Mr. Jefferson is a nationally recognized trial lawyer with extensive experience in complex commercial, professional malpractice, insurance, employment and tort litigation and regularly tries cases as lead counsel. He also provides outside general counsel services to a variety of leading business entities and law firms. In the courtroom, he has handled some of the highest profile lawsuits in Texas. Mr. Jefferson has appeared on numerous national television broadcasts, including CNN, Dateline, Good Morning America and the Oprah Winfrey Show. His strengths involve the law of lawyering, general business law, issues involving technology, copyright, intellectual property, and the media, insurance law, tort law and, employment law.

• Super Lawyer: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 by Texas Monthly Magazine

• Outstanding Lawyers of America

• Adjunct Professor South Texas College of Law, 1987 – 2003

• Texas Supreme Court

• All Texas Courts

• United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

• Houston Baptist University, B.A. with honors, 1983

• State Bar of Texas (Litigation, Intellectual Property and Insurance sections)

• Houston Bar Association

Mr. Jefferson has been a much sought after CLE speaker for over a decade. Mr. Jefferson has written articles and delivered speeches at seminars across Texas and in other states on a variety of legal topics. His articles cover the spectrum of civil litigation issues, including trial and litigation skills and tactics, employment, media and tort issues. In 2006, Mr. Jefferson was invited to be part of the faculty for the Texas College for Judicial Studies, the advanced legal education course for Texas Judges. Mr. Jefferson also served as an adjunct professor of appellate advocacy at South Texas College of Law where he coached 12 national championship teams in his 17 years of teaching.

• Numerous Intercollegiate Awards for College Debate