Daniel Christensen
POSITION: Partner
AREAS OF PRACTICE:
Personal Injury
Medical Malpractice
Military Law
ADMITTED:
1994, California; 1999, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; U.S. District Court, Northern, Western, and Eastern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
LAW SCHOOL:
University of Iowa (J.D. with distinction, 1994).
COLLEGE:
University of Iowa (B.B.A. with distinction and honors in Finance, 1991).
MEMBER:
State Bar of Texas; College of the State Bar of Texas; State Bar of California; Austin Bar Association, Board Member, Litigation Section; American Bar Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Texas Trial Lawyers Association; Austin Young Lawyers Association.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
Board Certified Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization; Awarded Highest (AV) rating from Martindale-Hubbell; Named a "Rising Star" in Texas Monthly Magazine's SuperLawyer edition; Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Corporation Law, 1993-1994. Speaker: Voir Dire after Cortez UT CLE 2005 Car Wrecks Seminar; Speaker: Voir Dire after Cortez TTLA 2005 Car Wrecks Seminar; Speaker: Voir Dire after Cortez TTLA 2005 New Techniques Under H84; Speaker: Common Discovery Issues in Personal Injury Litigation State Bar of Texas 2005 CAU Seminar; Speaker: The Law of Voir Dire TTLA 2005 Advanced PI Conference; Author: Voir Dire in Low Speed Collision Cases - Plaintiff's View, 96 Am Jur TRIALS (2005); Author: The Client Who Needed Me Most, TRIAL, Apr 2005 at 47; Speaker: Common Evidentiary Issues and Problems, ABA 2005 Ultimate Trial Network; Speaker: Preparing for and Trying the $5-$50k Car Crash Case, UT CLE 2004 Car Wrecks Seminar; Speaker: Handling Property Damage Claims, TTLA 2004 Car Wreck Seminar; Author: Select the Right Jury for Your Case, TRIAL, Apr 2004 at 58; Speaker: Overcoming Juror Bias During Voir Dire, TTLA 2003 Car Wrecks Seminar; Author: Paving the Way for a Road Hazard Case, TRIAL, Jan 2002, at 47; Author: Proof of the Road Hazard Case, 71 AM. JUR PROOF OF FACTS 3d 1, 2003; Author: When Poles in the Right-of-way are Wrong, TRIAL, Feb. 2003 at 37; Author: An Equitable Approach to Applying the Attorney Client Privilege to Defunct Lenders, 19 J. CORP. L. 69 (1993); Trial Counsel, Senior Trial Counsel and Trial Defense Counsel, U.S. Army JAG Corps, 1995-1998; Phi Delta Phi.