Paul Oliver Wickes
Top rated Transportation & Maritime attorney in Plano, Texas
Practice Areas:
Admiralty & maritime law,
Brain injury,
Personal injury - defense,
Premises liability - plaintiff,
Railroad accident,
Trucking accidents,
Wrongful death
Education Qualification:
The University of Texas School of Law
Practice Areas:
Admiralty & maritime law,
Brain injury,
Personal injury - defense,
Premises liability - plaintiff,
Railroad accident,
Trucking accidents,
Wrongful death
5600 Tennyson Parkway, Suite 205Plano, Texas, 75024
First Admitted: 1993, Texas
Professional Webpage: https://www.wickeslaw.com/attorney/wickes-paul-o/
Bar/Professional Activity:
- American Bar Association, Litigation and Intellectual Property Sections, Member, 1993 to Present
- National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, Member, 1998 to Present
- Eastern District Bar Association
- Dallas Bar Association, Litigation Section, Member, 1993 to Present
- Bar Association for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Member
- Bar Association for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Member
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- Texas, 1993
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
- Represented Plaintiff in a trip and fall claim. Case tried to a jury with a Plaintiff's verdict and judgment in the amount of roughly $41,000, 2020
- Defense verdict for railroad in action brought by injured employee under the Federal Employers Liability Act and the Locomotive Inspection Act, 2016
- Jury trial defending railroad in wrongful death action involve a railroad vs. pickup grade crossing collision. They jury found the decedent and the railroad 50% at faulty resulting in a $200K verdict. The plaintiffs were demanding $1 Million to settle during jury deliberations. The case is currently on appeal, 2019
- Railroad Construction Dispute $4,178,121.64 Our railroad client hired a contractor to complete a $10M rehabilitation of approximately 70 miles of mainline rail that had been out-of-service for decades. After completing the job, the contractor sued our railroad contractor for more than $4M for it alleged was extra work and delays caused by the railroad. We filed a counterclaim alleging that our railroad client did not delay the work and that, instead, the contractor wasted thousands of tons of ballast resources purchased by the railroad. After a two-week federal bench trial, the federal court judge agreed and awarded over $2Million in damages to our railroad client, more than $1 Million in attorney's fees through appeal. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment. So, after being sued for $4 Million, our railroad client actually recovered $4,178,121.64 after pre and post-judgment interest were added to the verdict. Balfour Beatty Rail v. Kan. City S. Ry. Co., 173 F. Supp. 3d 363 (N.D. Tex. 2016) Affirmed by the Fifth Circuit, 2018
- Bicycle Accident $1,300,000.00 Our client was struck by a car while riding his bike to his job at Steak 'N Shake in the dark. His injuries caused him to be placed in a coma and then spend months working on rehabilitation learning to walk and talk again. He continues to ride his bicycle. Because our client has a proper bike with proper lights and reflectors and even wore a reflective safety vest, we were able to convince the insurance company that its insured was 100 percent at fault. The insurance company paid its policy limits before any lawsuit was to be filed, 2016
- Commercial Trucking Accident $1,500,000.00 Our client ran into the back of dump truck while not wearing a seatbelt while traveling 78 MPH on a highway. He spent a month in a coma followed by an extended in-patient rehabilitation. We were able to show that the trucking company failed to properly equip the back of the dump truck with federally required clearance lamps and industry standard retro-reflective tape. The trucking company settled at mediation, 2019
Representative Clients:
- The Kansas City Southern Railway Company
Pro bono/Community Service:
- The Samaritan Inn, a Collin County, Texas homeless shelter, Board Member and General Counsel
- Counsel to The Samaritan Inn, Collin County's only homeless shelter., 2005
- Chancellor to Christ Church Plano, 2010
Educational Background:
- The University of Texas, B.B.A. in Finance, 1990
Industry Groups:
- National Association Of Railroad Trial Counsel
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