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Austin Personal Injury Lawyer
Overview
Dan Christensen has been practicing law since 1994. He started his career working in military courts, notorious for their strict adherence to rules and procedures. For the last 15 years, Dan has focused his practice exclusively on representing injury victims. He has been involved in almost 200 trials during his career in numerous federal and state courts against the even the largest defendants, including the U.S. Government.
Dan will utilize his experience and proven results while fighting for you. Regardless of the size of the opponent, Dan has the experience and legal knowledge to aggressively advocate for his clients. And, just as important, he will give you and your case the personal attention it deserves from the initial free consultation through trial.
About Daniel J. Christensen
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
- Trucking Accidents
- Motor Vehicle Accidents
- Medical Malpractice
- Litigation
- Wrongful Death
- Mass Tort
- SSRI
- Risperadol/Actose
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Texas
- California
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Specialties and Certifications
- Board Certified Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
- Board Certified in Civil Trial Law, National Board of Trial Advocacy
Other Affiliations
- American Board of Trial Advocacy (Associate)
- College of the State Bar of Texas (Member)
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Directors)
- Capital Area Trial Lawyers, 2011 - 2012 (President)
- Capital Area Trial Lawyers - Executive Committee, 2008 - Present
- American Association for Justice (Member)
- Austin Bar Association (Member)
- American Inns of Court, Robert Calvert Inn (Member)
- American Bar Association (Member)
- National Board of Trial Advocacy
- Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Education
- University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, Iowa, 1994
J.D.
Honors: With Distinction
Law Journal: Journal of Corporation Law, Editor-in-Chief, 1993 - 1994 - University of Iowa, 1991
B.B.A.
Honors: with Distinction and Honors
Major: Finance - Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyers College, 2006
Honors: Grad I, 2007
Honors: Grad II, 2008
Past Positions
- U.S. Army JAG Corps, Trial Counsel, Senior Trial Counsel and Trial Defense Counsel
- University of Texas College of Law, Adjunct Professor in Trial Advocacy
Classes and Seminars
- Speaker, "Overcoming Juror Bias During Voir Dire," TTLA Car Wrecks Seminar, 2003 - Present
- Speaker, "Handling Property Damage Claims," TTLA Car Wrecks Seminar, 2004 - Present
- Speaker, "How to Prosecute the $5-$50k Car Wreck Case," UT CLE, Car Wrecks Seminar, 2004 - Present
- Speaker, "Common Evidentiary Issues and Problems," ABA, Ultimate Trial Network, 2005 - Present
- Speaker, "The Law of Voir Dire," TTLA, Advanced PI Conference, 2005 - Present
- Speaker, "Common Discovery Issues in Personal Injury Litigation," State Bar of Texas, CAU Seminar, 2005 - Present
- Speaker, "Voir Dire After Cortez," TTLA, New Techniques Under H84, 2005 - Present
- Speaker, "Voir Dire After Cortez," TTLA, Car Wrecks Seminar, 2005 - Present
- Speaker, "Voir Dire After Cortez," UT CLE, Car Wrecks Seminar, 2005 - Present
- Speaker, "Getting Extra From the Ordinary," TTLA Regional CLE Program, 2008 - Present
- Speaker, "Getting Extra From the Ordinary," CATLA Meeting, 2009 - Present
- Speaker, "Drunk is Different: Prosecuting the DWI Car Wreck," UT Car Wrecks Seminar, August, 2009 - Present
- Speaker, "Direct Examination of the Treating Doctor," TTLA Superpower Seminar and Annual Conference, 2010 - Present
- Speaker, Expert Panel, "Escabedo TTLA Rapid Response Webcast," July, 2011 - Present
- Speaker, "Getting Extra from the Ordinary," SCCTLA "Belli Seminar," October, 2011 - Present
- Speaker, "Winning Critical Evidentiary Battles with Trial Briefs," UT CLE Car Wrecks Seminar, 2012
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About Daniel J. Christensen
Included on the 2024 Texas Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2023 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2022 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2012 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2011 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2010 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2009 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2004 Texas Super Lawyers list
Honors
- Awarded Highest (AV) rating from Martindale-Hubbell
- Super Lawyers, Texas Rising Star, a Thomson Reuters business, 2004 - Present
- National Trial Lawyers, Top 100 Trial Lawyers, 2011 - 2013
- Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
- Thomson Reuters service “SuperLawyer” designation, published in Texas Monthly, 2009 - 2014
- Best Lawyers in America by Woodward/White Inc., 2015 - Present
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers by The National Trial Lawyers , 2011 - 2013
Office Information
Address
1012 W. Anderson Ln. Austin, TX 78757
Phone
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Publication
Articles
- An Equitable Approach to Applying the Attorney Client Privlege to Defunct Lenders, 19 J. CORP. L. 69, 1993
- Paving the Way for a Road Hazard Case, Trial, 2002
- When Poles in the Right-of-way are Wrong, Trial, 2003
- Proof of the Road Hazard Case, 71 AM. JUR PROOF of FACTS 3d 1, 2003
- Select the Right Jury for Your Case, Trial, 2004
- The Client Who Needed Me Most, Trial, 2005
- Voire Dire in Low Speed Collision Cases - Plaintiffs View, 96 Am Jur TRIALS 1, 2005
- In the Eyes of the Beholder, (an article on driver perception-reaction), TRIAL, February, 2007
- There I Was, Surrounded by the Enemy (an articl on jury selection), Trial, July, 2008
- Voir Dire: Strategies After Cortez and Hyundai (ABA Ultimate Trial Book), Sept., 2008
- Deposing the Adverse Medical Expert, UT Car Wrecks Seminar, Aug., 2009
- Preparing to Depose the Adverse Medical Expert, State Bar of Texas, Legal Assistant's University Annual Seminar, Sept., 2010
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