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(Main Office) Matthews & Associates practices in the following areas of law: General Civil Practice, Trial Practice in many State and Federal Courts, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Medical Malpractice, and Wrongful Death.Year Established: 2007Firm Profile: Founded by David P. Matthews, a former partner in one of the oldest plaintiff's firms in Texas, Matthews & Associates is a personal injury firm of trial lawyers as well as researchers, investigators, consultants and an of counsel licensed physician. All specialize in standing up for people harmed by negligence, greed or incompetence. With more than 70 years of combined legal experience, we have represented injured victims in most of the 50 states and Puerto Rico.

A nationally-recognized personal injury firm, our attorneys have recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for our injured clients. Our personal injury lawyers have represented clients who have suffered serious and catastrophic injuries or death due to harmful drugs; defective medical devices and medical products; work accidents; truck accidents; motor vehicle, pedestrian, bicycle, aviation and construction accidents; premises liability; medical malpractice; other accident and toxic tort cases including but not limited to mesothelioma related to asbestos exposure; electrocutions; chemical release; explosions; petrochemical accidents; dangerous highways; birth injuries; rape, sexual molestation, nursing home abuse, and abuse by clergy.Firm Size: 5Languages: Spanish.Office Hours:Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PMTuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PMWednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PMThursday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PMFriday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PMSaturday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PMSunday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PMMEMBER OF FIRMDavid P. Matthews (Founder) admitted to bar, 1988, Texas; 1990, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1993, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1996, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; 2004, New York and Mississippi; 2005, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas. Education: University of Wisconsin (B.A., 1984); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1988). 2006, Texas Super Lawyer; Honors: Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards: Property, Civil Procedure; Law Review: South Texas College Law Review, Assistant Editor, 1988, Comment Editor; Author: "Self Insureds and Non-Subscribing Suing and Defending", Damage Control Institute, 1997; "New Horizons in Damages", Damage Control Institute, 1997; Adjunct Professor, South Texas College of Law. Member: State Bar of Texas; Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Associate Director); American Association for Justice; American Bar Association; American Board of Trial Advocates; Houston Bar Association; Houston Young Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation. (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Asbestos Litigation; Product Defects; Pharmaceutical Products; Wrongful Death; Toxic Torts; Medical Malpractice; Civil Practice; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Mass Torts; Class Actions; Product Failure; Products Liability; Product Recall; Explosions; Federal Civil Practice; Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Trial Practice; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Automobile Negligence; Breach of Warranty; Diet Drug Litigation; Environmental Products Liability; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Premises Liability; Product Warning Labels; Product Safety.ASSOCIATESAdam T. Funk (Associate) born Houston, Texas; admitted to bar, 2008, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 2004); University of Houston (J.D., with honors, 2008). Member: State Bar of Texas; Texas Trial Lawyers Association; American Inns of Court; American Association of Justice. Languages: Hebrew and Spanish. Email: Adam T. FunkJulie L. Rhoades (Associate) admitted to bar, 1988, Texas; 2006, New York; U.S. District Court, Southern, Western, Eastern and Northern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit. Education: Southwest Texas State University (B.A., 1983); South Texas College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1988). Order of the Lytae; Delta Zeta; Sigma Nu Sweetheart, 1983. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Awards in Western Legal Tradition, Real Property II, Marital Property, Law Office Technology; Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Award, 1987-1988. Lead Articles Editor, South Texas Law Review. Co-Author: HMO Liability, 15th Annual Advanced Personal Injury Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 1999. Briefing Attorney, Texas Court of Appeals, Dallas, 1988-1989. Member: Houston, New York State, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Trial Lawyers Association; Houston Trial Lawyers Association; Association of Women Attorneys. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Products Liability; Pharmaceutical Products; Sexual Abuse; Water Pollution; Federal Trial Practice; Hazardous Materials and Substances; Multidistrict Litigation; Trial Practice; Animal Bites; Motor Vehicle Accidents; Premises Liability; Property Damage; Wrongful Death; Asbestos Litigation; Chemicals and Cosmetics; Machinery and Tools; Medical Products and Devices; Recreational Products Liability; Nursing Home Injuries; Diet Drug Litigation.Ms. Rachal Rojas (Associate) born Corpus Christi, Texas, 1979; admitted to bar, 2008, Texas. Education: Columbia University (B.A.); University of Houston (J.D.). Practice Areas: Personal Injury.Lizy Santiago (Associate) admitted to bar, 1996, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: University of Houston (B.S., Legal Studies); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1996). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Pharmaceutical Litigation; Medical Products and Devices; Motor Vehicle Defects; Chemicals and Cosmetics; Aviation Accidents; Motor Vehicle Accidents; Premises Liability; Railroad Accidents; Wrongful Death.Jason C. Webster (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, Texas; 2002, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi and Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; 2003, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit. Education: Sam Houston State University (B.A., 1997); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2001). Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association; Houston Young Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Texas Trial Lawyers Association; Houston Trial Lawyers Association; United States Court of Federal Claims. Practice Areas: Litigation; Civil Trial Practice; Consumer Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Admiralty Law; Aviation Law; Wrongful Death.OF COUNSELColeman F. Wait (Of Counsel) born San Antonio, Texas, January 7, 1959; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.A., cum laude, 1981); Baylor College of Medicine (M.D., 1985); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1990). Medical License, Texas, 1986. Transitional Internship, Baylor Affiliated Hospital, 1986. Certified Mediator, A.A. White Dispute Resolution Institute, 1991. Attorneys-Medicators Institute, Dallas, 1991. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Houston Trial Lawyers Association; Texas Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Harris County Medical Society; Texas Medical Association; American Medical Association; Houston Medical Legal Society. Fellow: American College of Legal Medicine. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury.Other Office Addresses:

New York, N.Y. Office: 1230 Avenue of the Americas, 7th Floor, 10020. Telephone: 646-756-2601. Toll Free: 888-222-7052. Fax: 646-756-2999.

Location: 2905 Sackett Street, Houston, Texas 77098, (Ft. Bend, Harris & Montgomery Cos.)View Map