Qualifications - personal injury attorney Lawyer Houston

JAMES HIPPARD, JR.: 25 years of experience handling personal injury cases
20 years as a Board Certified Personal Injury Specialist by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
	I have re-certified every 5 years and was approved again for re-certification in 2009. I consider board certification to be a minimum requirement for personal injury lawyers on the plaintiff side. Among other requirements, applicants for board certification must only have tried 10 contested civil jury trials, 5 of which were personal injury trials.
Personally handled more than two thousand (2000) personal injury cases to a conclusion.
	I have handled all kinds of personal injury cases with the majority having been vehicular collision cases and premises liability cases. The injuries have ranged from whiplash injuries to wrongful death and just about everything in between.
More than 60 personal injury jury trials as LEAD counsel.
	Most of my cases settle and most of my clients don’t really want to go through the stress of trial, so having this many jury trials to a verdict is a lot from the plaintiff’s side. I have tried many different kinds of cases for my personal injury clients with the majority having been vehicular collision cases and premises liability cases.
Adjunct professor at the University of Houston Law Center since 1990 teaching trial skills to law students and emerging lawyers.
	I find that teaching trial skills keeps me up to date on the newest and most effective communication techniques for the courtroom. Trying to stay ahead of bright law students and talented young lawyers in the class room is always a challenge. I learn new things every time I teach a class.