Overview
Mr. Cain works on a wide variety of cases including business litigation, first-party and third-party insurance defense, administrative law, legal malpractice and an appellate practice. He specializes in legal research and writing including complex motion practice, jury charge issues, and appellate and mandamus work. Mr. Cain has extensive practice in multi-district litigation, including successfully creating two of the largest MDLs in Texas history. Mr. Cain is a product of the distinguished Advocacy Program at South Texas College of Law, where he won multiple national and state championships and many speaking and brief-writing awards. Mr. Cain is a former Briefing Attorney of The First Court of Appeals. He also served as an Adjunct Professor at South Texas College of Law and coached multiple national and state teams to championships.
Honors & Awards
Order of the Barristers
Named to the Texas Rising Stars list by Super Lawyers®, a Thomson Reuters business, as featured in Texas Monthly and Texas Rising Stars magazines (2005-2008)
State Bar of Texas Moot Court competition, Texas Young Lawyers Association, 1998; Best Team, Third Best Brief, Third Best Oralist
National Moot Court Competition, Association of The Bar of the City of New York, 1999; Best Team, Second Best Brief
American Bar Association National Moot Court Competition, 1999; Best Team, Best Brief, Oralist Award
Who’s Who: American Law Students, 1998–1999
Professional Affiliations
Professional
State Bar of Texas
Houston Bar Association
The Garland R. Walker American Inns of Court
News & Insights
News
Currents International Trade Law Journal; Managing Editor and Notes Editor, 1998-1999
Practice Areas
- Analysis of Trial Record for Appellate Issues
- Appeals from Final Judgments
- Appellate
- Appellate Assistance
- Assisting Trial Counsel and Preservation of Error
- Interlocutory Appeals
- Jury Charge Preparation and Argument
- Labor and Employment
- Labor and Employment Counseling and Litigation
- Personal Injury Litigation (Products and Premises Liability)
- Petitions for Review
- Petitions for Writ of Mandamus
- Post-Verdict Motions
- State and Federal Appeals and Original Proceedings
Credentials
Education
South Texas College of Law, J.D., 1999
Freed-Hardeman University, B.S., 1990, M.Min., 1996
Admissions
- Texas Courts
- United States District Court, Northern, Southern, Western and Eastern Districts of Texas
Employment
- Martin, Disiere, Jefferson & Wisdom, L.L.P., February 2002 – present
- Cruse, Scott, Henderson & Allen, L.L.P., August 2000 – February 2002
- Briefing Attorney; First Court of Appeals, Houston, Texas, August 1999 – August 2000
- Adjunct Professor in Appellate Advocacy, South Texas College of Law, 1999 – 2009
