446
Fax: 956-971-9451

Office Hours

Monday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM

MEMBERS OF FIRM

John R. Griffith (Member) born Tuscaloosa, Alabama, February 25, 1961; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.A., Economics, 1983; B.S., Mathematics, 1983; B.B.A., General Business, 1983); University of Texas at Austin, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs (M.P.A., 1990); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., 1990). Member: Hidalgo County, Cameron County and American (Member, Labor Law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Judiciary Relations Committee, 1996-1998); Defense Research Institute; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Trucking Industry Defense Association. Practice Areas: Defense of Personal Injury; General Liability; Property Claims; First Party Claims; Products Liability; Premises Liability; Automobile and Trucking Claims; Wrongful Death; Defamation; Deceptive Trade Practices Act Claims; Commercial Liability; Municipal Law; School Law; Employment Law; Construction Defects; Environmental Law.Email: John R. Griffith

Viola G. Garza (Member) born Pharr, Texas, October 4, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Texas; 1994, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: University of Texas, Austin (B.S., 1990); Thurgood Marshall School of Law (J.D., 1993). Member: Hidalgo County and American Bar Associations. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Defense; Employment Law; General Liability; Property Claims; First Party Claims; Products Liability; Premises Liability; Automobile Claims; Trucking Claims; Wrongful Death; Defamation; Deceptive Trade Practices Act Claims; Commercial Liability; Municipal Law; School Law; Construction Defects; Environmental Law.Email: Viola G. Garza

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Jason A. Powell (Associate) born McAllen, Texas, February 8, 1977; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas. Education: University of Texas, Pan American (B.A., 1999); University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 2005). Member: Hidalgo County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Hidalgo County Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Defense; General Liability; Products Liability; Premises Liability; Commercial Liability.Email: Jason A. Powell

Summer Olmos (Associate) born Harlingen, Texas, December 4, 1978; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.A., Biology, 2001); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2005). Member: Hidalgo County, Cameron County and American Bar Associations; Texas Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Insurance Defense; Personal Injury; Litigation.Email: Summer Olmos

Christina R. Garcia (Associate) born Pasadena, Texas, January 6, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2001); St. Mary's University of San Antonio (J.D., 2005). Member: Hidalgo County and American Bar Associations; Hidalgo County Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Insurance Defense; Automobile Insurance Defense.Email: Christina R. Garcia