Tony Buzbee
Top rated Personal Injury attorney in Houston, Texas
Practice Areas:
Business litigation,
Admiralty & maritime law,
Trucking accidents
Education Qualification:
University of Houston Law Center
Practice Areas:
Business litigation,
Admiralty & maritime law,
Trucking accidents
600 Travis Street, Suite 7500Houston, Texas, 77002
First Admitted: 1997, Texas
Professional Webpage: https://www.txattorneys.com/attorneys/tony-buzbee/
Verdicts / Settlements:
- $75 Million Dollar Settlement, in first of its kind wage fixing antitrust case, 2001
- $30 million verdict: Breach of Contract/Tortious Interference case on behalf of grocery store chain., 2015
- $1.4 million dollar verdict, railroad worker injury case, 2001
- $9.5 Million Judgment: Breach of contract against TWIA on behalf of Dickinson ISD., 2016
- $1.2 million dollar verdict, offshore injury case, 2007
- 5 million plus, confidential settlement, products liability case, 2003
- $1.4 Million Verdict, Offshore Injury, 2008
- $30 Million verdict; battery explosion causing single death., 2015
- $9 million dollar settlement, breach of contract/fraud case for a public entity, 2006
- $41 Million Verdict: Spider bite leading to infection and death on a vessel., 2015
- $2.7 million dollar verdict, breach of contract case for oil and gas company, 2006
- confidential, 100 million plus settlement, breach of contract/fraud case, 2000
- $1.9 million verdict, longshoreman injured at Houston Ship Channel, 2007
- $100 Million Verdict for ten workers allegedly exposed to toxins. 2012
- $6.2 Million Dollar Verdict, offshore death case, 2001
- $159 Million Verdict: Plant explosion killing one and injuring five., 2015
- $16.6 million dollar verdict, rollover product liability case, 2005
- Multimillion dollar settlement, for over 180 workers injured in BP explosion, 2006
- Various settlements and verdicts up to and exceeding one million dollars, 2000
- $30 million Verdict for condo owners against general and subcontractor who negligently started a fire, causing millions in damage. Approximately one-half of the award from the jury was punitive damages, 2013
Representative Clients:
- Trademark Infringement: Represented famed singer Jimmy Buffett in litigation in Galveston federal court
- Government Regulation: Represented highly regarded developer Blackard Group pertaining to multimillion dollar development on Galveston's West End
- Products Liability: First verdict in Texas against Ford Motor Company related to the stability alone of Ford Explorer; signficant verdict and subsequent settlement
- Toxic Torts: Record-setting verdict for ten workers exposed to Carbon Disulfide at the BP Texas City plant
- Offshore death case: Uncovered deadly mismatch problem in offshore drilling industry, resulting in an industry wide correction of the problem; significant verdict and subsequent settlement
- Pipeline Explosions: Represented several individuals burned or killed due to pipeline explosions
- Plant explosions: Represented more than 160 workers injured in the largest industrial accident in U.S. history, obtaining extremely favorable settlements and serving on the Court-Appointed Plaintiffs' Steering Committee
- Home Owner Liability: Represented teenager who was severely burned while attending a bonfire at a friend's home
- Breach of Contract, Plaintiff: Obtained significant settlement for the Port of Galveston
- Copyright Infringement: Represented Houston rap artist against famed rap star
- Commercial Litigation: Represented commercial note holders sued by payees on the notes, resulting in a confidential settlement
- Negligence/Personal Injury: Forced gas company to change policies relating to safety devices following settlement
- Class Actions: Served as Lead Plaintiffs' Counsel in several state-wide and nationwide class actions
- Antitrust/Class Actions: Represented more than 10,000 offshore drilling workers in a case alleging wage fixing, resulting in substantial settlement
- Products Liability: represented dry cleaning store owner who was severely burned when dry cleaning machine spewed boiling dry cleaning fluid over 60% of his body. Forced nationwide retrofit of dry cleaning machines after substantial dollar settlement
- Breach of Contract and Fraud Defense: Successfully defended a multimillion dollar case brought by local celebrity "Mattress Mac" against world renowned horse traders and trainers
- Environmental Litigation: Represented Spain's Basque Government in the largest oil spill in Spain's history
- Offshore Litigation: Special emphasis on offshore explosions and injuries--recognized as one of the best in the field in offshore injury litigation
- Offshore death case: Forced offshore company to install guards on all hose reels.
- Toxic Torts: Represented more than ten thousand FEMA trailer residents who are suing, claiming formaldehyde exposure while living in FEMA trailers and serves on MDL Plaintiffs' Steering Committee
- Wrongful Death: Represented stepdaughter of infamous murderer Clara Harris, reaching a favorable settlement for stepdaughter's share of Harris's estate
- Apartment Explosion: represented apartment resident who was badly burned when explosion occurred. Case resolved after apartment owner caught altering documents
Pro bono / Community Service:
- Board, Bay Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America
- Board of Directors, The Jesse Tree
- Member, Board of Regents, Texas A&M University
- Board of Directors, Hometown Bank
- Board of Visitors, Texas A&M Galveston
Honors:
- Named 2015 Attorney of the Year, Texas Lawyer
- Aggie Lawyer of the Year, 2017, The Texas Aggie Bar Association
- Texas “Super Lawyer”, 2004 and 2008 – 2022, Thomson Reuters
- Named a 2021 Plaintiffs’ Lawyer Trailblazer, The National Law Journal
- Induction into the National Law Journal’s Verdicts Hall of Fame, 2020, Hall of Fame
- "One of the Most Successful Trial Lawyers in the Country", The New York Times Magazine
- Order of the Barristers, University of Houston Law Center
- Summa Cum Laude, University of Houston Law Center
- Member, Order of the Coif, University of Houston Law Center
- Order of the Barons, University of Houston Law Center
- Order of the Barristers, University of Houston Law Center
- One of the Top 5 "Go To" Lawyers for Commercial Litigation, State of Texas, 2002
Educational Background:
- Texas A&M University, B.S. in Psychology
Scholarly Lectures / Writings:
- When Arbitrable Claims Are Mixed with Nonarbitrable Claims, What's a Court to Do?, Law Review, South Texas College of Law
- Who Will Speak for the Teachers?, Houston Law Review
- Venue Transfer in Federal Court, Houston Lawyer
- "Appearing on Behalf of Galveston County," in Book "Texas Justice Tall Tales", Red Bandana Publishing
- Managing Editor, Houston Law Review, University of Houston Law Center
- Darkness on the Plains
- Tony Buzbee Sworn in as Texas A&M University System Regent
- Texas Refinery Neighbors Sue BP for Billions
- Millionaire artist who 'paid boys cash, drugs and cars for sex before settling out of court faces grand jury
- Sudie's settles Deepwater Horizon oil spill claim
- In Politics, Never Say Never to an Aggie
- Adjunct Professor, University of Houston Law Center, Litigating Commercial Disputes
- Guest Lecturer, University of Houston Law Center, Arbitration, Contracts, Etc.
- Various CLE's on topics ranging from trial practice, jury selection, and the taking of depositions
Other Outstanding Achievements:
- Navy Commendation Medal
- Captain, USMC; service in Persian Gulf and Somalia
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