Civil & Human Rights lawyers within 300 miles of Houston Texas

David was born in Houston and raised in the Northwest. After high school, David enlisted in the military with the Army National Guard. Prior to his junior year of college, David was deployed to Iraq and Kuwait in Operation Iraqi Freedom III with Task Force Liberty of the 42nd Infantry Division. While deployed, David completed eighteen college credits and was able to sustain a 4.0-grade point average during this period, ultimately earning him academic honors for his personal scholarly endeavor as well as an Army Achievement Medal for his logistical support in the war. After returning state-side and completing his undergrad, David returned to Texas and was admitted into South Texas College of Law Houston. While attending law school, David clerked full-time at The Kassab Law Firm, gaining extensive experience in civil litigation, while focusing almost exclusively in legal malpractice, attorney breach of fiduciary duty claims and legal ethics. During his third year of law school, David obtained his Temporary Trial Card and argued several motions and hearings in court while under the supervision of an attorney. After graduating law school and passing the Texas Bar Exam in 2010, David continued his employment with The Kassab Law Firm as a licensed attorney. Here, David combines his prior military experience with his formal legal and business training, allowing him to work efficiently and effectively under pressure, all in an effort to better serve our clients. While clerking for the Kassab Law firm and since his licensure, David has assisted in the resolution of several high-dollar legal malpractice cases, and has successfully litigated these legal malpractice cases to their resolution against some of Texas’ largest and most prestigious law firms. David has handled legal malpractice cases in Texas State and Federal Courts and has arbitrated cases before the American Arbitration Association. David is licensed to practice law in all Texas courts as well as the federal courts for the Southern and Western Districts of Texas. David is also licensed to practice law in the State of Missouri. David belongs to several professional organizations and is a member of the Texas Bar Association, the Missouri Bar Association, the American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, and Houston Young Lawyers Association. David is a published author in the American Bar Association’s Lawyers’ Manual on Professional Conduct, writing on the effects and impact of mandatory legal malpractice insurance link: https://www.bna.com/avoiding-accountability-rise-n57982093773/.

Wylie Kumler attended New Mexico State University, where he received a B.A. in English in 1998. After graduating from NMSU, Wylie worked as a case manager serving at-risk and homeless adolescents. In 2005, Wylie earned his J.D. from St. Mary’s University School of Law, where he served on the St. Mary’s Law Journal as staff writer and comment editor and interned for the Honorable Edward C. Prado., former U.S. District Court Judge, Western District of Texas. Wylie is an efficient, proactive, and hardworking attorney and legal strategist with over 16 years of civil litigation experience in Texas state and federal courts. He is Senior Trial Counsel at Germer’s Austin office and has represented a wide array of clients. While serving as an Assistant Attorney General, he defended state agencies, elected and appointed state officials, and state employees in civil rights and employment litigation. In private practice, Wylie represents a wide variety of clients including, but not limited to, Fortune 500 companies, small business and individuals whose industries include, among other things, retail, hospitality, real estate development, property management, construction, manufacturing and transportation. Wylie’s practice includes construction law, employment law, insurance law, personal injury defense, premises liability, products liability, torts, and transportation. Wylie is licensed to practice in Texas trial courts, Texas Courts of Appeals, the United States District Courts for the Western, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of Texas, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Wylie was selected as a “Texas Rising Star” by Texas Super Lawyers, a Thompson Reuters publication, from 2010 – 2015.

Karen Landinger is a highly experienced appellate attorney who has spent 30 years successfully representing public and private clients in state and federal courts. She began her career as the Deputy Appellate Chief for the El Paso District Attorney’s Office, where she represented the State in high profile cases and helped secure the passage of key legislation. Karen transitioned into private practice in 2000, expanding her experience to constitutional law, construction, insurance, contract, product liability, personal injury, wrongful death, business, international law administrative law and medical malpractice. Karen joined Germer in its San Antonio Office in 2022 where she focuses her practice on appellate work and the defense of corporate and individual business.