Attorneys
Greg C. Wilkins
Partner since 2002
gcw@obt.com

Greg has a statewide trial practice with a concentration in the areas of first and third party insurance coverage and bad faith, transportation, construction, personal injury, wrongful death, and commercial litigation.

Greg has served as trial counsel in jury trials to verdict in cases involving insurance coverage, transportation litigation, personal injury and wrongful death, premises liability, products liability, and medical malpractice.  He works as lead trial counsel or insurance coverage counsel in matters pending throughout the State of Texas.

Greg has served as a member of the State Bar of Texas standing committee on Pattern Jury Charges – General Negligence and Intentional Personal Torts since 2005.

Greg is a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel, an elite organization of around 2,500 peer-reviewed in-house counsel, insurance executives, and outside counsel representing business entities across the world.  Greg currently serves on the IADC Insurance and Reinsurance Committee and the Trial Techniques and Tactics Committee

Greg currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Texas Association of Defense Counsel.

Greg also serves as a member of the District 3A Unauthorized Practice of Law Subcommittee.

Greg was named a Texas Rising Star in the area of insurance coverage by Texas Monthly and Law & Politics for the years 2004 through 2010. 

Greg is a frequent author and speaker on continuing legal education topics including first and third party insurance coverage and bad faith claims, the Stowers doctrine, insurance underwriting and claims handling practices, Chapter 542 (formerly Article 21.55) of the Texas Insurance Code, Texas jury charge submissions, dram shop liability, the Texas Lawyer’s Creed and other ethical considerations applicable to the modern legal professional, and the exercise of personal jurisdiction over out-of-state defendants by Texas courts. 

Greg is admitted to practice in all state trial and appellate courts in Texas, all federal district courts in Texas, and the Fifth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal. 

Greg graduated magna cum laude from Texas Tech University School of Law in 1996. At Texas Tech, Greg was a Comment Editor of the Texas Tech Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif. He graduated cum laude from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1992. 

Greg is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the College of the State Bar of Texas, the Jefferson County Bar Association, the International Association of Defense Counsel, the Texas Association of Defense Counsel, and the Defense Research Institute. 

Greg practices from the firm’s office in Beaumont.

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