C. Brooks Schuelke
Top rated Personal Injury attorney in Austin, Texas
Practice Areas:
Business litigation,
Animal bites,
Brain injury,
Construction accident,
Premises liability - plaintiff,
Trucking accidents,
Wrongful death
Education Qualification:
The University of Texas School of Law
Practice Areas:
Business litigation,
Animal bites,
Brain injury,
Construction accident,
Premises liability - plaintiff,
Trucking accidents,
Wrongful death
1100b Guadalupe StAustin, Texas, 78701
First Admitted: 1995, Texas
Professional Webpage: https://www.civtrial.com/about-our-firm/
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association, President, 2013-2014
- Texas Young Lawyers Association
- Austin Bar Association
- Austin Young Lawyers Association
- Executive Committee, Capital Area Trial Lawyer's Association. I have served on the executive committee from 2009 to the present
- President of the Capital Area Trial Lawyers' Association, 2013
- I have been active in Austin Bar Association (formerly Travis County Bar Association) activities. The efforts have included serving on the legislative affairs committee (which monitors Texas legislation affecting the civil justice system), serving on the Habitat for Humanity committee, volunteering to mentor at-risk youth, and doing voir dire demonstrations for high school students.
- Former Member --- Injuryboard.com Advisory Board
- Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association - Secretary, 2011
- Member of AAJ, Texas Trial Lawyer's Association, and Capital Area Trial Lawyer's Association
- Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association, Vice President, 2012
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
- Premises Liability Case - represented a tenant who suffered a brain injury when she slipped and fell at her apartment complex. I settled this case for $620,000, with the client receiving a net of $345,735.72, 2016
- Dog attack verdict -- I took this case despite the defendant not having insurance because of the defendant's history of reckless conduct with his dogs. I tried the case in October of 2018. After a four day trial, the jury rendered a verdict for the plaintiff, 2018
- Car wreck case --- Settled a claim for $950,000.00 with the client receiving a net of $567,258.03, 2017
Pro bono/Community Service:
- District Lay Leader - Capital District of the United Methodist Church. For the last several years, I have been the elected district lay leader helping oversee the 50+ United Methodist Churches in the Austin and Central Texas area. My responsibilities have included setting strategies for the district and its churches and helping implement mission projects of the district. This has included me overseeing the district's partnership with a school, health clinic and churches in the West African nations of Guinea and Liberia. I have travelled to Guinea and Liberia to help start this work, and we have hosted the Liberian representative in our home in Austin, 2018
- Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve, Board of Directors, President
- United Methodist Church Capital District Lay Leader
- First United Methodist Church Pickle Elementary Book "Sale"
- Justice For Our Neighbors-Austin, Board Member
- Justice For Our Neighbors-Austin, Founder
- Free Store Austin, Board Member
- Free Store Austin, Founder
- Graduate of Leadership Austin, Class of 2005-2006
- I am a founder and current board vice-chair of Common Good Community Development, Inc. This non-profit's work includes overseeing Free Store Austin (a "store" dedicated to creating community and kinship between persons of very different backgrounds) and Hope Food Pantry., 2018
- Regularly provide pro bono legal services through Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas., 2018
- I am a founder and board member of Justice For Our Neighbors - Austin Region ("ARJFON"), which provides free or low cost legal services to immigrants. I was one of three founders who started ARJFON in 2012. Today, we have multiple staff attorneys and legal assistants and serve immigrants throughout Central Texas. In 2018, we understand we were the first organization to help reunite a family split up by this year's family separation crises., 2018
- Volunteer Mentor through the Seedling Foundation, which provides mentors to children whose care-givers are incarcerated. I have been a mentor for 11 years, 2018
Honors/Awards:
- Austin Under 40 Awards -- One of 5 finalists in the law field, 2009
- Award for commitment to provide legal services to the poor, Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas, 2008
- AV Rating, www.martindale.com, 2005
Educational Background:
- University of Texas Business Honors Program, (BBA), 1992
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- Uninsured/Underinsured Motions Claims After Brainard, Author, Journal of Texas Insurance Law, 2011
- Teaching lawyers across the country about legal malpractice litigation, Faculty of Solo Practice University, solopracticeuniversity.com/, 2009
- Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Claims - Point and Counter-Point, speaker, Speak at State Bar of Texas 9th Annual Advanced Insurance Law Course, 2012
- UM/UIM Update, Speaker, Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association CLE, 2015
- speaker, iPad In Trial, Permian Basin Trial Lawyers' Association CLE, 2015
- Speaker, Avoiding Legal Malpractice Claims, Hays County Bar Association CLE, 2016
- Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Claims, speaker, Texas Trial Lawyers Association Dallas Car Wrecks Seminar, 2018
- speaker, Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Claims, Texas Trial Lawyers Association Houston Car Wrecks Seminar, 2018
- webinar speaker, Tips To Avoid Ethical Violations And Malpractice Claims, www.attorneycredits.com, 2018
- webinar speaker, Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Claims: Nuts and Bolts, www.attorneycredits.com, 2018
- speaker, Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Claims After Brainard, El Paso Trial Lawyers Association CLE, 2009
- speaker, Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Claims After Brainard, Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association CLE, 2010
- speaker, Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Claims After Brainard, South Plains Trial Lawyers Association CLE, 2013
- speaker, iPad in Trial, South Plains Trial Lawyers Association CLE, 2016
Other Outstanding Achievements:
- Judge Joe Hart Award from Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas, 2008
- Capital Area Trial Lawyers' Association Judge Scott Ozmun Trial Lawyer Of The Year, 2020
- Finalist (1 of 5), Austin Under 40 Awards, 2009
Industry Groups:
- Injured Texans
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