David Hodges | Houston Personal Injury Lawyer

David Hodges is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He was born in McAllen, Texas and grew up in the Houston area. After graduating from Cy-Fair High School, he attended Texas A&M University where he was a member of the Corps of Cadets. At A&M, David was an NROTC scholarship recipient and recognized as a Distinguished Student.

Upon graduation, he served in the United States Navy as an Intelligence Officer. Shortly after being commissioned as an Ensign, David attended the Navy and Marine Corps Intelligence Training Center, where he graduated with a 4.0 GPA. He thereafter saw service in Desert Storm and was awarded the Sea Strike Intelligence Officer of the Year Award. As the Aviation Intelligence Officer for VS-24, he obtained 22 arrested carrier landings and logged combat time aboard the carrier-based S-3B Viking.

David left active duty in order to return to his hometown and attend the University of Houston Law Center. He was very active in Law Center activities and competed in the national trial competition on the school’s Mock Trial Team, edited the Houston Journal of International Law and served as the leader of the law school’s honor society (the Order of the Barons).  Although David was dedicated to trial advocacy and other extracurricular activities (including the U.S. Navy Reserves), he nevertheless managed to graduate in the top 10% of his law school class.

After graduating with honors from the University of Houston Law Center, David began an almost six-year career of representing defendants and their insurers. He then left the defense bar to represent plaintiffs in personal injury and select commercial litigation matters.  His practice expanded to include wage and hour class and collective action cases.

Once David formed Kennedy Hodges, he took a leadership role in numerous organizations.  As a member of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, he served on the Board of Advocates and later became Chair of the TTLA PAC.  He has also served as a Director of the Houston Trial Lawyers Association and was twice elected as Chair of the State Bar of Texas District 4 Grievance Committee.  He also served as Panel Chair of the District 4A/4-1 Grievance Committee.

David has been interviewed by numerous local and national news organizations on various subjects related to the civil justice system.  He has been an invited commentator at news conferences, television shows and print media.  As an advocate for victims, David has recovered tens of millions of dollars on behalf of his clients.

Verdicts and Settlements Include:
•$10.7 million verdict in a daycare abuse case
•$6 million settlement in a wage and hour dispute
•$4.3 million settlement in a medical malpractice case
•$3.7 million settlement in a medical malpractice case
•$1.8 million jury verdict in a medical malpractice case
•$1.6 million jury verdict in a medical malpractice case

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Partner	Kennedy Hodges, LLP	Houston, TX	Present
Associate	Andrews Kurth LLP		2000 - 2002
Associate	Chamberlain Hrdlicka		1997 - 2000
Associate	Hirsch, Robinson, Sheiness & Glover		1996 - 1996

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
University of Houston Law Center		Law School	1996
Texas A&M University	Psychology	BS	1989

State / Court	Date
Texas	1996

• Texas State Bar
  American Association for Justice
  Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit
  The College of the State Bar of Texas
  Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Former TTLA PAC Chair
  Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Former Board of Advocates Director
  Houston Trial Lawyers Association, Director
  Texas Association of Civil Trial and Appellate Specialists
  District 4 Grievance Committee, Former Chair

• Texas Monthly and Thomson Reuters Super Lawyer, 2006 - present
  Named as "Top 100 Trial lawyers for 2011" by The National Trial Lawyers Association, 2011 - present
  Lawyers Lifetime Achievement Society (Multi-Million Dollar Member), 2011
  Million Dollar Advocates Forum Life Member
  AV Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
  Named one of Houston's Top Lawyers by H Texas Magazine, 2005 - 2006
  Named a Professional on the Fast Track by H Texas Magazine, 2005 - 2006
  Recipient, Sea Strike Intelligence Officer of the Year Award
  

• METROPOLITAN TRANSIT V. MEB ENG
  Appellee: Attorney for the appellee, MEB Engineering Inc. The appellant, the Metropolitan Transit Authority appealed the denial of their plea to the jurisdiction relating to a breach of contract claim against them brought forth by the plaintiff/appellee. METRO argued that there were two separate points of error which occurred and led to the original judgment in favor of the plaintiff. Upon review of the case the court finds that the court did not err in their decision. The judgement of the court is affirmed and the appeal denied.

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(1996) Licensed as Attorney in Texas. Verified with Texas Bar Association.	August 24, 2016

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