Greg C. Wilkins
Partner since 2002
gcw@obt.com

Greg has a
statewide trial practice with a concentration in the areas of first
and third party insurance coverage and bad faith,
transportation, personal injury, wrongful death, construction,
and commercial litigation.
Greg has
served as trial counsel in jury trials to verdict in cases involving
insurance coverage, transportation litigation, personal injury and
wrongful death, premises liability, products liability, and medical
malpractice. He works
as lead trial counsel or insurance coverage counsel in matters
pending throughout the State of Texas.
Greg has
served as a member of the State Bar of Texas standing committee on
Pattern Jury Charges – General Negligence and Intentional Personal
Torts since 2005.
Greg has
been named a Texas Rising Star in the area of insurance coverage by
Texas Monthly and Law & Politics every year since 2004.
Greg is a
frequent author and speaker on continuing legal education topics
including first and third party insurance coverage and bad faith
claims, the Stowers doctrine, insurance underwriting and claims
handling practices, Chapter 542 (formerly Article 21.55) of the
Texas Insurance Code, Texas jury charge submissions, dram shop
liability, the Texas Lawyer’s Creed and other ethical considerations
applicable to the modern legal professional, and the exercise of
personal jurisdiction over out-of-state defendants by Texas courts.
Greg is
admitted to practice in all state trial and appellate courts in
Texas, all federal district courts in Texas, and the Fifth and
Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal.
Greg
graduated magna cum laude from Texas Tech University School of Law
in 1996. At Texas Tech, Greg was a Comment Editor of the Texas Tech
Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif. He graduated cum
laude from the University of Southwestern
Louisiana in 1992.
Greg is a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of
Texas, the College of the State Bar of Texas, the Jefferson County
Bar Association, the
Texas Association of Defense Counsel and the Defense Research
Institute.
Greg practices primarily in the firm’s
office in Beaumont.
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