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| | Address | | One Park Place, 100 Savannah Avenue, Suite 500 | | McALLEN, TEXAS 78503 | | (Hidalgo Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 956-971-9446 | | Fax: 956-971-9451 | | | | Send Us Email |  |
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(Main Office)
| Griffith & Garza, L.L.P. practices in the following areas of law:
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. | | Year Established: 1994 | | Firm Size: 9 | Languages:
Spanish. | 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. | 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). 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 | | —————————— | | 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. | | Johnathan Ball (Associate) born Tucson, Arizona, January 27, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (Political Science, 2000); St. Mary's University (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Civil Defense; Litigation; Criminal Defense; Family Law. Email: Johnathan Ball | | 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 and Cameron County Bar Associations; Texas Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Insurance Defense; Personal Injury; Litigation. | | 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). Practice Areas: Construction Law; Insurance Defense; Automobile Insurance Defense. Email: Christina R. Garcia | | Michael A. Lawrence (Associate) born Brownsville, Texas, December 30, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., with honors, 2003); University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 2006). College Scholar, University of Texas at Austin. Member: Cameron County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Commercial Litigation; Civil Practice; Personal Injury; Accidents; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Personal Injury Defense; Plaintiffs Personal Injury. |
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