Brenham Maritime Lawyers

Vuk Vajasinovic is a first generation but a proud lifelong Houstonian. Vuk prides himself on how he is willing to give anyone who comes to his office with as much information as possible to help you out in your case, including any books his firm has written. He even will review your case for free with no obligations. He earned his law degree from the University of Houston law center where he was selected for an associate editor of the Houston Law Review. Vuk began his legal career with one of the largest law firms in the world Shook, Hardy,...

Attorney Brian White represents injured persons in personal injury matters. Brian has a very good reputation as a skilled trial attorney who will work tirelessly for his clients. Brian White is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Only about 5% of Texas lawyers are board certified. Brian has obtained significant trial verdicts as well as settlements on behalf of clients across the United States. The firm is located in Houston, Texas and handles significant personal injury cases across Texas.

Mr. Slania graduated magna cum laude from Saint Louis University with a Bachelor of Arts in English in 2003. At Saint Louis University, he was a three-year catcher for the baseball team and received the honor of Outstanding Performance from Conference USA. In 2006, he received his Juris Doctorate from University of Houston Law Center, where he was editor of the Houston Law Review and received the designation of Best Law Review Comment about Corporate Law. He is currently licensed to practice law in Texas and Arizona and was recognized in the Texas Super Lawyers List by Thomson Reuters in 2022 and Super...

Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law Specialization In my years of practice, I have been honored to represent people who, without my help, would have been devastated by the lack of concern from companies to the needs of working families that have been affected by an injury. The greed of companies, be they railroad companies,maritime companies, or insurance companies inevitably overrides their sense of justice that should be present when someone gets hurt. At Gordon & Elias, we understand what it is like to lose the income of the "bread winner" in the family, or, even worse, to lose the...

Daniel Horowitz received his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas McCombs School of Business and his Doctorate of Jurisprudence from South Texas School of Law. While at the University of Texas, Daniel served as the Treasurer of the Silver Spurs, an organization he continues to support as a member of the Board of Directors. Daniel's practice is devoted nearly one hundred percent to plaintiffs' personal injury. He handles a variety of lawsuits including catastrophic injuries, wrongful death, explosions, petrochemical accidents, pharmaceutical litigation, and vehicular accidents. In 2008, Daniel became Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law...

Attorney Caj Boatright grew up in Sweetwater, a small town in west Texas. He attended Southwestern University of Georgetown, and graduated cum laude with Honors as a double major in Political Science and History. He earned his J.D. from the University of Texas Law School, where he also met and became friends with Kurt Arnold and Jason Itkin. Following law school, Attorney Boatright worked for the largest firm in Fort Worth, where he handled cases related to all types of litigation and appellate matters. In 2006, he joined Kurt and Jason at their small firm, Arnold & Itkin...

Victoria Alford joined Arnold & Itkin LLP in 2011. Today, she spends much of her time guiding the firm’s newest clients through the initial steps of their case while handling her own caseload. Victoria is the first point of contact for almost all clients and is a key part of the firm's—and the client’s—success. Most of the firm’s record-setting cases involve clients whom Ms. Alford spoke to when they first called for help, like a young man who suffered life-threatening injuries in a refinery accident. He eventually reached an $87 million settlement.

Victoria has dedicated her career to helping people in...

Karen Grossman has over 35 years’ experience as a maritime attorney, and as a trial attorney handles cruise passengers’ and crewmembers’ personal injury claims, including shipboard medical malpractice, slip and falls, and serious injuries. She is particularly skilled at representing victims of sexual assault with sensitivity and discretion. Ms. Grossman worked for many years representing all major cruise lines and has a unique understanding of the challenges associated with living and vacationing on a cruise ship. She now focuses her career on representing persons injured on cruise ships and devotes her time to getting top results for passengers and crew...

Matthew Zarghouni is the founder at Zar Law, PLLC. He practices primarily in personal injury, insurance litigation, and commercial litigation. Matthew has fought for the rights of over a thousand clients in both personal injury and insurance coverage disputes and routinely represents commercial clients in lawsuits involving business torts and contract disputes. Prior to starting Zar Law, Matthew worked at a prominent law firm as a business torts and intellectual property litigator, a position that gave him extensive experience in federal courts. Matthew is a regular participant in multi-district litigation and is experienced in mass tort litigation. ...

Attorney Noah Wexler is a highly experienced trial lawyer who has handled tens of thousands of cases in the past decade. Due to his commitment to his clients, keen skills in preparing for trials, attention to detail, and his ability to identify strategies that force insurers and negligent companies to pay maximum compensation, Noah has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars. While he is highly skilled in various areas of personal injury law, he focuses the majority of his work handling catastrophic truck accident cases, pharmaceutical cases, complex product liability cases, wrongful death cases, and catastrophic offshore injury cases throughout...

