Benny Hughes has a general business practice with emphasis on corporate, municipal financings, wills, and probate, trust matters, estate planning, and business transactions. Distinctions and Honors: Super Lawyers, a Thompson Reuters publication (1999-2009) Professional Activities: Jefferson County Bar Association (Former President and Director) Texas Law Review Association Community Involvement: Beaumont Public Schools Foundation (Past President […]
James H. Chesnutt II
I have been of counsel to the firm since 2005. I joined the firm in 1973, and was a partner in the firm from 1979 through 2004. My current of counsel practice focuses on civil litigation and construction matters. Earlier, I primarily had a broad based litigation practice that included these matters generally and also […]
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, […]
Gary Neale Reger
Gary’s experience covers a broad range of commercial work, including commercial arbitrations, commercial litigation, and commercial transactions. Gary has represented both defendants and plaintiffs in major litigated commercial disputes, in the areas of industrial and commercial insurance claims, bankruptcy, class actions, the Uniform Commercial Code, technology, real estate development, banking, usury, oil and gas, estates, […]
J. Hoke Peacock II
Hoke Peacock II has a broad-based practice primarily in business litigation. Hoke has been listed in the Best Lawyers in America, a Woodward White, Inc. publication in each year since 1997. Over the last 50 years, he has been a bond lawyer, a contracts lawyer, a real estate lawyer, and a trial lawyer. He has […]
Robert J. Hambright
Robert represents employers in all aspects of labor and employment law, routinely representing companies in litigation before trial and appellate courts; trying arbitration cases before third party neutrals; defending employers in proceedings before agencies such as the EEOC, NLRB, and DOL; advising clients on compliance issues and litigation avoidance; drafting employment documents; and engaging in […]
Walter Cooke
Walter joined the firm in 2005 as a partner. He limits his areas of practice to representation of buyers, sellers and owners of commercial real estate in transactions such as buying, selling, developing and leasing real property, of financial institutions in real property and asset based lending transactions and of business entities such as corporations, […]
Jack P. Carroll
Jack’s principal areas of practice are personal injury, commercial, consumer, and class action litigation. He represents major oil and chemical companies, national product manufacturers, and national service companies. Jack also represents school districts and local government entities. Distinctions and Honors: Board Certified—Personal Injury Trial Law—Texas Board of Legal Specialization “Lawyer of the Year” – Personal […]
John Seth Bullard
I approach every day with a mission to give my clients piece of mind. Complex commercial litigation, governmental investigations and regulations, big projects, condemnations, collecting debts, commercial transactions, and unscrupulous competitors can leave you feeling stressed, worried, and frustrated. I use creative solutions, sheer hard work, and exceptional in-firm and outside resources to help people […]
Gilbert I. “Buddy” Low
Gilbert I. “Buddy” Low is a nationally recognized trial lawyer. He currently handles major litigation involving a wide range of issues. Although Buddy has emphasized personal injury work in his practice, there is little in the litigation arena that he has not done. Buddy has served as counsel for both plaintiffs and defendants. His practice […]