David P. Matthews

David Matthews has a top rating in Martindale-Hubbell and is board-certified in personal injury trial law. Voted a “Texas Super Lawyer” by his peers since the award’s inception, he has more than 100 jury verdicts. 

After working for 16 successful years with one of the oldest plaintiff’s firms in Houston, he opened Matthews and Associates in 2007, bringing the finest attorneys from his old firm to his firm’s new offices on Sackett St. in the Upper Kirby section of Houston.

 

Certification/Specialties:

Board Certified Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Bar Admissions:

Texas, 1988

Mississippi, 2004

New York, 2004

U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 1996

U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1993

U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1990

U.S. District Court Western District of Texas

U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1990

Education:

South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas, 1988
J.D.
Honors: Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards: Property, Civil Procedure
Law Review: South Texas College Law Review, Assistant Editor, 1988
Law Review: South Texas Law Review, Comment Editor

University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1984
B.A.

Published Works:

"Self Insureds and Non-Subscribing Suing and Defending", Damage Control Institute, 1997

"New Horizons in Damages", Damage Control Institute, 1997

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Adjunct Professor, South Texas College of Law

Honors and Awards:

Texas Super Lawyers

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Texas Bar Foundation Member

Houston Bar Association Member

American Bar Association Member

State Bar of Texas Member

Houston Young Lawyers Association Member

 

Texas Trial Lawyers Association Associate Director

American Board of Trial Advocates Member

American Association of Justice

Languages:

Spanish