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Houston Admiralty & Maritime Law Lawyer
About Roger A. Rider
Practice Areas
- Admiralty & Maritime Law
- Business & Commercial Law
- Consumer Protection
- Business Organizations
- Class Actions -- Plaintiff
- Nursing Home
- Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
- Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
- Wrongful Death
- Medical Malpractice
- Toxic Torts
- Whistleblower/Qui Tam
- Commercial and Personal Injury Litigation
- General Civil Trial Law
- Products Liability Law
Litigation
- 100%
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1974
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1975
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1975
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1980
Specialties and Certifications
- Civil Trial, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1995
Other Affiliations
- Houston Young Lawyers Association, 1980 - 1981 (President)
- Houston Bar Association, 1981 - 1986 (Director)
- Houston Bar Association, 1990 - 1991 (Secretary)
- CLE Task Force, State Bar of Texas, 1986 - Present (Member)
- State Bar of Texas, 1995 - 1998 (Member, Law Focused Education Committee)
- American Bar Association, Torts and Insurance Practice Section (Member)
- American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate)
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum (Member)
- Texas Bar Foundation (Sustaining Life Fellow)
- Houston Bar Foundation (Life Fellow)
- Houston Young Lawyers Foundation (Fellow)
- College of the State Bar of Texas (Member)
- Board of Directors of the Inns of Court Club, 1985 - 1991 (Member)
- Board of Directors of the Inns of Court Club, 1989 - 1991 (Chairman)
- Houston Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
- American Association for Justice (Member)
- Texas Association of Civil Trail and Appellate Specialists (Member)
- Gulf Coast Legal Foundation, 1979 - 1984 (Director)
Classes and Seminars
- Presenter, Advanced Civil Discovery, University of Houston Law Center, 1991
- Presenter, Advanced Civil Discovery, University of Houston Law Center, 1992
- Presenter, Civil Litigation Seminar, Gulf Coast Legal Foundation, 1995
- Presenter, Advanced Business Litigation, Pleadings-Special Exceptions; University of Houston Law Center, 1996
- Presenter, Advanced Civil Discovery, Selected Business Torts, University of Houston Law Center, 1998
- Presenter, Sanctions for Discovery Abuse, University of Houston Law Center
- Presenter, Sanctions for Discovery Abuse, Nursing Home Negligence for Professional Systems (Orlando), 2000
- Presenter, Sanctions for Discovery Abuse, Nursing Home Negligence for Professional Systems (Las Vegas), 2000
- Presenter, Sanctions for Discovery Abuse, Nursing Home Negligence for Professional Systems (Houston, Dallas and Austin), 2001
- Presenter, Hurricane Ike, Bad Faith Claims, South Texas Law Insurance Symposium, 2009
- Presenter, Sanctions for Discovery Abuse, Nursing Home Negligence for Professional Systems (Houston, Dallas and San Antonio), 2000
Past Positions
- United States Marine Corps, 1966 - 1968
- United States Marine Corps, Republic of Vietnam, 1967 - 1968
Education
- University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, 1974
J.D.
Honors: magna cum laude
Honors: With High Honors
Honors: Chief, Order of the Barons Honor Society, 1974
Law Review: Houston Law Review, Editor, 1974 - University of Houston, Houston, Texas, 1971
B.S.
Fees
Accepts Credit Cards
Office Information
Address
4615 Southwest FreewaySuite 600 Houston, TX 77027
Phone
Fax
- 713-222-7086
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