Richard W. Avery
E-mail: ravery@gpm-law.com Location: Houston Office
Telephone: (713) 237-3157
Contact Richard W. Avery using the contact form on the right.
Legal Assistant: Janice Johnson
Mr. Avery's practice currently includes representation and defense of professionals including architects, engineers, legal and accounting professionals. He also handles litigation and arbitration of commercial and industrial construction disputes representing interests of architects/engineers and contractors; and litigation involving toxic tort, and related environmental matters against remediation contractors and testing firms."
He is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
While in law school, Mr. Avery was also a member of the Ohio State Law Review.
Practice GroupsConcentration
- Insurance Defense
Education:
University of Cincinnati (B.A. 1969)
Ohio State University (J.D. 1973)
Affiliations:
Houston Bar Association (past Chairman, Construction Law Section)
State Bar of Texas (past Chairman, Architect/Engineer Liability Committee of the Construction Law Section)
American Bar Association
Order of the Coif
Representative Engagements:
Mr. Avery has presented the following lectures and/or papers:
"Design Professional Liability - Update and Trends," State Bar of Texas 9th Annual Construction Law Conference, February 8 & 9, 1996.
"Contractor Design Responsibility," (speaker; additional printed annotated material), State Bar of Texas Annual Construction Law Conference, February, 1994.
"Design Professional Liability - Update and Trends," (speaker; additional printed annotated materials), State Bar of Texas Annual Construction Law Conference, February, 1996.
Editor of the Butler & Binion Texas Insurance Report.
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