Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Business Litigation, Transportation & Maritime; view more
Licensed in Texas since: 1997
Education: University of Houston Law Center
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2004, 2008 - 2024 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2004 Call today:
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The Buzbee Law Firm
600 Travis StreetSuite 7500
Houston, TX 77002 Visit website
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Serving clients in the Houston and Galveston areas, Tony Buzbee is the managing attorney of The Buzbee Law Firm located in Houston, Texas. With over 25 years of experience practicing law, he serves as a fierce defender for those who have suffered injuries or lost a loved one due to the negligence of another party. He also takes on cases related to business litigation and transportation and maritime matters.
In addition to being an attorney, Mr. Buzbee is also the proprietor of a number of successful retail establishments, office complexes and hotels. He has built a successful litigation business and is well-known for representing clients in high-profile cases including toxic torts and environmental damage, burn injuries, marine and railroad accidents, industrial accidents, wrongful deaths and class actions.
Mr. Buzbee, a former U.S. Marine Corps captain who was honored with the Navy Commendation Medal, brings the same focus on strategy and persistence to the courtroom that he did on the battlefield.
After his undergraduate degree, Mr. Buzbee started his career in the military, where he was an honor graduate for having the highest leadership score out of 200 other Marine lieutenants. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps while the Persian Gulf and Somalia conflicts were going on, he attended law school.
With a bachelor’s degree in psychology, Mr. Buzbee graduated from Texas A&M University. He pursued his legal studies at the University of Houston Law Center and received his Juris Doctor in 1997. In law school, he was the managing editor of the Houston Law Review and graduated summa cum laude. Moreover, he was inducted into the Order of the Coif, the Order of the Barristers and the Order of the Barons.
The Texas Aggie Bar Association named Mr. Buzbee to the Aggie Lawyer of the Year list, and he has an Avvo rating of 10/10. He has been featured on the cover of The New York Times Magazine and is the subject of a biography titled "Tony Buzbee: Defining Moments" by Michael Lee Lanning. He is a frequent CLE seminar speaker and adjunct professor, as well as a guest lecturer at the University of Houston Law Center.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Business Litigation, Transportation/MaritimeFocus areas
Admiralty & Maritime Law, Trucking Accidents
First Admitted: 1997, Texas
Professional Webpage: https://www.txattorneys.com/attorneys/tony-buzbee/
- Named 2015 Attorney of the Year, Texas Lawyer
- Aggie Lawyer of the Year, 2017, The Texas Aggie Bar Association
- Texas “Super Lawyer”, 2004 and 2008 – 2022, Thomson Reuters
- Named a 2021 Plaintiffs’ Lawyer Trailblazer, The National Law Journal
- Induction into the National Law Journal’s Verdicts Hall of Fame, 2020, Hall of Fame
- "One of the Most Successful Trial Lawyers in the Country", The New York Times Magazine
- Order of the Barristers, University of Houston Law Center
- Summa Cum Laude, University of Houston Law Center
- Member, Order of the Coif, University of Houston Law Center
- Order of the Barons, University of Houston Law Center
- Order of the Barristers, University of Houston Law Center
- One of the Top 5 "Go To" Lawyers for Commercial Litigation, State of Texas, 2002
- Trademark Infringement: Represented famed singer Jimmy Buffett in litigation in Galveston federal court
- Government Regulation: Represented highly regarded developer Blackard Group pertaining to multimillion dollar development on Galveston's West End
- Products Liability: First verdict in Texas against Ford Motor Company related to the stability alone of Ford Explorer; signficant verdict and subsequent settlement
- Toxic Torts: Record-setting verdict for ten workers exposed to Carbon Disulfide at the BP Texas City plant
- Offshore death case: Uncovered deadly mismatch problem in offshore drilling industry, resulting in an industry wide correction of the problem; significant verdict and subsequent settlement
- Pipeline Explosions: Represented several individuals burned or killed due to pipeline explosions
- Plant explosions: Represented more than 160 workers injured in the largest industrial accident in U.S. history, obtaining extremely favorable settlements and serving on the Court-Appointed Plaintiffs' Steering Committee
- Home Owner Liability: Represented teenager who was severely burned while attending a bonfire at a friend's home
- Breach of Contract, Plaintiff: Obtained significant settlement for the Port of Galveston
- Copyright Infringement: Represented Houston rap artist against famed rap star
- Commercial Litigation: Represented commercial note holders sued by payees on the notes, resulting in a confidential settlement
- Negligence/Personal Injury: Forced gas company to change policies relating to safety devices following settlement
- Class Actions: Served as Lead Plaintiffs' Counsel in several state-wide and nationwide class actions
- Antitrust/Class Actions: Represented more than 10,000 offshore drilling workers in a case alleging wage fixing, resulting in substantial settlement
- Products Liability: represented dry cleaning store owner who was severely burned when dry cleaning machine spewed boiling dry cleaning fluid over 60% of his body. Forced nationwide retrofit of dry cleaning machines after substantial dollar settlement
- Breach of Contract and Fraud Defense: Successfully defended a multimillion dollar case brought by local celebrity "Mattress Mac" against world renowned horse traders and trainers
- Environmental Litigation: Represented Spain's Basque Government in the largest oil spill in Spain's history
- Offshore Litigation: Special emphasis on offshore explosions and injuries--recognized as one of the best in the field in offshore injury litigation
- Offshore death case: Forced offshore company to install guards on all hose reels.
