JEFFREY L. WEINSTEIN

Attorney at Law

WEINSTEIN LAW

518 East Tyler Street
Athens, Texas 75751
(903) 677-5333
Fax (903) 677-3657
Toll Free (877) 677-5333

PRESENT DUTIES

Representing Injury Victims who were Hurt in a Car, Truck or Other Injury Incident.

PAST EXPERIENCE

  • MALOUF, WEINSTEIN, SOMMERMAN, BAGELMAN & LINK, L.L.P., Dallas, Texas.
    Litigation partner responsible for personal injury trial docket involving catastrophic injury and death claims arising from negligence, medical malpractice, legal malpractice, products liability and premises liability.
  • MILGRIM, THOMAJAN & LEE, Dallas, Texas.
    Litigation associate in a New York-based International firm handling Antitrust, Banking, Entertainment, Litigation and Trade Secret cases. Responsible for personal injury/insurance defense litigation.
  • DALLAS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Dallas, Texas.
    Assistant District Attorney responsible for criminal prosecution docket. Extensive experience in Criminal Jury and Bench Trials.

EDUCATION

  • SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
    Juris Doctorate, 1986
  • UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS – AUSTIN
    B.B.A. Finance, 1983

ADMISSIONS

  • STATE BAR OF TEXAS
  • UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
  • UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
  • UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
  • UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th, 11th Circuits

FAMILY

Spouse – Christi
Daughters – Avery, Jordan (JoJo) and Ryan

MEMBERSHIPS

  • HENDERSON COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION, Past President
  • TEXAS TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION, Past Board Member
  • ASSOCIATION OF TRIAL LAWYERS OF AMERICA
  • AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
  • AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE
  • STATE BAR OF TEXAS
  • SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER
  • TEXAS EXES – LIFE MEMBER
  • TEXAS POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION
  • NAACP

RECENT VERDICTS AND SETTLEMENTS

  • $53.0 million – negligence, auto collision
  • $39.6 million – commercial tort, diamond mine
  • $8.00 million – negligence, boat collision
  • $4.00 million – employment, harassment
  • $4.00 million – negligence, auto collision
  • $1.77 million – medical malpractice, death
  • $1.50 million – negligence, burns
  • $1.175 million – negligence, auto collision
  • $875,000 – negligence, nursing home
  • $670,000 – medical malpractice, death
  • $550,000 – negligence, motor vehicle
  • $375,000 – medical malpractice, death
  • $375,000 – construction, brain injury
  • $365,000 – negligence, nursing home
  • $325,000 – negligence, motor vehicle
  • $275,000 – negligence, motor vehicle
  • $250,000 – negligence, motor vehicle
  • $193,000 – negligence, motor vehicle
  • $175,000 – negligence, nursing home
  • $125,000 – negligence, premises
  • $100,000 – underinsured, motor vehicle

LECTURES

  • “How to Create Success”, Henderson County Board of Realtors, 1999
  • “8 Steps to Relieving Stress”, Cedar Creek Rotary, 1998
  • “Will & Estate Planning”, Henderson County Agriculture Extension, 1998
  • “Handling Automobile Collision Cases”, University of Houston CLE, 1998
  • “Depositions: Strategies, Tactics and Mechanics”, PESI, 1996
  • “Effectiveness in Mediation”, Various Institutions (Nationwide, Colonial Casualty, etc.), 1994–1996
  • “Settling Claims from the Plaintiff’s Perspective”, MABA State Convention, 1995
  • Other seminars on mediation, settlements, advocacy, soft tissue injury claims, and discovery tactics, 1992–1996

ARTICLES

  • “Advocacy in Mediation – A Plaintiff’s Perspective”, Texas Bar Journal, May 1996
  • “Videotaped Depositions: Procedural Requirements”, PESI, Jan 1995
  • “Using Documents for Discovery, Admissions and Impeachment”, PESI, Jan 1995
  • “Claim Negotiation”, Univ. of Houston Law Foundation, 1994
  • “Soft Tissue Injuries – Demonstrating Injury and Proving Damages”, UH Law Foundation, 1993–1994

Disclaimer: Although we cannot guarantee a recovery, the above represent some of the cases successfully handled by our office and our previous associations.

Not Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Toll Free: (877) 677-5333