Baytown Maritime Lawyers

Justin is a trial lawyer who understands how to maximize recoveries for clients who were seriously injured in maritime and offshore accidents, oilfield accidents, trucking accidents, and catastrophic workplace accidents and explosions. Prior to joining Zehl & Associates Injury & Accident Lawyers, Justin spent six years working as an attorney in the maritime group at one of Louisiana's oldest and most prominent defense firms, where he represented maritime employers, vessel owners, and insurers in complex maritime and personal injury cases under the Jones Act. Justin has significant experience handling limitation actions, platform fires/explosions, and vessel allisions/collisions. Justin is...

With over eight years of experience working as a law enforcement officer before becoming an attorney and taking positions with a pair of district attorney’s offices, Jerrell Wise brings a unique perspective to Grossman Law Offices. After leaving college, Mr. Wise dedicated the next eight years of his life to defending the citizens and property as a member of the Mesquite Police Department, handling all sorts of investigations into domestic assaults, robberies, traffic accidents, and burglaries, and responding to 911 calls of all sorts. Mr. Wise followed his love the law to Houston, where he enrolled in law school and took...

Leandro Luzone provides international advice for companies and individuals to help on the complex legal and tax regimes worlwide. He possesses a powerful combination of expert knowledge and innate leadership abilities. He is often recommended as a corporate lawyer with a diplomatic yet firm approach to handling conflicts. Luzone has a valuable expertise in civil & commercial law, business law, as well as private international law, being involved in major projects at domestic and international level. His connections worldwide help his clients' projects flourish. Besides that, he is a very dedicated professional, taking a result-oriented approach which all clients are looking...

Born in Mexico City, Attorney Cesar Tavares grew up in northern Utah and joined Arnold & Itkin LLP in 2014. Cesar served his church as a volunteer missionary for two years and then went on to earn degrees at Utah Valley State College, Brigham Young University, and Harvard Law School. He graduated from all three institutions with honors. Although he was offered several positions with some of the largest and most respected law firms in the nation, Attorney Tavares chose to practice law at a prominent firm in Tulsa, Oklahoma, near his wife’s family. Through his ability to absorb...

Karen handles complex insurance coverage, defense and subrogation cases in state and federal trial and appeal courts. Her practice focuses on energy and marine claims, and includes professional liability, commercial property, builder's risk and general liability disputes.

Hank Stout co-founded Sutliff & Stout, Injury & Accident Law Firm because he wanted to help real people with real problems. Raised in a small West Texas town, Hank was taught the value of hard work, determination, fairness, and helping others. As a Board-Certified personal injury lawyer, Hank has spent the last decade helping others who were harmed by the carelessness of others. Hank has been selected by Thomson Reuters as a Super Lawyer since 2012. He has also been recognized as one of Houston’s top personal injury lawyers by H Magazine and Houstonia Magazine. While Hank appreciates of this recognition, he is most...

Brian Humphrey represents individuals and families who have been catastrophically injured or who have lost loved ones in a wide variety of cases, including 18-wheeler collisions, collisions with drunk drivers, industrial accidents, factory or refinery explosions, construction accidents, defective products, premises defects, assaults, and maritime injuries. Brian also represents individuals and businesses in litigation involving commercial sales and leasing, partnership disputes, malfeasance by corporate officers and fiduciaries, fraud and business torts, oil and gas and other real estate disputes, and commercial debts.

Ryan Perdue joined Fernelius Simon PLLC in 2010. Previously, Ryan was a shareholder at a well-respected litigation boutique. He has extensive litigation experience practicing before state and federal courts and administrative tribunals and has helped his clients obtain a number of notable results.

Professional Law Background B.A., University of Houston, 1972 J.D., South Texas College of Law, 1975 Admitted to the bar of Texas, 1975 Admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; and the U.S. District Court for the Northern, Southern, and Eastern Districts of Texas State Bar of Texas Texas State Bar College The College of Master Advocates and Barristers, Senior Counsel American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Sustaining Lawyer, President’s Club, (Leaders Forum 2003-2008), (National Finance Council, Justice List Committee 2007-2008), (National College of Trial Advocacy Civil and Criminal ; American College of Barristers, Senior Counsel;...

Rodney Townsend is dedicated to getting accident victims the resources they need to pay their bills, heal from their injuries and support their families. He has also successfully gone up against some of the country's and region's largest insurers after clients have had their insurance claims denied.

Mazzola Law Firm, PLLC is a civil litigation law firm that specializes in the areas of personal injury, products liability, personal watercraft accidents, boating accidents, immigration law and medical malpractice, as well as consumer litigation and class action litigation.

Bill Morian grew up in East Texas in a ranching and farming family. Top notch horseman and farrier. Involved in the horse and cattle industry for years. Bill is a highly skilled legal advocate and trial lawyer.He has successfully handled the most serious State and Federal cases with great success. His hard work , skill and determination have brought him success which has made him Bill Morian is one of the most sought after and busy lawyers across the State of Texas when it comes to representing the falsely accused. He as often been described as intimidating...

Michael Grossman is an experienced Dallas personal injury lawyer and the founder of Grossman Law Offices. Michael has dedicated the last 20 years of his career to fighting for the rights of accident victims and their families. Michael earned his doctorate of jurisprudence from the esteemed Baylor School of Law, after graduating from The University of Alabama on a with a bachelors degree in Business Administration. While attending the University of Alabama, Michael lettered in tennis for three years. After graduating from law school, Michael was hired by one of the largest law firms in Texas which enabled him to gain...

Sheadyn R. Rogers founded the Law Offices of Sheadyn R. Rogers, P.C. d/b/a Rogers Law Firm in 2001 to represent Texans with excellence and integrity. Mr. Rogers graduated law school in 1998 from Baylor University School of Law in Waco, Texas. Mr. Rogers is a trial lawyer and is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law. Mr. Rogers is also a professional mediator.

Robert E. Brunkenhoefer has been a personal injury plaintiff’s attorney for more than 35 years. He handles all types of personal injury claims and has obtained significant verdicts in cases ranging from admiralty and maritime injuries to wrongful death cases. Robert has been a Board Certified Personal Injury Specialist since 1978 and was one of the first class of attorneys to be certified. He is nationally recognized as a leader in personal injury litigation and a seasoned veteran. Robert is fluent in Spanish and is the proud father of five children, three of whom practice law alongside him.

Attorney Phillip M. Davis has many years of experience prosecuting and defending claims made pursuant to the Defense Base Act (DBA), Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act (LHWCA), and Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities Act (NAF or NAFI) before the United States Department of Labor (DOL), Benefits Review Board (BRB), and United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. In addition, Mr. Davis has extensive experience handling War Hazards Compensation Act (WHCA) claims.

Mr. Davis has represented injured workers, employers and insurance carriers in thousands of claims. Currently, Mr. Davis represents injured workers with DBA, LHWCA and NAF claims.

Mr. Davis earned his...

More than 20 years as a trial lawyer and litigator in federal and state courts, both for the defense and as plaintiff, handling maritime and admiralty cases, oilfield cases, transportation cases, product liability cases, insurance cases, commercial disputes, suits against federal and state governmental entities and personal injury and wrongful death cases. Licensed to practice in all state and federal courts in Louisiana and Texas.

Licenses: State Bar of Texas (#16069800) 1975 to present, State Bar of Tennessee (#25860); United States Supreme Court, United States Court of Claims, US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, US District Courts of Texas, (Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western) (Federal Bar #2842).
• State Bar of Texas (District 11-A Grievance Committee, 1989-1995, Chairman, 1991–1995); (Texas State Court Rules Committee, 1995-1999, Vice Chairman 1996–1997); (Texas Lawyers Assistance Program, 1984-2013);
• SBOT CLE Speaker Presenter on Ethics, Grievance Rules and Procedure and Professional Life Challenges;
• Texas Bar Foundation-Sustaining Life Fellow;
• Pro Bono College of the State Bar of Texas;
• American Board of Trial Advocates (Charter Member-Advocate, Corpus Christi...

Cynthia Hardy Smith comes to Alford, Sinkule & Lazarz LLP from the Office of the Attorney General. As a Deputy Attorney General (D.A.G.), Cynthia spent ten years vigorously defending the interests of the people of the State of Texas in a variety of personal injury actions including automobile accidents, train accidents and slip and falls. She also defended railroad claims brought pursuant to the Federal Employers Liability Act.

Having been a litigator for the Office of the Attorney General, Cynthia joins the Alford, Sinkule & Lazarz L.L.P firm bringing with her insight into litigation from a defense perspective. While serving as...