Jack's principal areas of practice are personal injury, consumer, class action, and commercial litigation. He represents major oil and chemical companies, national product manufacturers, and national service companies. Jack has served as lead trial counsel on multi-million dollar claims and has significant trial experience in defending clients in state court, federal court, and before state and federal administrative agencies. Jack has extensive experience both defending and prosecuting class action litigation in both state and federal court. Jack is AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell and is Board Certified in Personal Injury Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Jack's representative experience includes:

• Representing major international oil refining company and major international chemical company in investigation and defense of over 100 wrongful death and major personal injury suits filed in state and federal courts and agencies.
  
  
• Representing national product manufacturers and retailers on wrongful death and other major personal injury suits in various types of product liability litigation.
  
  
• Representing companies in the defense and investigation of wrongful death claims in industrial accident-related fatalities and consumer product-related fatalities.
  
  
• Representing companies in toxic tort, class action, and neighborhood emission claims (some claims consisting of several thousand claimants).
  
  
• Representing companies in class action litigation in the following areas: oil and gas, personal injury toxic exposure, consumer warranty, and tobacco litigation.
  
  
• Representing claimants in one of the largest consumer class action settlements in United States litigation history. Shaw, et al v. Toshiba, et al, Cause No. 1:99-CV-120, in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont Division. Has represented claimants in other computer and commercial litigation.
  
  
• Representing companies in many types of commercial litigation, including disputes between companies, shareholder fraud, and contractual disputes.
  
  
• Representing attorneys and other non-medical professionals in negligence and malpractice claims, including claims for misrepresentation and breach of fiduciary duty.

Jack earned his J.D. from Baylor University School of Law in 1990. He was awarded the Matt Dawson Trial Advocacy Award - Best Trial Advocate. He was also a member in Baylor University Practice Court Team,  National Order of Barristers, ATLA Mock Trial Team, ABA Moot Court Team, Baylor Order of Barristers, and earned the Baylor ABA Moot Court Award. Jack earned his B.B.A. degree in Accounting from Baylor University in 1984.

Jack is a member of the State Bar of Texas' Litigation and Consumer Law Sections.

Jack practices primarily in the firm's office in Beaumont.

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