David Hodges
Hodges Law Group
David Hodges is a alternative dispute resolution, personal injury and medical malpractice trial lawyer with Hodges Law Group in Pearland, Texas. Admitted in Texas, Colorado and Michigan; J.D., University of Houston Law Center.
Meet David
David Hodges leads Hodges Law Group in Pearland, Texas, where he serves as a mediator, arbitrator and guardian ad litem and also handles personal injury, trucking, medical malpractice and other litigation. He is board certified in personal injury trial law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and has about 30 years of litigation experience.
Born in McAllen and raised in the Houston area, Hodges attended Texas A&M University as a member of the Corps of Cadets and an NROTC scholarship recipient. He then served as a U.S. Navy intelligence officer, including service during Desert Storm, and received the Sea Strike Intelligence Officer of the Year Award. He graduated with honors from the University of Houston Law Center, where he edited the Houston Journal of International Law and led the Order of the Barons honor society.
He spent nearly six years defending insurers before moving to plaintiff work in personal injury, wage and hour, and mass tort cases, and he later co-founded Kennedy Hodges. Results listed in his biography include a $10.7 million verdict in a daycare abuse case and a $4.5 million trucking settlement. He has served on the Texas Trial Lawyers Association Board of Advocates and as chair of its PAC, as a director of the Houston Trial Lawyers Association, and twice as chair of the State Bar of Texas District 4 Grievance Committee. He is also on the FINRA arbitrator roster.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
- J.D., University of Houston Law Center (honors)
- Texas A&M University
- Admitted, State Bar of Texas
- Admitted, U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Northern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas
- Admitted, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
- Admitted, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
- Admitted, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- Admitted, U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Practice Areas
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Advocates; Chair, TTLA PAC)
- Houston Trial Lawyers Association (Director)
- State Bar of Texas (District 4 Grievance Committee Chair, twice)
- Houston Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit
- Texas Bar College
- Texas Association of Civil Trial and Appellate Specialists
- Professional Society of Legal Scholars
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum (Life Member)
- FINRA Dispute Resolution (Arbitrator Roster)
- Texas Super Lawyers (20 years)
- Texas Lawyer Litigator of the Week
- The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100 Trial Lawyers
- Lawyers Lifetime Achievement Society (Multi-Million Dollar Member)
- AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
- H Texas Magazine Houston's Top Lawyers
- H Texas Magazine Professional on the Fast Track
- Sea Strike Intelligence Officer of the Year Award, U.S. Navy
- $10.7 Million Verdict: Daycare abuse case.
- $6 Million Settlement: Wage and hour dispute.
- $4.5 Million Settlement: Trucking accident case.
- $4.3 Million Settlement: Medical malpractice case.
- $3.7 Million Settlement: Medical malpractice case.
- $2.1 Million Settlement: Wage and hour dispute.
- $1.8 Million Verdict: Medical malpractice jury verdict.
- $1.6 Million Verdict: Medical malpractice jury verdict.
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