Shelley Hutson - Houston, TX
Attorney at Clark, Love & Hutson, PLLC
Product Liability Lawyers in Houston, TX
440 Louisiana Street Suite 1700 Houston, TX 77002
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Houston Product Liability Lawyer
Updated: 04/20/2026
Areas of Practice
- Product Liability
Attorney Information
Overview
Shelley Hutson focuses her practice on product liability, mass tort litigation, pharmaceutical and personal injury litigation. She began her career in Houston, Texas as an assistant district attorney, trying a wide variety of cases with a greater than 95% success rate. Afterwards, Shelley began focusing on medical/legal cases in the civil litigation arena. Shelley is nationally recognized for her specialized talent in locating world-renowned medical and scientific experts across all litigations. Additionally, she prepares and oversees the development of liability and medical causation strategies and the building of damage models for every client.
Shelley's relentless attention to the medical issues, her work with treating physicians, and her expert development in every tort has resulted in settlements for thousands of clients. In the last 6 years alone, Shelley has extensively developed medical science and built damage models that collectively were tried and settled.
Most recently, in November 2014, Shelley obtained a verdict as lead counsel in the Southern District of Florida on behalf of four clients who suffered injuries from Boston Scientific's Pinnacle Pelvic Floor Repair Kit. The Pinnacle mesh kit is implanted for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. (Amal Eghnayem, et al. v. Boston Scientific Corporation).
As lead counsel in the second Topamax case to be tried in the country, Shelley obtained a verdict ranking 1st in product liability cases in PA for 2013. (Gurley-Powell v. Janssen, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas).
As co-counsel in the first Topamax trial, Shelley and her colleagues obtained a verdict in October 2013. (Czimmer v. Janssen, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas).
In addition to her active litigation practice, Shelley devotes time training and educating law students on how to become effective advocates for their clients. She gives back to her law school, South Texas College of Law, by participating in their moot court and mock trial programs. While participating in these programs herself during law school, Shelley won Best Speaker in the Nation award at the American Bar Association moot court competition.
Shelley graduated from Texas Tech University in 1988 with a Bachelor of Science and a double major in English and French. She then attended graduate school at Texas Tech University studying French literature and graduated from South Texas College of Law in 1993.
In her 19 years of practice, Shelley has proven to be a ferocious advocate on behalf of those who have been injured by corporations that look out for their profits instead of the health and welfare of the public consumer.
Awards and Honors
Honors
- American Jurisprudence Award for Outstanding Advocacy, 1991 - 1993
- ABA National Appellate Advocacy, 1991 - 1992
- ABA Nationals - Best Advocate Award
- American Association for Justice – Mock Trial Best Advocate, 1992 - Present
- Named Top 100 Trial Lawyers by National Trial Lawyers Association, 2014 - Present
- Best Speaker in the Nation Award, American Bar Association, Moot Court Competition
Education
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Legal Education
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South Texas College of Law Houston,
Houston,
Texas, 1993
J.D.
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South Texas College of Law Houston,
Houston,
Texas, 1993
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Non Legal Education
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Texas Tech University, 1988
B.S.
Major: English
Major: French -
Texas Tech University
French Literature
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Texas Tech University, 1988
Current Employment Position(s)
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Partner
Classes and Seminars
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Presenter, Mass Torts Made Perfect; Las Vegas, 2014 - Present
- Speaker & Moderator, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Vaginal Mesh Panel, Houston, 2014 - Present
Representative Cases
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Amal Eghnayem, et al. v. Boston Scientific Corporation
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Gurley-Powell v. Janssen, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas
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Czimmer v. Janssen, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas
Bar Admissions
- Texas
- Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
Other Affiliations
- Houston Bar Association
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association
- American Association of Justice
- American Association of Jurisprudence
- Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association
- Houston Trial Lawyers Association
- American Board of Trial Advocates
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