David Wayne Hodges
Hodges & Foty, LLP
David Hodges, founding partner at Hodges & Foty, LLP, was born in McAllen, Texas, and moved to Cypress when he was seven. He attended Cy-Fair Senior High School, and discovered he wanted to go to law school after participating in a mock trial in his senior government class.
After graduation, he joined the Corps of Cadets and attended Texas A&M University where he earned his B.S. degree in 1989. After graduating from Texas A&M University, he was immediately commissioned in the Navy and deployed to the Persian Gulf. When he transferred from active duty to the Navy Reserves, he was able to take a passion for the law to the University of Houston Law Center.
During his time at the University of Houston, Mr. Hodges won the Team Champion award in the Hippard Mock Trial Tournament. He then joined the mock trial team, where he competed in Nationals for two years. While in law school, he also served as a reserve intelligence officer, an editor of the Houston Journal of International Law, a member of the National Order of the Barristers, and the Chief Baron of the law school's honor society. He graduated cum laude in 1996 with his J.D.
Upon graduating from law school, Mr. Hodges worked for several defense firms before deciding he would rather represent victims instead of the victimizers. In 2001, he founded his personal injury practice.
Mr. Hodges has been Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 2004--a certification achieved by less than 3% of attorneys in Texas. He is also a member of the Million Dollar Advocate Forum, a prestigious group of attorneys who have obtained verdicts or settlements larger than $1 million. In addition, Mr. Hodges was named a Texas Super Lawyer by Thomson Reuters for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Insurance Claims
- Bad Faith Insurance, Business Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance, Property Insurance
- Medical Malpractice
- Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business Arbitration, Consumer Arbitration, Family Arbitration
- Products Liability
- Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Texas
- 5th Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas.
- Spanish
- Vietnamese
- Founding Partner
- Hodges & Foty, LLP
- - Current
- Founding Partner
- Kennedy Hodges LLP
- - Current
- Associate Attorney
- Andrews Kurth LLP
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- Associate Attorney
- Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin
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- Associate Attorney
- Hirsch, Robinson, Sheiness & Glover, LLP/ Hirsch, Sheiness & Garcia, LLP
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- University of Houston - Main Campus
- J.D. (1996) | Law
- Honors: Graduated Cum Laude, Order of the Barons (Law Center's Honor Society), Member National Order of the Barristers, Champion, Hippard Mock Trial Tournament
- Activities: Editor: Law Journal: Houston Journal of International Law
- Texas A&M University - College Station
- B.S. (1989) | Psychology
- AV Preeminent
- Martindale-Hubbell
- Texas Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- Texas Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers
- Top National Trial Lawyers
- Texas Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- Christian Trial Lawyers Association
- Member
- Current
- Houston Trial Lawyers Foundation
- Member
- Current
- American Association for Justice
- Member
- Current
- TTLA PAC
- Trustee
- - Current
- State Bar of Texas District 4A Grievance Committee
- Panel Chair
- - Current
- Personal Injury Trial Law
- Texas Board Of Legal Specialization