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Hartline Barger LLP Receives Tier 1 Ranking on 2019 Edition of U.S. News—Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” List

Posted on November 2, 2018 by - News

Hartline Barger LLP is pleased to announce it has received a Tier 1 ranking in the 2019 edition of “Best Law Firms” published by U.S. News—Best Lawyers®. This makes the 9th consecutive year that Hartline Barger has been awarded a Tier 1 ranking – every year since the inception of the publication. Firms selected for this list are recognized for their professional excellence, based on ratings from clients and other lawyers. In addition to our Tier 1 ranking in Personal Injury and Product Liability Litigation in both Dallas and Corpus Christi, the firm has also been recognized for several other top-tier practices across all offices. See below for the full rankings.

  • Metropolitan Tier 1
    • Corpus Christi
      • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
      • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
    • Dallas/Fort Worth
      • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
      • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • Metropolitan Tier 2
    • Corpus Christi
      • Litigation – Trusts & Estates
    • Houston
      • Commercial Litigation
  • Metropolitan Tier 3
    • Corpus Christi
      • Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

Supreme Court of Texas Sides With Hartline Barger Attorneys in ‘Latent Injury’ Suit

Posted on April 18, 2018 by - Verdicts

In a case that reached the Texas Supreme Court, Hartline Barger partners Michael Terry and J. Reid Simpson, of the firm’s Corpus Christi office, secured a successful verdict on behalf of the firm’s client, the world’s largest oilfield services company. As reported by Law360, the Supreme Court of Texas shot down claims against the firm’s client by a man who says he developed skin cancer from exposure to chemicals at a well site, ruling the trial court correctly found the claims had been filed too late and that an appellate court was wrong to try to revive them.

 

 

Hartline Barger LLP Attorneys Score Major Jury Trial Victory in High-Stakes Commercial Litigation Case

Posted on February 23, 2018 by - Verdicts

Harris County, TX  – Hartline Barger attorneys Jeff Patterson, Clayton Callen, and Tyler Stuart, serving as lead defense counsel, secured a complete defense verdict last week in favor of Navistar, Inc., a heavy-duty truck and engine manufacturer and Texas Trucks, an authorized Navistar dealer, in a seven-day jury trial involving the company’s 2010 EPA 13L MaxxForce engines. This is a major bellwether victory for Navistar in the defense of MaxxForce litigation cases pending across the nation. The Hartline Barger team was assisted by Kevin Jakopchek of Latham & Watkins, as well as Jonathan Bunge and Daniel Lombard of Quinn Emanuel.