Health Care lawyers within 100 miles of Beaumont Texas

Chad Castille is a Principal in the Houston office of Germer and concentrates his practice on complex civil litigation. Chad has represented individuals, small businesses, and Fortune 500 corporations in a diverse array of civil litigation matters including, but not limited to, cases involving medical negligence, business disputes and commercial litigation, commercial and residential construction, product liability, premises liability, professional liability, oil and gas, and wrongful death and personal injury. Chad’s experience handling wrongful death and catastrophic personal injury matters includes numerous cases involving medical malpractice, product liability, and premises accidents. Chad’s commercial litigation experience includes cases involving construction litigation, tortious interference, royalty litigation, lease termination cases, disputes arising under operating agreements and breach of contract. Chad also routinely advises and assists his corporate clients on a variety of matters including contract negotiations, joint ventures, and employment. Chad has extensive trial experience involving complex high exposure cases relating to product defect, construction, and medical malpractice. He also practices extensively in New Mexico and has handled cases in nearly every county in that state. In addition, Chad has tried more than a dozen cases before the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”). When Chad is not pursuing outstanding results on behalf of clients, he invests time in service of his community helping with several charitable organizations including UNICEF and Project 88. He also enjoys spending his free time with his wife, Kristin, son, Graham and daughter, Olivia.

John E. Spalding is a principal in the Houston office at Germer. He has been practicing law for almost forty years. He has defended thousands of cases and tried over fifty defense cases to successful jury verdicts. He has also handled dozens of plaintiffs’ cases and tried two plaintiffs’ cases to successful jury verdicts. He has been involved in mass tort litigation, high exposure medical malpractice cases, handling negative media, products liability, pharmaceutical products liability, construction, insurance coverage and commercial litigation.

Matt McCracken has more than thirty years of trial, appellate and administrative law experience representing medical, legal, insurance and other professionals as well as product manufacturers, energy companies, telecommunications companies and medical institutions. Matt has defended numerous doctors, nurses and insurance professionals at their respective licensing boards. Matt is a well-known figure at the Texas Medical Board where he guides doctors through the professional disciplinary process and licensure issues. Notably, Matt briefed and argued the seminal case of American Transitional Care v. Palacios; 46 S.W.3d 873 (Tex. 2001) at the Texas Supreme Court. This important decision established minimum standards for preliminary expert reports in medical malpractice cases, and set the standard of appellate review in dismissals of medical malpractice cases under Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. Ann. Article 4590i §13.01, now Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Chapter 74. This case has been cited by appellate courts over 5,000 times and continues to instruct and inform judges and lawyers across the State of Texas.

Valerie Ly was born in Houston and grew up in Angleton, Texas. She graduated from Southern Methodist University in 2004 with a degree in Finance. She then received her J.D. from SMU in 2007. While at SMU, Valerie received First Place at the National Entertainment Law Moot Court Competition and served as an intern to a United States Bankruptcy Judge. After law school, Valerie practiced law in Dallas for a few years, worked for an appellate judge, and then moved to Northern California and began practicing civil litigation. Valerie defended public entities, hospitals, health care professionals, individual and corporate defendants involving claims of personal injury, violation of civil rights, professional negligence, and wrongful death. In 2014, Valerie moved back to Houston to be closer to her family and she began her career at Germer. Valerie represents small business owners, corporations, insurance companies and individuals. Valerie’s practice areas include personal injury defense, premises liability, oil and gas litigation, construction liability, and products liability.

William is a seasoned trial attorney with over 30 years of experience litigating claims involving personal injury, medical malpractice, professional negligence, products liability, motor vehicle collisions, deceptive trade practices, premises liability, property/casualty losses and insurance coverage. William has a strong background defending physicians and hospitals, as well as companies involved with pharmaceuticals and medical devices. He has been involved with various mass tort dockets. In connection therewith, he has specific expertise managing large caseloads and providing liability/damage assessments, budgeting projections and resolution strategies. He has substantial experience with jurisdictional challenges, venue disputes, preemption, large document productions, privilege and confidentiality issues, corporate witness and expert depositions, expert challenges, discovery/summary judgment motions and trial. William has tried cases in Texas and New Mexico, and been involved with various national trial teams and formulation of national litigation strategies.