Victor Thomas - Houston, TX

Awards and Honors

Education

• Legal Education

  • Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • Baylor University
    B.B.A.
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Major: Economics and Finance

Pro Bono Activities

• Christ the King Presbyterian Church
• Scribes: The American Society of Legal Writers
• Houston Chapter of the Christian Legal Society

Published Works

Articles

• “False Claims Act Actions—The Developing Case Law Regarding If and When Opinions of Medical Necessity Can Be Fraudulent”, The Health Lawyer, April 2015.
  
• “In BP Gulf Oil Spill Litigation, the District Court Decided Important Legal Questions that will Likely be Appealed, including the Standard for “Gross Negligence” and “Willful Misconduct” under the Clean Water Act and the Standard for Vicarious Liability for Punitive Damages under Maritime Law”, The Energy Newsletter, October 1, 2014.
  
• “New York’s Highest Court Holds that Zoning Laws of New York Towns Banning Fracking Are Enforceable — A Brief Analysis of the Oral Arguments and the Court’s Opinion” ,Pratt’s Energy Law Report, September 2014.
  
• “New Silica Exposure Standard Likely to Impact Fracking”, Energy, Employment and Project Finance Law360, September 17, 2014.
  
• “New Trial Orders in Texas Now Subject to Appellate Review”, Texas and Appellate Law360, September 9, 2013.
  
• “Unsettled Questions of Texas Law—Claim for Exemplary Damages Against an Insured Employer for a Work-Related Death”, 53 South Texas Law Review 787, Summer 2012.
• “Cellphones can be perilous to employers,” Houston Business Journal, August 12, 2011.
• “Tortious Interference Arising from Filing or Threatening to File a Lawsuit: The Privilege Defense in Flux,” The Houston Lawyer; September/October, 2003.
• “The 1979 Amendments Revolutionized the Texas Statutes of Limitations. But it was Not Recognized Until Almost 11 Years Later,” Texas Bar Journal, Vol. 54, No. 4, April, 1991.

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1984
• United States Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas

Specialties and Certifications

• Texas Association of Board Certified Trial and Appellate Specialists

Other Affiliations

• State Bar of Texas, Appellate Section Member
• Texas Trial Lawyers Association
• Houston Bar Association, Appellate Section Member
• Houston Trial Lawyers Association
• American Association for Justice