Paul Oliver Wickes

An accomplished and driven attorney with 30 years of legal experience, Paul Oliver Wickes owns the law firm of Wickes Mediation, at Plano, Texas. He focuses his practice on personal injury law and has successfully handled hundreds of cases involving rail and auto transportation accidents. Representing both plaintiffs and defendants, his workload has also encompassed slip-and-fall accidents, wrongful death, drunk driving accidents and catastrophic injuries leading to amputation, traumatic brain injuries and permanent disabilities.Known among the legal community for his challenging attitude and thorough preparation, Mr. Wickes identifies all the issues involved in a case and gets to the heart of the dispute to move the case forward as efficiently as possible. Before establishing his firm, he worked for a law firm comprising 1,000-plus attorneys with branches all over the U.S. He gained extensive experience representing railroads, industries and business clients in intellectual property disputes, FELA lawsuits, general commercial litigation, trucking claims and rail transportation litigation.As a result of Mr. Wickes’s high ethical standards and professional legal ability, Martindale-Hubbell, the most respected directory in the legal community, awarded him an AV Preeminent* rating – the organization’s highest available rating. He also holds a “Very Good” rating on Avvo.After receiving his bachelor’s degree in business administration from The University of Texas at Austin in 1990, Mr. Wickes obtained his J.D. with honors from The University of Texas School of Law in 1993. He is licensed to practice law in Texas (1993), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern, Northern, Western and Southern Districts of Texas, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.Several professional legal associations have honored Mr. Wickes with memberships. They include the Dallas Bar Association – Litigation Section, the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, the American Bar Association – Litigation and Intellectual Property sections, and the State Bar of Texas.Genuinely concerned about the social and legal issues affecting his community, Mr. Wickes volunteers to offer his time and services to create a positive impact. He is a board member of The Samaritan Inn, a homeless shelter in McKinney, Texas.*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.