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Mark T. Murray is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and in Civil Pretrial Practice and Civil Trial Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Mark’s years of practice are distinguished by personal achievements and honors that few in the legal community attain. Mark was chosen as a Texas Super Lawyer in 2003 and every year since by Texas Monthly Publication, placing him in the top 5% of all lawyers in the State of Texas. He is currently listed in the Texas Super Lawyers Top Attorneys and the Houston Region Top 100 where he is further recognized by area of practice. Mr. Murray achieved the No.1 Texas jury verdict for a Workplace Safety claim in 2011, affirmed on appeal to the Texas Court of Appeals, and was inducted into the Texas Verdicts Hall of Fame in 2013. Mr. Murray is a certified member of the Multi Million Dollar Advocates Forum and a Life Member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, where membership is limited to attorneys who have won million and multimillion dollar verdicts and settlements. Less than 1% of U.S. attorneys are members of this prestigious group of trial lawyers. He has also been selected as a Houston Top Lawyer by H Texas magazine and Houstonia magazine. Mark is a past president of the Houston Trial Lawyers Association, an organization committed solely to protecting, promoting and safeguarding the rights of people who must seek redress in law. Mark is also a Life Fellow in the Texas Bar Foundation, the largest charitable-funded bar foundation in the country. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas and Houston Bar Association. Mark also strives to improve advocacy skills of young lawyers by teaching as an Adjunct Professor at South Texas College of Law, where he has taught for nineteen years. He served as the 2011 President of the South Texas Alumni Association, and is a frequent CLE lecturer and contributor. Mr. Murray has been recognized by Klein ISD on its Alumni Hall of Honor Wall. He received the 2014 South Texas College of Law Alumni Impact Award and was further honored with the establishment of a scholarship in his name. Born in Colorado, Mark was raised and educated in Texas, where he received his B.A. from Baylor University and his J.D. from South Texas College of Law. Mark’s exceptional advocacy skills in law school earned his admission to the esteemed Order of the Barristers. After graduating law school in 1990, Mark joined the firm of Tucker, Hendryx and Gascoyne, litigating cases for those who had been sued. Mark began working for injured individuals five years later when he joined the firm of Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Matthews & Friend, and has since devoted his practice to protecting the rights of those injured through the negligent and willful conduct of others. Mark joined John W. Stevenson, Jr. in 2005. Other memberships held by Mr. Murray include former Director, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, the American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate), the American Association of Justice, the State Bar of Texas, and the Houston area, Federal and American Bar Associations

Admission Dates & Jurisdictions

Texas 1991

Education

Baylor University, B.A.

South Texas College of Law Houston, J.D.

Professional Experience

Stevenson & Murray

Abraham Watkins

Tucker Hendryx & Gascoyne

Professional Associations

American Board of Trial Advocates

American Association of Justice

Texas Trial Lawyers Association

Houston Trial Lawyers Association

American Bar Association