Daniel J. Christensen - Austin, TX

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal 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

• Non Legal Education

  • 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

Published Works

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

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