Justin L. Williams

While Mr. Williams has tried numerous cases to verdict on both the Plaintiff and Defense side, since 2008 after a successful battle against pancreatic cancer, he has limited his practice to representing Plaintiffs. In 2000 he obtained a $19,925,000.00 verdict for a Doctor terminated by an HMO for standing up for patients rights. The case was the subject of news and magazine coverage all over the country including the cover story of the June 6, 2001 MEDICAL ECONOMICS magazine. Mr. Williams firm, COLE, EASLEY, SCIBA & WILLIAMS  will celebrate its 61st anniversary representing injured workers and their families or other victims of negligence or fraud in business disputes in June 2015. He has successfully represented injured workers and their families in Texas, North Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming, Indiana, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Florida, and acted as co-counsel in other States. He has handled cases from Trinidad in the Caribbean, to Mexico and the off-shore and in-land waters of Africa, the North Sea and Switzerland.   Justin Williams and Jeff Weikum, of North Dakota’s Pagel Weikum who partner with Cole, Esley, Sciba & Williams in North Dakota oil & gas cases were interviewed for a  nationwide print article, and a radio and television documentary on the dangers of the oil industry in North Dakota which aired on both NPR and the PBS News Hour.  Mr. Williams won his greatest victory in 2008 when he underwent a “whipple” operation at M. D. Anderson and defeated pancreatic cancer. He and his wife have spent time counseling other cancer victims since this battle. Mr. Williams and his families battle with cancer provides the empathy for his courtroom success representing the injured. Mr. Williams is a 2015 member of the Texas Trial lawyers Association Board of Directors and concentrates his practice on catastrophic injuries in the oil field, chemical plants and highways, representing the victims of bad drugs and the pharmaceutical industry, medical negligence or product liability and insurance fraud. Mr. Williams is an experienced admiralty and maritime attorney having started his practice with the oldest maritime firm in the State of Texas. Prior to becoming a full time Plaintiff’s attorney, Mr. Williams was a successful Defense attorney representing Halliburton company and its affiliates, Mobil Oil Corporation and it’s affiliates and Westinghouse Electric corporation all over the world. He represented almost every major oil company, many service companies and a large number of Independents in trying numerous oil, gas, and chemical cases. This experience has proven advantageous to his representation of injured workers and their families.

Texas 1983

North Dakota 2015

United States District courts for the Southern District of Texas 1983

United States District Court for the District of North Dakota 2015

Firth Circuit 1984

United States District courts for the Eastern & Northern districts of Texas 2012

United States District Court for the Western District of Texas 2015

Pro Hoc Vice State District courts North Dakota 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

Pro Hoc Vice United States Federal Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division, 2012

Pro Hoc Vice State District Courts for the State of Minnesota 2011

Pro Hoc Vice United States District Court for the Northern district of Georgia

Pro Hoc Vice United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Pro Hoc Vice United States District Court for North Dakota

Pro Hoc Vice United States District Court for Utah

Pro Hac Vice United States District t Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, May 2019

University of Houston B. A. Political Science

University of Houston Law Center J. D.

Partner, COLE, EASLEY, SCIBA & WILLIAMS, P. C. Jan. 2015-present;

Partner, COLE, COLE & EASLEY, P. C. November 2012-Jan. 2015;

Partner, Hilliard Munoz Gonzales, P. C. Jan. 2011-Nov. 2012;

Partner, WILLIAMS, KASPARITIS & GOWEN, P. C.

Partner, Meredith, Donnell & Abernathy, P. C.

Associate, Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, P. C.

Elected to Board of Directors of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association

Super Lawyer 2013-15

The National Trial Lawyers Association: Top 100 Lawyers in Nation

AV Pre-eminent rating by Martindale Hubbell for over 15 years in a row

Associate Editor Houston Law Review

BOARD CERTIFIED CIVIL TRIAL LAW: National Board of Trial Advocacy

Board of Directors: Texas Trial Lawyers Association;

Injury Board

American Bar Association

State Bar of Texas

Nueces County Bar Association

American Association for Justice

Maritime Law Association

PBS News Hour: Dangers of the Oil Field in North Dakota

All Things Considered, Dangers of the Oil Field in North Dakota

Politico magazine and “realnews.com: There Will Be Blood: Bakken Oil field

New York Times: The Downside of the Boom, November 22, 2014

Medical Economics Magazine, June 6, 2001: The Bittersweet Victory of Dr. Schulze.

