First Admitted: 1999, Texas

Professional Webpage: https://www.painterfirm.com/b/1/robert-painter

Bar / Professional Activity:

Secretary, Houston Volunteer Lawyers, 2022
Houston Northwest Bar Association, 2022
State Bar of Texas, 2022
Co-Chair, Houston Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education Committee , 2021
Chairman (2021-2022) and Board of Directors (2018-present), Harris County Dispute Resolution Center, 2022
Secretary (2021-2022), Board of Directors (2018-present), Houston Lawyer Referral Service , 2022
Board of Directors, Houston Bar Association (2018-present), 2022
State of Texas (state courts), 2022
Houston Trial Lawyers Association, 2022
American Association for Justice, 2022
Editor-in-Chief, Houston Lawyer Magazine, 2015
Texas Trial Lawyers Association, 2022

Verdicts / Settlements:

Confidential settlement of $3.5 million in spinal cord injury case., 2022
Confidential settlement of $1.1 million in CT contrast death case., 2022
Confidential settlement of $2.5 million in birth injury case., 2021
Confidential settlement of $2 million in surgical brain injury case., 2021

Videos:

A video about how patients can avoid falling through the cracks as a result of poor doctor-nurse communication, Good hospital communication saves lives, 2011
Video about how families and patients facing the Texas Advance Directives Act of 1999 medical futility committee provision can survive, Hospital death panels in Texas, 2011

Scholarly Lectures / Writings:

U.S. Supreme Court Bar, 2007
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, 2009
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, 2001
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 2001
U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, 2009

Pro bono / Community Service:

Board of Directors, Houston Bar Association, 2022
Chairman, Dispute Resolution Center, 2021
Secretary, Houston Volunteer Lawyers, 2022
Board of Directors, The Crown College (2012-present), 2022
Board of Directors, Houston Baptist University Center for Law & Liberty (2014-present), 2022
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Texas Repertory Theatre (2014-2015)
I donate approximately 200 hours per year in assisting patients and their families who are confronted with futility review matters, in which hospitals and physicians are using the Texas Advance Directive Act of 1999 to attempt to end a patient's life., 2022
Board of Directors, Strake Foundation, 2011
Board of Directors, Leadership Houston, 2011
President, Bellwether Forum, 2022
Chairman of the Board, Houston Northwest Chamber of Commerce, 2011

Honors:

AV Rating, Martindale Hubbell (2011-present)
Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation (2013-present)
Award of Distinction/Pinnacle Award (for Painter Law Firm PLLC), Better Business Bureau of Greater Houston and South Texas (2008-2018)
Texas Pro-Life Lawyer of the Year, Texas Right to Life (2008)
President's Award, Houston Bar Association (2014)
Texas Rising Star, Super Lawyers Directory, by Thomson Reuters (2006, 2011)
Avvo Superb 10/10 rating
Texas Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers Directory, by Thomson Reuters (2019)
Nominated and voted by peers as one of Houston's top lawyers for 2008, Houston's Top Lawyers, H Texas Magazine, 2008
President, Harvey M. Richey Moot Court Society, Baylor University
Nominated and voted by peers as one of Houston's top lawyers for 2010, Houston's Top Lawyers, H Texas Magazine, 2010
Awarded with the highest possible rating for legal ability and ethics., AV Rating, Martindale Hubbell, 2011
Nominated and voted by peers as one of Houston's top lawyers for 2011, Houston's Top Lawyers, H Texas Magazine, 2014, Houston's Top Lawyers, H Texas Magazine, 2014
Nominated and voted by peers as one of Houston's top lawyers for 2011, Houston's Top Lawyers, H Texas Magazine, 2017, Houston's Top Lawyers, H Texas Magazine, 2017
Nominated and voted by peers as one of Houston's top lawyers for the people for 2008, Houston's Top Lawyers for the People, H Texas Magazine, 2008
Selected and honored by Texas Right to Life as the Texas Pro-Life Lawyer of the Year, for saving patient lives in Advance Directives Act/futility review cases., Texas Pro-Life Lawyer of the Year, Texas Right to Life, 2008
Nominated and voted by peers as one of Houston's top lawyers for 2010, Houston's Top Lawyers for the People, H Texas Magazine, 2010
Nominated and voted by peers as one of Houston's top lawyers for 2011, Houston's Top Lawyers, H Texas Magazine, 2012, Houston's Top Lawyers, H Texas Magazine, 2012
Nominated and voted by peers as one of Houston's top lawyers for 2011, Houston's Top Lawyers, H Texas Magazine, 2015, Houston's Top Lawyers, H Texas Magazine, 2015
I was awarded the Order of the Polar Star, the highest state honor bestowed on foreign nationals, by the President of Mongolia, in recognition of successful representation of the President and Government of Mongolia that led to the repatriation the great Tyrannosaurus bataar fossil, which had been illegally smuggled out of the country., Order of the Polar Star (Altan Gadas), President of Mongolia, 2013
Nominated and voted by peers as one of Houston's top lawyers for 2009, Houston's Top Lawyers, H Texas Magazine, 2009
Nominated and voted by peers as one of Houston's top lawyers for the people for 2009, Houston's Top Lawyers for the People, H Texas Magazine, 2009
Nominated and voted by peers as one of Houston's top lawyers for 2011, Houston's Top Lawyers, H Texas Magazine, 2011
Nominated and voted by peers as one of Houston's top lawyers for 2011, Houston's Top Lawyers, H Texas Magazine, 2013, Houston's Top Lawyers, H Texas Magazine, 2013
Nominated and voted by peers as one of Houston's top lawyers for 2011, Houston's Top Lawyers, H Texas Magazine, 2016, Houston's Top Lawyers, H Texas Magazine, 2016
I was awarded the Houston Bar Association's President's Award for two years of service as Editor-in-Chief of The Houston Lawyer magazine., President's Award, Houston Bar Association, 2014

