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DON
WEITINGER
Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL:
Born March 30, 1934
Married to Beverly Kelly
Four grown children
EDUCATION:
Baylor University: Bachelor
of Arts - 1956
Juris Doctor - 1958
LICENSED TO PRACTICE:
State of Texas-1958
U.S. District Court, Southern District of
Texas
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of
Texas
U.S. District Court, Northern District of
Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
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MEMBERSHIP:
Houston Bar Association
Texas Bar Association
Matagorda County Bar Association
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American Board of Trial Advocates
(Houston Chapter President 1988-89)
(Member of National Board of Directors )
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EMPLOYMENT:
Don Weitinger, P.C. (November 2008 to present)
Weitinger & Nunnallee (May 2007 to November
2008)
Don Weitinger, P.C. (August 2005 to May 2007)
Weitinger & Dressler (March 2001 to August 2005)
Weitinger & Weitinger (1990 to March 2001)
Don Weitinger - Solo practitioner (associated
with Ernest Cannon & Associates - 1989)
Weitinger, Steelhammer & Tucker (later Weitinger
& Tucker) (1973 - 1988)
Don Weitinger - Solo practitioner (1971 - 1973)
Weitinger, Bradshaw & Foster (1968 - 1971)
Stafford, Williams & Weitinger (1966 - 1968)
Talbert, Giessel & Stone (1963 - 1966)
Assistant District Attorney (1962 - 1963)
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SUMMARY OF LITIGATION EXPERIENCE:
I have tried to a verdict well over 500 cases in
courts of general jurisdiction in state and
federal courts in Texas and other states. My
general trial work has taken me to approximately
50 counties other than Harris County. I have
tried to a verdict and/or settled cases in
California, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Illinois,
Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama,
Florida and New York.
In addition to jury trials, my experience
includes handling administrative trials and
appeals in front of the U.S. Department of
Labor, the Corp of Engineers, the Armed Services
Board of Contract of Appeals, the Court of
Claims and the United States Tax Court. I have
handled administrative disputes before the Texas
Railroad Commission, Banking Commission, Parks &
Wildlife and other state agencies. My non-jury
trial experience also includes binding
arbitration of employment contracts, insurance
contracts, primary, excess and umbrella,
reinsurance, both treaty and facultative
coverages, construction contracts, SEC
violations under the New York Stock Exchange
rules, and various other disputes under the
rules of the American Arbitration Association
and International Chamber of Commerce and by
private treaty.
My experience covers a wide range of other
disputed matters, both criminal and civil. A
brief recitation of subjects would be
automobile, trespass to try title, boundary and
easement disputes, oil and gas, take or pay,
pipeline disputes, will contests, breach of
fiduciary duties in a testamentary trust,
securities fraud, corporate shareholder
disputes, construction contract litigation, and
what I call general civil matters, i.e., those
matters that do not involve insurance coverage,
direct or indirect.
In the personal injury and insurance fields I
have litigated to conclusion just about
everything an insurance carrier could write in a
contract, both as a Plaintiff and as a
Defendant. Briefly, that experience is going to
cover automobile, general casualty, admiralty
and maritime, architectural and engineering,
medical and legal malpractice, surety and
fidelity matters, Directors and Officers’
liability, both employee liability and a wide
range of coverage matters both in enforcing
coverage and defending coverage.
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CLIENTS:
While we handle a wide range of general
litigation, we also handle personal injury and
other matters on a contingency fee basis. I
handle some defense work on a selected basis.
When I was engaged primarily on the Defendant’s
side of the docket, I represented almost every
major insurance carrier at one time or another.
A sample of the corporate clients who hired me
in the past for special matters include United
Dominion, Conoco, Lear Petroleum, Donaldson,
Lufkin & Jenerette and Enterprise Products.
MEDIATION/ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:
I have been asked from time to time to
mediate cases which generally have been either
very complicated, multi-party cases or two or
three party cases involving large exposure. I
have mediated somewhere in the neighborhood of
50-75 cases and sat as arbitrator in about 20
cases, some of which involved one arbitrator and
others three.
EXPERT WITNESS:
I have been asked to assist in disputed matters as an
expert witness. In general, the areas in which I have
rendered expert opinions are: attorneys’ fees, insurance
coverage disputes, bad faith, legal malpractice, claims
handling, re-insurance disputes and other matters
involving insurers and trial practice.
Offices at: 6411 Rodrigo,
Houston, TX 77007 |