Corpus Christi Caller Times, Dallas Morning News, Houston Chronicle, Wall Street Journal; articles about the Schulze vs. Humana Case

Schulze v. Humana Health Care Plan et al, District Court, Nueces County, Texas, verdict, $19,925,000.00;

Brandy Overcash Ind/a/n/f of Overcash Children and Darrell Overcash deceased vs. Jones Contracting Inc., and Ian O’Neal United States District Court for North Dakota, Bismarck Division jury verdict, Judgement, December 2016

Settlement, Rohr v. Continental Resources Co., et al, State District Court, North Dakota, confidential amount;

Settlement, Hysjulien v. Oasis Petroleum Corporation, et al, State District Court, North Dakota, confidential amount;

Settlement, Wegnar v. Oasis Petroleum corporation, et al, State District Court, North Dakota, confidential amount;

Settlement, Brooks v. Kawasaki North America, et al, District Court, Harris County, Texas, confidential amount;

Settlement, Herrera v. Citgo, et al, District Court, Nueces County, Texas, $7,000,000.00;

Settlement, Vail v. Oxy U. s. a., et al, District Court, Harris County, Texas & state district court, North Dakota, confidential amount.

Settlement, Barns v. Stallion et. al., State District Court, Northwestern District, Williams County North Dakota,  $4,700,000 loss of leg below the knee.

Settlement, Pyle et al, v. XTO et al, State District Court, Northwestern Judicial District, Williams County, North Dakota, confidential settlement.

Decker v. I. E. Miller, Inc., United States District Court, Western Division of North Dakota, Bismarck District, verdict $4,650,000 back injury reduced by employer negligence 2017.

Verdict Robert Todd Simmons v. Cudd Pressure Control, Inc, Murex, State District Court Wi8lliams County, North Dakota, January 30, 2020 $9, 457, 000.00

Settlement, Hammon v. QEP Energy Company, et al., State District Court, Northwestern Judicial District, Williams County, North Dakota, confidential settlement.

Stutzman v. Mobil Oil Corp, et al District Court, Jefferson County, Tx, Tex. Civ. App-9th (Beaumont), Texas Supreme Court;

Schulze v. Human Health Pan, et al, District Court, Nueces County, Texas;

Irwin v. Halliburton Energy services, et al, District Court, Jefferson County, Texas;

Edwards v. Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Texas, District Court, Dallas County, Texas, Tex. Civ. App.-5th (Dallas), Texas Supreme Court;

Brooks v. Kawasaki North America, et al, District Court, Harris County, Texas;

Rohr v. Continental Resources Co., et al, State District Court, North Dakota,

G. N. O. B. F. A. 1993 River & Marine Seminar, Speaker; “Verdicts & Values in
Texas.”

Texas Association of Legal Professionals, October 6, 2012; Speaker: “The Right To Jury Trial”

Texas Claims Adjusters Association, 1992, State Convention, “Bad Faith Mock Trial”;

C. C. A. L. P. Speaker, “Jury Trials” March 2011;

T. C. A. A. 1994, “Bad Faith in Texas.”

Nueces County Association of Legal Professionals, 2012, Speaker: “The Right to Jury Trial Under Attack

Keynote Speaker 2019 Annual MENSA Conference, Phoenix Arizona, Dangers of Big Oil and Individualism and Exceptionalism.

Houston Journal of International Law, Vol. 6, Number 1, “FORUM SELECTION CLAUSES: WHERE THEY ARE-WHERE THEY ARE GOING?”

G. N. O. B. F. A. ; Verdicts and Values in Texas, 1993;

Coach, various Little League Baseball and basketball teams;

Lector: St. Thomas More and St. Pious Catholic Churches;

Member: Bishop’s Appeal;

Pro Bono Services, Nueces County;

Knights of Columbus;