Saturday, February 4, 2012


Attorney Profiles
Brant J. Stogner 
Houston, Texas,
phone 800-870-9584
713-222-7211
fax 713-225-0827
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Brant Stogner grew up in El Campo, Texas-a small town about an hour south of Houston. In high school, Brant excelled at both athletics and academics. Brant graduated in the top ten percent of his high school class; in sports, Brant and the Ricebirds won six district championships in football and baseball during his three years starting on varsity. Brant earned all-district honors all three years in both sports while also participating in theater and the National Honor Society. Despite a knee injury and subsequent knee surgery in his senior year of high school, Brant accepted a full scholarship to the University of Houston to play linebacker for the Cougars.

In college, Brant's academic success continued. In his freshman year at the University of Houston, Brant earned the 1997 Conference USA Academic Excellence Award, earning the highest grade point average of football players in the conference. After playing two seasons, and having three surgeries in as many years, Brant decided to hang up his football cleats and transfer to Texas A&M University to complete his business degree. At Texas A&M University, Brant's scholastic accolades continued to mount. Brant was a member of numerous honor societies and graduated in the top ten percent of his class with a B.B.A in Accounting.

After graduation from Texas A&M University, Brant moved back to Houston to attend law school at South Texas College of Law. In law school, Brant quickly became a member of the law school's nationally ranked mock trial and moot court program under Dean T. Gerald Treece. Following just his third semester in law school, Brant won the Intramural Summer Academy Mock Trial Competition and took Best Speaker honors. Ultimately, Brant competed as a varsity advocate in 15 mock trial and moot court competitions across the country. In addition to numerous individual speaker awards, Brant won a state tournament championship, a regional moot court tournament championship, two regional mock trial tournament championships, and, ultimately, a National Championship in mock trial at the ATLA National Trial Competition in his final semester of law school. Brant graduated law school in May of 2006 in the top fifteen percent of his law school class, was admitted into the Order of Barristers, and received the Dean's Outstanding Student Advocate Award.

Following graduation from law school and after taking the bar exam, Brant accepted an associate position at Houston law firm, Hays, McConn, Rice & Pickering while waiting for bar results. In November of 2006, Brant received his license to practice law from the State Bar of Texas while working at Hays McConn. As a licensed attorney, Brant continued to work with multiple partners on a wide range of cases in civil litigation, representing primarily defendants in personal injury and business disputes. Brant worked as a lawyer during the day and as a law professor at night while he coached South Texas College of Law mock trial teams for his alma mater. After learning the ropes at Hays McConn for nearly two years, Brant accepted an associate position with Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Agosto & Friend in August of 2008. Brant has been with Abraham Watkins ever since.

At Abraham Watkins, Brant has continued to consistently try cases to verdict. Brant tried twelve cases to verdict in his first three years at the firm. Today, he almost exclusively represents plaintiffs. Brant's practice focuses on catastrophic personal injury matters, commercial business disputes, and first-party insurance bad faith and claims handling matters. Since joining the firm, Brant has helped hundreds of his clients obtain compensation for their injuries and damages caused by others. Brant is board certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Personal Injury Trial Law and received this certification within his first five years of legal practice. In 2009, Brant received the largest verdict in Texas for workplace safety and injuries. Brant is a board member and committee chair in the Houston Trial Lawyers Association and is a founding member of the South Texas College of Law Young Alumni Council. He was recently named to the Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star list for 2011.

Brant met his wife, Jennifer, in law school and she was one of his mock trial partners when they won the ATLA Regional Championship in Dallas, Texas and the National Championship in Miami, Florida. They recently gave birth to their first child, Ryker.