Educational Background:

B.A., Biology, West Virginia University, 1992
M.D. Candidate, Marshall University School of Medicine, 1993
MA, Public Administration, Webster University, 1995

Scholarly Lectures / Writings:

Baylor Law Review, Baylor University
Lecture to emergency medical services workers concerning managing risk and liability, Speaker, Emergency Medical Services Liability, Deer Park Fire Department Annual EMS Training, 2008
Lecture on recent medical malpractice case law interpreting Chapter 74., Speaker, Chapter 74 Medical Malpractice Update, Houston Bar Association Litigation Section, Litigation, 2008
Lecture on recent medical malpractice case law interpreting Chapter 74., Speaker, From the Trenches: Medical Malpractice Cases Under Chapter 74, Houston Northwest Bar Association, 2008
As a former U.S. Army officer, Robert Painter was pleased to serve as guest editor for "Houston Lawyer" magazine's issue focusing on veterans issues. Mr. Painter serves on the editorial board of the magazine., Guest Editor, Edition Devoted to Veteran's Issues, Houston Lawyer Magazine, 2008
The "Houston Press" newspaper profiled the tragedy that is the subject of a major medical malpractice case that I am currently handling., Profiled for Story About Medical Malpractice Client, Doctors vs. Parents: Who Decides Right to Life?, Houston Press, 2008
An analysis of the major organization changes to the federal regulatory apparatus over deepwater exploration, Author, Major Changes to the Minerals Management Service and Off-Shore Drilling Regulation in the Aftermath of the Deep water Horizon Explosion, The Houston Lawyer magazine, 2010
An article about Texas medical futility law, Author, Developments in Texas Advance Directives, The Houston Lawyer magazine, 2009
An op-ed piece about the Texas medical futility law that allows hospital committees to make life and death decisions that trump those of a family or patient--all with total immunity, Author, 'Death panels' exist already, Washington Times, 2009
A lecture was about how the Texas medical futility law can impact elder law advance directives and medical powers of attorney, Speaker, Texas Medical Futility Law (a/k/a 'Death Panel Statute'), Houston Bar Association Elder Law Committee, 2010
I spoke about what lawyers and law firms need to do to comply with Texas HB 300, which deals with HIPAA and medical records confidentiality., Speaker, What attorneys need to know about Texas H.B. 300, Houston Northwest Bar Association, 2018

Other Outstanding Achievements:

Elected to the Board of Directors of the Houston Bar Association., 2017

Industry Groups:

Medical Malpractice

Robert W. Painter