John A. Davis Jr. Esq. - Houston, TX

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • South Texas College of Law Houston, Houston, Texas, May, 1981
    J.D.
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Honors: Top 10 in class

• Non Legal Education

  • Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, 1978
    Honors: cum laude
    Major: Accounting

Past Positions

• Wyckoff, Russell, Dunn & Frazier, Associate Attorney, 1981 - 1982
• Friedman & Chaffin, P.C., Associate Attorney, 1982 - 1983
• Dadinis & Davis, Partner, 1983 - 1984
• John A. Davis, Jr., PC, Attorney & Counselor at Law, 1984 - 1988
• Davis & Ryan, Partner, 1988 - 1989
• John A. Davis, Jr., PC, Owner, 1989 - 1993
• Hill & McMath, a/k/a Davis, Hill & McMath, Partner, 1993 - 1995

Classes and Seminars

• Basic Civil Trial Advocacy, University of Houston Law School, 1987 - 2000
  
• Advanced Civil Trial Advocacy, University of Houston Law School, 1993 - 1995

Pro Bono Activities

• Mediator Training; Attorney's Mediator Institute, Fall 1998

Representative Cases

• Sakher Hijazi v. Little Super Food Market
  • Court: 269th District Court, Harris County
  • Year: 1987
• Charlie Lovejoy v. the City of Houston
  • Court: 190th District Court, Harris County
  • Year: 1987
• Patricia Barlow v. Raymond Reid, D.M.D
  • Court: 11th District Court, Harris County
  • Year: 1987
• Franklin Moore v. B.K. Rao, M.D
  • Court: District Court, Harris County
  • Year: 1990
• Loyd Fore v. Alimak Elevator
  • Court: 281st District Court, Harris County
  • Year: 1992
• Pat Cook, et al v. Phillips Petroleum Company
  • Court: 151st District Court
  • Year: 1995
• Hoks, et al v Balboa Apartments
  • Court: 189th Judicial District Court, Harris County
• Larry Parker v. Hoechst Celanese
  • Court: 215th Judicial District Court, Harris County
  • Year: 1998
• Warren Landry v. Fina Oil and Chemical
  • Court: State District Court, Howard County
  • Year: 1999
• Carol Arce v. Umphrey, Reaud, Williams, Bailey and Burrow
• Evangelos Economou et al v. Welton Hill, M.D.
  • Court: State District Court, Austin County
• Herbert Broussard v. Shelton Smith
  • Year: 2003
• Greg Hugonnett v. Frontier Adjustors
  • Year: 2007
• Sabrina Horning v. Arun Sharma
  • Court: 127th District Court, Harris County
  • Year: 2008

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1981
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit

Fraternities and Sororities

• Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity