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Meet David P. Matthews
Meet David P. Matthews
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i would say that my philosophy regarding
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the practice of law
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begins with preparation and knowledge
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and i say that
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because i believe that i need to be
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better prepared than my opponent
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whether that is the the study of the
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area
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of law whether it’s the study of the
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area of medicine
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or science i pride myself
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on being more prepared than any opponent
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that i will face
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we often face fortune 500 companies
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some of the largest companies in the
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world whether it be johnson johnson or
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merck or pfizer
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or a medical device companies from
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guidant
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to boston scientific some of the
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best lawyers in in the country we face i
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find it
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very important that we not only prepare
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better than our opponent
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but have experts in the field in which
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we are pursuing litigation
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that are the best in the country and in
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doing that we will study
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medical journals scientific journals and
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find out who wrote those journals
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and reach out to these experts that are
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published
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in that field of expertise so i
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i think that my approach is is
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preparation and knowledge
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when i first started practicing law in
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1988 i
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i did defense work that is insurance
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defense work
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i also represented yellow cab of houston
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which if you know anything about
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yellow cab of houston there there are
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accidents daily
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and so i was quite busy in the first
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couple of years practicing law i was in
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the courtroom
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regularly and i i was fortunate enough
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to try
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many cases to verdict by the time i was
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a two-year lawyer
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since that time i have tried
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employment cases i’ve i’ve tried
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constitutional law cases i’ve tried
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civil rights cases
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i’ve tried railroad cases i’ve tried
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medical malpractice cases
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i’ve tried products liability cases
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and now primarily my firm works on
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dangerous drugs dangerous devices
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pesticides products
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cases primarily so in that
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course of time i have i have tried over
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175 cases to verdict
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i have negotiated settlements
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for hundreds and hundreds of clients
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over the course of the last 30 plus
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years
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and i’ve been fortunate enough to try
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cases in all
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parts of the country i’m licensed in
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california
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in texas new york pennsylvania
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mississippi i’ve tried cases in 15
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different states
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and continued to practice practice law
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in
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15 to 20 different states currently
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so my range of practice has been great
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and now more focused in the area of
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medical devices
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dangerous drugs
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pesticides and my firm also has
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probably the second largest docket in
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the country
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for clergy abuse where we are handling
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cases
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from coast to coast mainly catholic
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church
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clergy abuse cases
Houston, TX commercial litigation attorney David P. Matthews shares his philosophy to the practice of law and discusses his background & experience.
