BRADLEY L. HOUSTON

Bradley L. Houston, P.C.
A Professional Corporation and Law Office
1204 San Antonio Street, Suite 203
Austin, Texas 78701
(512) 473-2130
(512) 473-2136 [FAX]

Professional

Bradley L. Houston, P.C., Austin, Texas, January 1999 to present - Practice includes personal injury and civil rights violations trial and appellate law.

Dunagan-Weichert-Houston, Austin, Texas, January 1996 to December 1998 - Partner in charge of litigation.

University of Texas at Austin, School of Law, Austin, Texas, Spring 1995 - Guest Lecturer in Trial Advocacy.

Travis County Attorney’s Office - Civil Division, Austin, Texas, November 1994 to January 1996 - Assistant County Attorney. Practice included personal injury defense and plaintiff’s personal injury subrogation.

Travis County District Attorney’s Office - Trial Division and Grand Jury Division, Austin, Texas, January 1993 to November 1994 - Assistant District Attorney. Practice included felony jury trials, Grand Jury presentations, and civil forfeiture actions.

Gray, Cary, Ames & Frye (now DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary), San Diego, California, October 1990 to January 1993 - Associate. Practice included personal injury defense and commercial litigation.

City Attorney’s Office, San Diego, California, January 1990 to April 1990 - Intern. Obtained student bar card and prosecuted traffic violations.

Former Petroleum Land Manager and Real Estate Broker, January 1982 to August 1987.

Experience

  • Tried over 50 trials, 30 or more of which were before a jury.
  • Successfully defended trial court decisions at the Federal Court of Appeals and State Court of Appeals.
  • Successfully briefed and argued case before the Texas Supreme Court: Texas A&M University-Kingsville, et al. v. Lawson, 87 S.W. 3d 518 (Tex. 2002).


    • Admission to Practice

  • Admitted to Texas Bar, 1992.
  • Admitted to California Bar, 1990.
  • Supreme Court of California, 1990.
  • Supreme Court of Texas, 1992.
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of California, 1990.
  • United States District Court for the Central District of California, 1991.
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, 1995.


    • Education

  • California Western School of Law, San Diego, California, Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1990.
  • University of Texas at Austin, Bachelor of Business Administration, 1981.


    • References

  • The Honorable Andrew Austin, Federal Magistrate, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.
  • The Honorable Jon Wisser, State District Judge, Travis County, Texas.
  • The Honorable Mike Lynch, State District Judge, Travis County, Texas.
  • The Honorable Ronnie Earle, District Attorney, Travis County, Texas.


    • Civic

  • Coach and Assistant Coach for the YMCA and Westlake Youth Soccer Association, 1994 to present.
  • Elementary Sunday school teacher for Covenant and Westlake Hills Presbyterian Churches, 1994 to present.
  • Monthly contributor to Salvation Army of Austin.
  • Annual supporter of Meals On Wheels And More of Austin.
  • Founder and underwriter of Groupo VOP cycling association.
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