Donean has a statewide practice with an emphasis on personal injury, products liability and toxic
torts.  Her range of experience includes cases in timber, governmental, retail, business, contractor,
employer and premises liability litigation. 

Donean has been Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Personal Injury Trial Law since 1997.  She has served as trial counsel in personal injury cases involving products liability, premises liability, automobile and 18 wheeler accidents, and wrongful death.  She also has served as trial counsel in timber litigation and civil rights cases.  She works as lead attorney on a variety of cases throughout the State of Texas.  In toxic torts, Donean serves as lead counsel in asbestos friction, electrical and premises cases statewide, as well as benzene cases.  In addition to her personal injury trial practice, Donean has handled a variety of governmental and employment matters.  She has handled disputes involving federal overtime laws, corporate officer liability, ADA, age discrimination, gender discrimination, and sexual harassment.


Her representative experience includes the following:

• Lead and co-Lead counsel in personal injury cases involving products liability, premises liability, and automobile and 18 wheeler accidents.
• Lead counsel in a variety of employment law cases, including sexual harassment, ADA, age discrimination, and gender discrimination. She has been involved in disputes over federal overtime laws and corporate officer liability.
• Lead and co-lead counsel in asbestos friction, electrical, and premises cases statewide.
• Lead counsel in civil rights cases and Texas Tort Claims Act cases including false arrest, denial of medical care and excessive force.
• Lead counsel in premises benzene cases.

Donean Surratt is a nominated member of the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance. 

She is also a current member of the Texas Pattern Jury Charges Committee for Business, Consumer, Insurance and Employment and has been a member since 2009.

Donean was named by Texas Monthly magazine as a Rising Star in the legal profession for the years 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. She has also been recognized by Texas Monthly as a Super Lawyer for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.

Also, she has been named the Best Lawyers 2013 Beaumont Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants "Lawyer of the Year". Only one lawyer in each practice area in each community is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year".

She served as President of the Jefferson County Bar Association during 2004-2005 and as President of Jefferson County Bar Foundation during 2004-2005. She currently serves on the Editorial Committee of the Jefferson County Bar Journal.

She has been a member and served in the past as President of the Jefferson County Young Lawyers Association She is a member of the Lamar University Alumni Association and served as President from 2001-2002.

Donean graduated with honors from the University of Texas School of Law in 1991, where she was a member of the Board of Advocates. She graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree from Lamar University in 1987.

Donean practices primarily in the firm’s office in Beaumont and The Woodlands. 

 

 

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