Texas Lawyers

Personal Injury Law

2402 Rosedale Street, Houston, TX 77004

Civil Litigation

5468 La Sierra, Dallas, 75231, United States

Joe Byrne is first and foremost a trial lawyer. He has been afforded the privilege of representing clients in trials in numerous different states and in most counties in Texas. Joe frequently handles complicated, high-stakes cases throughout the U.S., often representing individuals and businesses in the energy industry including oil and gas operators and oilfield service providers, pipeline companies, electric companies and virtually every aspect of propane sales, distributions and services. Joe believes that a good attorney is one who persuasively educates and communicates with jurors to reach a favorable verdict. Joe’s litigation practice emphasizes wrongful death and personal injury disputes, in particular disputes related to the oil and gas, construction and transportation industries, including fires and explosions. He has represented individuals and businesses in employment disputes, insurance cases and both personal injury and commercial litigation matters in trials, on appeals, and in arbitration proceedings. He attended Texas Tech University, where he earned both his B.A. and his J.D.

Real Estate Law

P.O. Box 727, 150 FM 3237, Wimberley, TX 78676

Joe co-founded Stevens & Malone, LLP in 2007. Prior to moving to Wimberley in 2006, Joe practiced law in Chicago at two busy litigation firms. Joe focuses his practice primarily in the areas of real estate and title law, business transactional law, business formations, wills, general estate planning and probate. Joe considers it a privilege to live and work in Wimberley, Texas and be a member of its great community. Joe currently serves as a member of the Wimberley Independent School District Board of Trustees, is a Director of the Wimberley Education Foundation, also having served as its past President, and is a Director of the Wimberley Valley Habitat for Humanity.

Personal Injury Law

8111 Lyndon B Johnson Fwy, Suite 1065, dallas, TX 75251

Estate Planning Law

6528 Greatwood Parkway., Sugar Land, TX 77479

Ms. Dean's professional experience encompasses a broad range of legal matters. Her primary emphases are civil appeals, estate planning and probate. Her estate planning practice involves helping clients orchestrate their estates by drafting a vast array of trusts, wills and powers of attorney. Ms. Dean also provides compassionate legal advice while assisting families through the probate process. Ms. Dean's legal expertise in civil appeals includes both advising at the trial court level and handling all aspects of the appeal. She has handled appeals dealing with complex insurance matters, business matters, personal injury and family law appeals. She has successfully argued in federal and state courts, including the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, on behalf of a major insurance company, corporations, and individuals. She works with trial attorneys and clients to preserve error on the trial court level, preparing legal motions, handling mandamus actions, preparing and arguing the jury charge and handling all post-judgment motions. At the appellate level, Ms. Dean leads the appeal of a judgment, including preparing briefs, petitions for review and briefs on the merits to the Texas Supreme Court, and presenting oral argument before diverse panels of judges. Throughout her career, Ms. Dean has handled other civil matters as well, such as complex commercial litigation, corporate buy-outs, employment and business contracts, consumer issues, family law litigation, adoptions, real estate transactions and personal injury litigation. She successfully negotiated and closed a multi-million dollar buy-out of a snowboard clothing company to a major sporting goods conglomerate. Prior to specializing in appellate law, Ms. Dean engaged in a successful trial practice and as a result, understands the needs of trial attorneys and what it takes to make them successful at the trial level and on appeal.