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Attorney Profile
Paula J. Wyatt
Paula Wyatt
San Antonio
Texas (TX)
Practice Areas:
Personal Injury Plaintiff: General (50%), Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products (50%)
Personal Injury Plaintiff: General
Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products
Industry Groups:
Victims Of Tortious Acts
Law School:
University of Houston Law Center
Profile
Paula Wyatt began her legal career as an Assistant County Attorney until 1986. Upon taking a job as an Assistant District Attorney, she was quickly promoted to Chief Assistant Prosecutor, trying murder and capital murder cases until 1989 when she turned her attention to civil cases, helping plaintiffs recover for catastrophic injuries and death. Not long into a personal injury practice, she started her own law firm, handling numerous significant and high-profile cases involving negligence and defective products, including trucks/automobiles, smoke detectors, airplanes, helicopters, oil rigs, and farm equipment. She has achieved record-producing results in many such cases. She was a Steering Committee Member for Flight 261 in the Alaska Airlines, Multi-District Litigation and Plaintiff's Steering Committee Member for the Texas Ford/Firestone Multi/Region Litigation.
Selected To
Texas Super Lawyers 2011
About Paula Wyatt
Admitted: 1984, Texas
Professional Webpage: www.wyattlawfirm.com/index-2.html
Honors and Awards:
- Martindale Hubbell Peer Review Rating: AV
Special Licenses/Certifications:
- Admitted to Practice, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- Admitted to Practice, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Member, American Association for Justice
- Member, San Antonio Bar Association
- Member, Corpus Christi Bar Association
- Member, Board of Directors, AIEG
- Member, Board of Directors, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, 2006
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Certificate of Apreciation for Combating Youth Violence, Mayor's Task Force on Youth Violence, Corpus Christi, Texas
- Contributor, Newspapers for Literacy Program
- Contributor, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
- Volunteer, Driscoll Children's Hospital, with recognition for valuable contributions to its Cancer Patients
- Contributor, Gulf Coast Humane Society
- Contributor, Children's Cancer Center of South Texas
- Assists numerous individuals with special needs, including pro bono legal work and providing shelter, food, and clothing
- Contributor, Toys for Tots
- Contributor, Rainbow House
- Contributor, Corpus Christi Women's Shelter
- Volunteer Achievement Award, Texas Department of Human Services, Regional Award, 1998
- Contributor, Texas Department of Human Resources, Christmas Gift to Less Fortunate People of Texas, 1998
- Padre Island Sea Turtle Season volunteer, 2006
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Continuing Education Seminar, "Accidents and the Civil Process", Spencer Claims Service, 1997
- "Fuel Line Siphoning Cases", 2000
- "Choosing and Courting a Jury", 2002
- "Prosecuting or Defending a Trucking or Auto Accident Case", State Bar of Texas, 2007
Verdicts and Settlements:
- $3.5 Million: Vacuum Pump/Negligence
- $8.825 Million: Oil Rig Collapse
- $1.116 Million: Defective Washing Machine
- $1.113 Million: Water Slide/Negligence
- $1.385 Million: Defective Fire Works
- $1.5 Million: Defective Vehicle
- $1.509 Million: Defective Vehicle
- $1.75 Million: Defective Vehicle
- $2 Million: Defective Machinery
- $2.2 Million: Vehicular Accident
- $2.714 Million: Defective Vehicle
- $4 Million: Defective Smoke Detector
- $5.3 Million: Defective Vehicle
- $5.5 Million: Defective Helmet
- $6.837 Million: Industrial Accident
- $6.9 Million: Defective Mobile Home
- $7 Million: Defective Product
- $7.52 Million: Toxic Tort
- $7.83 Million: Defective Fork Lifts
- $8 Million: Defective Vehicle
- $10 Million: Premises Liability/Negligence
- $11.3 Million: Defective Tractor/Trailer Fuel Tank
- $18 Million: Defective Vehicle/Tire
- $22.7 Million: Crane Case/Negligence
Other Outstanding Achievements:
- Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- 2007 Top 100 American Trial Lawyers awarded by the American Trial Lawyers Association
- Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 2008
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Blog entries — Paula J. Wyatt
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