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Preparation, trial and appeal in all areas of civil litigation; including personal injury and wrongful death, property damage, will contests, contract disputes, property disputes, insurance claims, land condemnation, damage and title questions relating to land, business torts, anti-trust, products liability, railroad injuries, aviation cases, maritime injuries, trucking cases, professional liability claims, commercial claims and collections, employee claims, family law matters, declaratory judgments, injunctions, at the District Court level in every principal population center in the State of Texas in state and federal courts. Participation in cases and trials in the States of Georgia, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.Bill Stradley is Of Counsel to the Mithoff Law Firm in Houston, Texas. His practice consists of plaintiff civil litigation areas, including products liability, aviation, trucking, medical negligence and commercial cases. He was selected to the Super Lawyers list in 2003-2008 and 2010. He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and a past President of its Houston Chapter, is past President of the Houston Trial Lawyers Association, and is a Director Emeritus of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association. He is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Trained in Commercial Arbitration (domestic and international), Special Masters and Mediation. Listed as authorized ADR provider by United States District Courts in the Southern District of Texas.
About William Stradley
Admitted: 1967, Texas
Professional Webpage: www.mithofflaw.com/Public/index.asp?Page_ID=15&Content_ID=25
Honors and Awards:
- Recipient, Public Service Award, Houston Police Department, 1984. Listed: Who's Who in American Law, 1985 to present; Who's Who in America, 1992 to present; Who's Who in the World, 1991 to present; Marquis Publications, Texas Super Lawyer, Texas Monthly, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. Adjunct Faculty Member: University of Houston Law Center School of Advocacy, 1981-1989; Texas College of Advocacy, 1983-1990; South Texas College of Law, 1983-1995; President, Houston Chapter of American Board of Trial Advocates; President, Houston Trial Lawyers Association
Special Licenses/Certifications:
- Board Certified: Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Houston Bar Association Representative, City of Houston, Mayor's Police Advisory Committee, 1979-1984; Houston Bar Association (Chairman: Litigation Section, 1981-1983; Chairman Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1988-1989; Member, Special Committee on Professionalism, 1989); American Bar Association; State Bar of Texas (Chairman, Grievance Committee 4DD, State Bar of Texas, 1980, Co-chair: Federal Judiciary Appointments, 1991-1992; Committee on Administration of Justice, 1991-1992; Committee on Professionalism, 1991-1993, Committee on Continuing Legal Education, 1991-1993); Houston Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1981-1989; President, 1985-1986); Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Committee on Continuing Legal Education, 1979-1980, 1992; Member, Board of Directors, 1986-1993; Chairman: Ethics Committee, 1989-1990, Bylaws Committee, 1989-1990; Director Emeritus, 1994); American Association for Justice formerly The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA); Charter Sustaining Life Fellow, Houston Bar Foundation; Sustaining Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation; American Board of Trial Advocates, President Houston Chapter
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Houston Bar Association Representative, City of Houston, Mayor's Police Advisory Committee, 1979-1984, President 1982-1984
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Moderator, Institute on Federal Practice and Procedure, Houston Bar Association, 1970; Defending D.W.I. Cases, Seminar, Houston Bar Association, 1971; Recent Developments in the Law of Workman's Compensation, Houston Bar Association, 1972; Institute on Trial Practice, 1975; Trial Practice Institute, 1977; "Direct Examination of Witnesses," Houston Bar Association out-of-town Institute, 1979; "Pre-Trial Discovery and Procedure," Houston Bar Association-Serialized Institute on Trial Practice Procedure, 1982; Program Chair, Trial Practice and Procedure-Serialized Institute, Houston Bar Association, 1982, 1985, 1987, and 1988; "Breaking Away the Barnacles-Recovery for Mental Anguish of Bystanders," Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Institute at Vail, Colorado, 1985; Direct Examination of Witnesses," Houston Bar Association-Serialized Institute on Trial Practice, 1986; "Preparation of Medical Malpractice Cases from the Plaintiff's Perspective," Medical Malpractice Issues, State Bar of Texas-Houston Bar Association, University of Houston Law Center, 1987; Co-Author and Presenter: "Preparation of Medical Negligence Cases," University of Houston/Houston Bar Association Institute of Advanced Medical Malpractice Litigation, 1989; "Trial of a Commercial Case," State Bar of Texas/Institute Art of Persuasion, 1989; "Evidence in Trial Practice in Texas," National Business Institute, 1991; Continuing Legal Education Publications and Presentations: Co-Author: "Ethical Problems for the Personal Injury Plaintiff's Lawyer," 10 Tex. Pers. Inj. L. Rep. No. 1, 1992. Presenter: "An Historical Overview of Jurisdictional Issues in Admiralty Cases," Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, 1992; "How To Do Your Medical Malpractice Case Fast in Probate Court," TTLA 4th Annual Medical Malpractice Conference, 1993; "Will Probate Code Changes Impede Malpractice Trials", TTLA 5th Annual Medical Malpractice Conference, 1994; Co-Author and Presenter: "Assignments, Consent Judgments and Covenants Not to Execute," University of Houston Law Foundation Advanced Insurance Seminar, 1995
Verdicts and Settlements:
- Auto/Truck Collision $34 Million Verdict (co-counsel for Plaintiffs); $1,500,000.00 settlement professional liability (lead counsel for Plaintiff); $1,200,000.00 settlement, aviation (lead counsel for Plaintiffs), auto/truck collision $2,250,000.00 settlement (lead counsel for Plaintiffs); $6,000,000.00 professional liability settlement (co-counsel for Plaintiffs), $1,200,000.00 professional liability settlement (lead counsel for Plaintiffs), $3,000,000 settlement (co-counsel for Plaintiffs) Industrial incident; $9,000,000 settlement (co-counsel for Plaintiffs) Industrial accident; $15,000,000 settlement (co-counsel for Plaintiffs) corporate liability; $7,000,000 verdict (co-counsel for Plaintiffs) professional liability.
Representative Clients:
- Plaintiffs' Personal Injury and Civil Trial Law practice
Educational Background:
- See attached Curriculum Vitae.