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Personal Injury

3811 Turtle Creek Blvd, STE 1400, Dallas, TX 75219

Areas of Practice: Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Product Liability, and Commercial Litigation. ADMISSIONS: Texas, 1986, Federal District Court of the Northern District of Texas, 1986, Federal District Court of the Eastern District of Texas, United States Supreme Court, 2017. South Texas College of Law, J.D., 1986 University of Texas at Arlington, B.A., 1983 Andrew Sommerman represents clients in personal injury cases. A highly experienced trial lawyer, Andrew specializes in catastrophic injuries, wrongful death, and defective product cases. Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Andrew has tried numerous complex cases involving car accidents, truck wrecks, house and apartment fires, slip and falls, and workplace injuries. He is an advocate for victims of damaging pharmaceutical drugs such as Xarelto, Yaz/Yasmin, Viagra, and other medications that have caused serious injury or death. He has also prosecuted complex medical malpractice and liability cases involving pharmaceuticals, medical devices, improper surgeries, misdiagnosis of cancers, and infectious diseases, including AIDS, hepatitis and sepsis. Andrew has received a peer-review rating of AV® Preeminent™ (5.0 out of 5) the highest distinction awarded by Martindale Hubbell. He enjoys sharing his expertise with future generations of lawyers by teaching courses at Texas Wesleyan University, Southern Methodist University, The South Texas College of Law and the University of Texas at Arlington. He also instructs other accident attorneys in continuing legal education courses on products liability, medical malpractice, legal procedure and insurance law.

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J. Weldon Granger

J. Weldon Granger

Distinguished Lawyer

Federal Employers Liability Act & Workmen's Comp for Railway Employees

10000 Memorial Dr 8th floor, Houston, TX 77024, USA

Area of Practice: Federal Employers Liability Act & Workmen's Comp for Railway Employees Weldon Granger received his undergraduate degree from the University of Louisiana and received his Juris Doctorate from South Texas College of Law. He has practiced in the FELA field since law school. In his 45-plus years of service to the employees of all railroad unions he has had the pleasure of managing the law firm of Jones Granger. His involvement with railway labor has given him the opportunity to serve in various capacities on behalf of the labor organizations to include acting as Coordinating Counsel for the designated legal counsel on behalf of most of the organizations during his years with the firm. As one of the founding members of the Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys he had the privilege of serving as its president and continues to advise in various capacities.

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John Brantley

Other

711 Louisiana St, Houston, TX 77002, USA

John Brantley has experience advising United States and international companies on the risks and benefits of expansion and operation out-bound from, and in-bound to, the U.S. He has knowledge of the cultural and practical side of international operations acquired through personal experience on the ground in Central Asia, China, the Middle East, South America and the United Kingdom. Additionally, John has advised international companies (including state owned enterprises), private equity firms and strategic buyers and sellers on the intricacies of investing in the securities of U.S. public and private companies in traditional and auction transactions. This experience, coupled with his market knowledge, enables him to identify the factors critical to the success of a transaction at an early stage so that strategies may be developed to improve outcomes. His securities experience includes private and public offerings in the U.S. and internationally of debt and equity securities for state-owned and private enterprises, including initial public offerings, follow-on offerings and Rule 144A/Regulation S offerings for listing in the U.S. and London. John’s evaluation of disclosure issues is based on knowledge of the unique disclosure issues applicable in the oil and gas, chemical and banking industries acquired through years of practice. He advises boards of directors and committees on disclosure and corporate governance issues, issues regarding board structure and composition, executive compensation, director independence and fiduciary duties in a variety of contexts. His knowledge enables him to provide perspective to clients in successfully resolving governance disputes among management, the board of directors and the stockholders.

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