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Jack P. Carroll
Partner since 1996
jpc@obt.com
Jack's principal areas of practice are personal injury, consumer,
class action, and commercial litigation.
He represents major oil and chemical companies, national product
manufacturers, and national service companies. Jack has served as
lead trial counsel on multi-million dollar claims and has
significant trial experience in defending clients in state court,
federal court, and before state and federal administrative agencies.
Jack has extensive experience both defending and prosecuting class
action and other large exposure litigation in both state and federal
court. Jack is AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell and is Board Certified
in Personal Injury Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization
(since 1995) and is listed in Best Lawyers in America (since 2009).
Jack's
representative experience includes:
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Representing major
international oil refining company and major
international chemical company in investigation and
defense of over 100 wrongful death and major
personal injury suits filed in state and federal
courts and agencies.
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Representing national
product manufacturers and retailers on wrongful
death and other major personal injury suits in
various types of product liability litigation.
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Representing companies
in the defense and investigation of wrongful death
claims in industrial accident-related fatalities,
consumer product-related fatalities and insurance
coverage litigation.
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Representing companies
in toxic tort, class action, and neighborhood
emission claims (some claims consisting of several
thousand claimants).
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Representing companies
and claimants in class action litigation in the
following areas: oil and gas, personal injury toxic
exposure, consumer warranty, and tobacco litigation.
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Representing companies
in large damages construction and commercial
litgation insurance claims and arbitrations.
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Representing companies
in many types of commercial litigation, including
disputes between companies, shareholder fraud, and
contractual disputes.
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Representing attorneys
and other non-medical professionals in negligence
and malpractice claims, including claims for
misrepresentation and breach of fiduciary duty.
Jack earned his
J.D. from Baylor University School of Law in 1990, where he was
awarded the Matt Dawson Trial Advocacy Award – for Best Trial
Advocate, and a member in
Baylor University Practice Court Team.
Jack earned his B.B.A. degree in Accounting from Baylor
University in 1984 and worked as a Certified Public Accountant for
Deloitte Haskins & Sells for three years before attending law
school.
Jack has served
on numerous State Bar and TYLA
committees, and was on the Board of Directors of the
Jefferson County Bar Association from 2005-2008. He is a member of
the State Bar of Texas' Litigation and Consumer Law Sections.
Jack practices
primarily in the firm's office in
Beaumont.
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