- Toxic Torts: Represented more than ten thousand FEMA trailer residents who are suing, claiming formaldehyde exposure while living in FEMA trailers and serves on MDL Plaintiffs' Steering Committee
- Wrongful Death: Represented stepdaughter of infamous murderer Clara Harris, reaching a favorable settlement for stepdaughter's share of Harris's estate
- Apartment Explosion: represented apartment resident who was badly burned when explosion occurred. Case resolved after apartment owner caught altering documents
- Board, Bay Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America
- Board of Directors, The Jesse Tree
- Member, Board of Regents, Texas A&M University
- Board of Directors, Hometown Bank
- Board of Visitors, Texas A&M Galveston
- Texas A&M University, B.S. in Psychology
- Navy Commendation Medal
- Captain, USMC; service in Persian Gulf and Somalia
- When Arbitrable Claims Are Mixed with Nonarbitrable Claims, What's a Court to Do?, Law Review, South Texas College of Law
- Who Will Speak for the Teachers?, Houston Law Review
- Venue Transfer in Federal Court, Houston Lawyer
- "Appearing on Behalf of Galveston County," in Book "Texas Justice Tall Tales", Red Bandana Publishing
- Managing Editor, Houston Law Review, University of Houston Law Center
- Darkness on the Plains
- Tony Buzbee Sworn in as Texas A&M University System Regent
- Texas Refinery Neighbors Sue BP for Billions
- Millionaire artist who 'paid boys cash, drugs and cars for sex before settling out of court faces grand jury
- Sudie's settles Deepwater Horizon oil spill claim
- In Politics, Never Say Never to an Aggie
- Adjunct Professor, University of Houston Law Center, Litigating Commercial Disputes
- Guest Lecturer, University of Houston Law Center, Arbitration, Contracts, Etc.
- Various CLE's on topics ranging from trial practice, jury selection, and the taking of depositions
- $75 Million Dollar Settlement, in first of its kind wage fixing antitrust case, 2001
- $30 million verdict: Breach of Contract/Tortious Interference case on behalf of grocery store chain., 2015
- $1.4 million dollar verdict, railroad worker injury case, 2001
- $9.5 Million Judgment: Breach of contract against TWIA on behalf of Dickinson ISD., 2016
- $1.2 million dollar verdict, offshore injury case, 2007
- 5 million plus, confidential settlement, products liability case, 2003
- $1.4 Million Verdict, Offshore Injury, 2008
- $30 Million verdict; battery explosion causing single death., 2015
- $9 million dollar settlement, breach of contract/fraud case for a public entity, 2006
- $41 Million Verdict: Spider bite leading to infection and death on a vessel., 2015
- $2.7 million dollar verdict, breach of contract case for oil and gas company, 2006
- confidential, 100 million plus settlement, breach of contract/fraud case, 2000
- $1.9 million verdict, longshoreman injured at Houston Ship Channel, 2007
- $100 Million Verdict for ten workers allegedly exposed to toxins. 2012
- $6.2 Million Dollar Verdict, offshore death case, 2001
- $159 Million Verdict: Plant explosion killing one and injuring five., 2015
- $16.6 million dollar verdict, rollover product liability case, 2005
- Multimillion dollar settlement, for over 180 workers injured in BP explosion, 2006
- Various settlements and verdicts up to and exceeding one million dollars, 2000
- $30 million Verdict for condo owners against general and subcontractor who negligently started a fire, causing millions in damage. Approximately one-half of the award from the jury was punitive damages, 2013
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2004, 2008 - 2024
- Rising Stars: 2004
Top Lists
Top 100: Houston Super Lawyers: 2011 - 2017, 2019 - 2020, 2024- Top 100: 2024 Houston Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2020 Houston Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2019 Houston Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2017 Houston Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2016 Houston Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2015 Houston Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2014 Houston Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2013 Houston Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2012 Houston Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2011 Houston Super Lawyers