Houston Personal Injury Attorney

Catastrophic Injuries
Wrongful Death
Product Defects
Business Litigation
18 Wheeler & Commercial Truck Accidents
Aviation Accidents
Admiralty & Maritime Accidents
Birth Injuries

Brain Damage
Burns
Construction Accidents
DWI Accidents
Electrocutions
Environmental Law
Explosions

Medical Malpractice
Motorcycle Accidents
Nursing Home Negligence
Offshore Injuries
Paraplegia
Patent Infringement
Petrochemical Accidents
Pharmaceutical Litigation
Quadriplegia
Spinal Cord Injuries
Swimming Pool Accidents
Workplace Accidents
Vehicular Accidents

Insurance Law (First-party insurance litigation, homeowner's claims, bad faith insurance practices, deceptive insurance practices, prompt payment of claims violations)

Hablamos Espanol

Areas of Practice:
Consumer Protection
Litigation & Appeals
Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
Insurance Law
Litigation Percentage:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Certification/Specialties:
Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2012


Bar Admissions:
Texas, 2006
U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 2006
Education:
South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas, May, 2006
Juris Doctor
Honors: GPA: 3.292 Rank: Top 15%
Honors: Competed in 15 Advocacy Tournaments as a Varsity Advocate
Honors: Dean's Outstanding Student Advocate Award- South Texas College of Law, 2006
Honors: Order of the Barristers


Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas (1999 - 2001), May, 2001
B.B.A.
Honors: National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Honors: Beta Alpha Psi Accounting Honors Society
Honors: Golden Key National Honor Society
Major:  Accounting


University of Houston, Houston, Texas (1997 - 1999)
Honors: Received full-paid football scholarship to the University of Houston
Honors: Played two seasons at linebacker under former coach, Kim Helton
Honors: Earned the 1997 Conference USA Academic Excellence Award (Highest GPA)


Published Works:
Shifting Liability, State Bar of Texas: 33rd Annual Advanced Estate Planning & Probate Course (Litigation Section) (MCLE paper), 2009


Paid or Incurred, Why Does it Matter, & What to Look for in Medical Records, State Bar of Texas Annual Convention (Paralegal Division) (MCLE paper & presentation), 2008


Chapter 3 Contract Issues: Construction Industry Perspective, Construction Defects: Claims & Coverage, Defense Research Institute, 2007


Classes/Seminars Taught:
Speaker, "What Do Lawyers Do?", Law School Admission Council: Law School Forums 2010


"Paid or Incurred, Why Does it Matter, & What to Look for in Medical Records.", State Bar of Texas Annual Convention (Paralegal Division) (MCLE presentation & paper), 2008


Speaker, "Judges Panel: Courtroom Etiquette from the Bench.", State Bar of Texas: Texas Minority Attorney Program, 2009


"Admitting and Providing Medical Expenses Post Haygood v. De Escabedo (MCLE presentation & paper), Bar Association 2011-2012 Winter Seminars, December 15, 2011


Honors and Awards:
The College of the State Bar of Texas, 2012


AVVO Peer/Client Rated 10 of 10, 2011


*Texas Super Lawyer and Rising Star honors as presented by Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters Business, in Texas Monthly., 2011


Verdict Search's Top Texas Verdicts of 2009 - #1 Verdict Workplace Safety, 2009


National Champion, AAJ National Trial Competition, Miami, FL, 2006


Regional Champion, AAJ National Trial Competition, Dallas, TX, 2006


National Best Advocate (Second Place) ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition, Chicago, IL, 2005


Regional Champion, ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition, New Orleans, LA, 2004 - 2005


Regional Champion, TYLA National Trial Competition, Dallas, TX, 2004 - 2005


State Champion, Best Oralist, and 2nd Best Brief, SBOT Administrative & Public Law Moot Court Competition, Austin, TX, 2004


Tournament Champion and Best Oralist, T. Gerald Treece Summer Academy Mock Trial Competition, Houston, TX, 2004


Professional Associations and Memberships:
South Texas College of Law Young Alumni Council, 2010 - 2011
Board Member


Houston Trial Lawyers Association, 2009 - 2012
Board of Directors, Chair of Membership Committee


South Texas College of Law, 2006 - Present
Adjunct Advocacy Professor/Varsity Coach, Houston TX


Texas Trial Lawyers Association


American Association of Justice


Houston Bar Association


Houston Young Lawyers Association


Texas Young Lawyers Association


American Bar Association


Hispanic National Bar Association
Affiliate Member


Invited to join Million Dollar Advocates & Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum


Past Employment Positions:
Hays, McConn, Rice & Pickering, P.C., Houston TX, Associate, October 9, 2006 - August 22, 2008


Ebanks, Smith, & Carlson, L.L.P., Houston, Texas, Summer Associate/Law Clerk, 2005


1st Court of Appeals, Houston, Texas, Semester Intern, 2005


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