Nick Morrow is an aggressive and relentless trial lawyer, committed to getting his clients results as quickly as possible. From growing up in a small town to succeeding at the highest levels of corporate law, Nick has a unique life experience. This helps him understand his clients’ needs, solve complicated problems, negotiate settlements with large and powerful companies, and connect with judges and juries. Most importantly, he is fiercely loyal to his clients. Nick is a fourth-generation Texan. He grew up in a middle class family in Sealy. He was brought up in a home that valued hard work,...

Hank Stout co-founded Sutliff & Stout, Injury & Accident Law Firm because he wanted to help real people with real problems. Raised in a small West Texas town, Hank was taught the value of hard work, determination, fairness, and helping others. As a Board-Certified personal injury lawyer, Hank has spent the last decade helping others who were harmed by the carelessness of others. Hank has been selected by Thomson Reuters as a Super Lawyer since 2012. He has also been recognized as one of Houston’s top personal injury lawyers by H Magazine and Houstonia Magazine. While Hank appreciates of this recognition, he is most...

In 2014, Attorney Kala Sellers joined Arnold & Itkin LLP, bringing a passion for justice, which she pursues with tireless dedication on behalf of each of her clients. As a natural performer who grew up on the stage, Kala applies her skill, composure, and ability to thrive under pressure to the courtroom. Kala majored in Political Science at Duke University, where she received a Certificate in Policy Journalism and Media Studies. While maintaining her studies, she also completed an internship at CNN during a semester in New York City. After graduation, she continued her education at Baylor Law School to...

Eric Allen is a trial lawyer who focuses on representing clients who were injured in car, truck and bus accidents, offshore accidents, and by dangerous prescription drugs. He brings a unique background to his practice which includes military service and more than a decade of award winning television news reporting in such places as Washington, D.C., Misawa, Japan, and Austin, Texas. Mr. Allen spent his youth in Indiana and Arizona before traveling extensively as a non-commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy aboard the aircraft carrier, USS Nimitz, CVN 68, and later, as a journalist. He received his...

With over eight years of experience working as a law enforcement officer before becoming an attorney and taking positions with a pair of district attorney’s offices, Jerrell Wise brings a unique perspective to Grossman Law Offices. After leaving college, Mr. Wise dedicated the next eight years of his life to defending the citizens and property as a member of the Mesquite Police Department, handling all sorts of investigations into domestic assaults, robberies, traffic accidents, and burglaries, and responding to 911 calls of all sorts. Mr. Wise followed his love the law to Houston, where he enrolled in law school and took...

Law Office of Laura Y. Rodriguez represents individuals who have suffered serious injuries at work, on oil rigs and in vehicle accidents. Workers’ Compensation laws may help you recover financial compensation for medical bills and lost wages. Ms. Rodriguez completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Texas at Brownsville. During her studies at St. Mary’s University School of Law, she also attended the University of Innsbruck in Austria where she studied International Law.

Cory Itkin is one of the most aggressive and prepared trial lawyers in the country with experience ranging in maritime accidents, trucking accidents, plant explosions, and other high-stakes personal injury cases. Cory has won verdicts and settlements for his clients in more than two dozen states. He has also obtained favorable results in high profile litigation such as his clients who lost loved ones or were injured in the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion.

Some of Cory’s best work has been on the cases that presented the biggest challenges. Cory has won jury verdicts in excess of $1 million in at least...

A licensed attorney in Texas and Louisiana, Kyle Findley helps to lead clients of Arnold & Itkin LLP to obtaining exceptional results. Kyle attended the University of Texas in Austin as a sixth-generation Texan. He graduated with honors and received a Bachelor of Arts in government with business foundations. After graduation, he spent time working for a national real estate firm, specializing in investment sales and representing high-net-worth individuals and institutions. While his time in real estate allowed him to gain develop invaluable negotiation skills, which resulted in the closing of one of the largest transactions at his firm,...

Michael Callahan is a trial lawyer who fights for people. He has practiced in the area of personal injury law his entire legal career. Michael specializes in representing victims in serious injury cases, such as those involving spinal cord injury, paralysis, brain injury, loss of limb, burns, and wrongful death. Michael received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1989. Upon graduation, he moved to Houston to work as a design and construction engineer. For the next several years, Michael worked for two major engineering/construction firms and was involved in the...

Niles J. Sneed is a trial lawyer practicing representing victims of catastrophic personal injuries caused by highway accidents, 18-wheeler accidents, motorcycle accidents, on-the-job accidents/explosions, boat and offshore accidents, defective consumer products, and wrongful termination matters. Mr. Sneed is devoted to passionately assisting people in need and continues in his philanthropic endeavors by devoting himself not only to charity and non-profit endeavors throughout Texas. Mr. Niles J. Sneed continues to show his colleagues and community that diligence, discipline, and perseverance are what drives the success we can obtain for our clients.

Annie McAdams exclusively represents plaintiffs who have been harmed by the wrongdoing of others. She attended the University of Texas at Austin for undergraduate studies and upon graduation she attended South Texas College of Law to become a trial lawyer. Ms. McAdams joined The Steelman Law Firm after graduating in 2005 and in 2006 was offered a partnership at the firm as a result of her exceptional case results.

