JO BEN WHITTENBURG

Jo Ben Whittenburg is a senior partner who has been handling and trying personal injury and commercial cases for over 45 years. Jo Ben is board certified in the fields of Personal Injury Trial Law and Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and has tried over 250 cases to a verdict, including products liability cases, industrial accidents, medical and professional liability cases, commercial cases, transportation cases, domestic cases and consumer protection cases.

Jo Ben has been named as one of The Best Lawyers in America. He has served as Course Director for both the Advanced Medical Malpractice and the Advanced Personal Injury Seminar put on by the State Bar of Texas. Jo Ben has been active in the Texas Association of Defense Counsel, serving as the first Editor of the Medical Malpractice Newsletter and the first Editor of the Deceptive Trade Practices newsletter. Jo Ben has served on the Board of Trustees of the Texas Center for Legal Ethics since 2016. Jo Ben has also served as a member of the Board of Directors and as a Vice President for the Texas Association of Defense Counsel. He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys and an Advocate of the American Board of Trial Advocates. Jo Ben served on the Pattern Jury Charge Committee dealing with malpractice and products liability for many years.

Distinctions and Honors:

  • AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell

  • Recognized as a Super Lawyer by Texas Monthly, a Thompson Reuters publication (2003-2021)Distinctions and Honors:

    • AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell

    • Recognized as a Super Lawyer by Texas Monthly, a Thompson Reuters publication (2003-2021)

Education

  • Texas Tech University (Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting, 1971)

  • Texas Tech School of Law (J.D. with Honors, 1973)

Admissions

  • Texas

  • U.S. Supreme Court

  • 5th Circuit Court of Appeals

  • U.S. District Courts:

    • E.D. Texas

    • S.D. Texas

    • N.D. Texas

    • W.D. Texas

Professional Activities:

  • Jefferson County Bar Association

    • President, 1990-91

  • State Bar of Texas

    • Course Director, Advance Medical Malpractice

    • Course Director, Advance Personal Injury

    • Texas Lawyer’s Assistance Program, Past Chairman and member since 1988

    • Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation

  • Texas Center for Legal Ethics, Trustee 2016 to 2019

  • Texas Young Lawyers Association

    • President 1983-84

  • American Bar Association

    • Fellow

  • American Board Trial Advocates, Advocate

  • International Association of Defense Counsel

  • Texas Association of Defense Counsel

    • Vice President

    • Director

  • American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys, Diplomat

  • Past Chairman of the Texas Lawyers Assistance Program of the State Bar

  • Board of Trustees of Texas Tech Law School Foundation

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