Adam Lewis was born in Clear Lake, Texas. Due to his father’s employment in the oil and gas industry, Adam moved to various places such as Louisiana, Nigeria, Scotland, and England. After graduating high school in England, Adam returned to his roots to attend Texas Tech University. While there, Adam pursued History and Political Science before receiving his diploma in 2008. After graduation, he went to Houston, Texas, where he worked in numerous legal industries such as pharmaceutical litigation and litigation support and technology.

Adam’s career choices led him to Park City, UT, where he worked in the legal department of...

Seerden spent several years at the beginning of his career working on their side of the legal fence, as an attorney in a large law firm defending insurance companies. So, he knows how they operate.

Seerden joined that large firm in Houston after receiving his J.D. from South Texas College of Law in 1998 and gained valuable trial experience there. However, he soon discovered he was on the wrong side.

“In general, I was representing corporations and preventing individuals from getting something they were entitled to,” he says. “Even though I was winning, it wasn’t always a good feeling. My job was...

Graham E. Sutliff grew up in San Angelo, Texas in a family of six. From an early age, in this close-knit West Texas town, he learned the value of hard work, determination and fighting for what is right. Graham and his now partner Hank, who became friends at age four, found an early interest in the law by playing in the halls of the Tom Green County Courthouse. As a young man, his interest in the law continued to grow and he set out to find a way to use this passion to help others. At the University of Mississippi, after...

Practice Areas: Maritime, Energy Transportation, and Insurance Law. Experience Includes: Maritime liens, vessel allisions & collisions, maritime personal injuries, ocean marine and inland cargo, interpretation of insurance policies, insurance bad faith actions, premises liability, acting as a mediator and arbitrator Services: Along with providing legal services to clients I am also asked from time to time to provide consulting services and expert testimony on maritime law and insurance law matters. I am also asked from time to time to act as an arbitrator and/or mediator in disputes. Peer Rated: AV Preeminent by the Martindale â Hubbell peer review rating system, the highest...

Attorney Rick Molina is a personal injury lawyer based in Houston, Texas, with over 20 years of experience. He represents individuals who have been seriously injured in accidents due to negligence. Molina began his legal career as an Assistant District Attorney (ADA) for Harris County, Texas, where he advocated for victims' rights and prosecuted serious crimes. This role provided him with significant trial experience, which he leverages in his personal injury practice. After leaving the District Attorney's office, Molina worked at some of the largest law firms and insurance companies in Texas, gaining valuable insights into how these entities...

Attorney Santana McMurrey joined the team at Arnold & Itkin LLP in 2014, focusing on pharmaceutical products liability to help families of children who were harmed by dangerous effects of prescription drugs. Raised in Freeport, Texas, Santana attended the University of Texas at Austin, where she received her bachelor’s degree. After graduating from college, Santana worked for a law firm in Houston where she discovered her calling and resolved to go to law school. She went on to attend South Texas College of Law, receiving a Dean’s Merit Scholarship and repeatedly making the Dean’s list. During law school, she...

Robert Killeen was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1962. He attended Tulane University in New Orleans where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History in 1984, and a Juris Doctor in 1987. Mr. Killeen was admitted to the Louisiana Bar in 1987, and the Texas Bar in 1990. He is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, United States Court of Federal Claims, United States District Courts for the Southern, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of Texas, and United States District Courts for the Western, Middle and Eastern Districts...

Karen handles complex insurance coverage, defense and subrogation cases in state and federal trial and appeal courts. Her practice focuses on energy and marine claims, and includes professional liability, commercial property, builder's risk and general liability disputes.

Brit N. Mitchell is a Texas trial lawyer practicing representing victims of catastrophic personal injuries caused by highway accidents, 18-wheeler accidents, auto accidents, motorcycle accidents, on-the-job accidents/explosions, boat and offshore accidents, defective consumer products, and prescription drugs. Ms. Mitchell has devoted his entire career to passionately assisting people in need and continues in her community outreach endeavors by devoting herself not only to the people of Houston but to those throughout the United States, with an additional focus in California. Ms. Brit Mitchell continues to show her colleagues and community that diligence, discipline, and perseverance are what drive success for...

Brian Beckom moved around a bit growing up due to his father being in the air force, but now he calls Houston, Texas home and is a proud sixth generation Texan. His father is his hero, raising him and his younger brother by himself after his moms death at 10 years old. Thanks to his dad's dedication he was able to attend Texas A & M for Computer Science and there walked onto the basketball team. While a student he also participated in the Corps of Cadets and a Ross Volunteer which is an student organization that serves as the...

Leandro Luzone provides international advice for companies and individuals to help on the complex legal and tax regimes worlwide. He possesses a powerful combination of expert knowledge and innate leadership abilities. He is often recommended as a corporate lawyer with a diplomatic yet firm approach to handling conflicts. Luzone has a valuable expertise in civil & commercial law, business law, as well as private international law, being involved in major projects at domestic and international level. His connections worldwide help his clients' projects flourish. Besides that, he is a very dedicated professional, taking a result-oriented approach which all clients are looking...