Alton C. Todd - Friendswood, TX

Alton C. Todd Overview

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Among fewer than two percent of Texas attorneys Board Certified in both Personal Injury and Civil Trial Law, Alton Todd is a member and Diplomate of the American Board of Trial Advocates and admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as the Fifth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals, the U.S. District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Texas and the Western District of Arkansas.   He is also a Fellow with the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1971 after earning his law degree at Southern Methodist University, Todd first practiced with a Galveston insurance defense firm, later joining the law firm of Wellborn, Britt and Brown in Alvin, Texas. It was during his 25-year personal injury practice in Alvin that The Law Firm of Alton C. Todd was formed, which moved to Friendswood in 2000.

While building a solid practice general civil and trial law, personal injury, negligence, products liability, medical malpractice and employment law, Alton Todd has remained actively involved in numerous professional organizations that allow him to contribute to his profession while continuing his legal education in order to serve clients to the best of his ability. These affiliations include

• AARP Legal Services Network
• American Bar Association
• Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Court
• Brazoria County Bar Association
• Director of College of the State Bar of Texas
• Galveston County Bar Association
• Million Dollar Advocates Forum
• Texas Association of Civil Trial & Appellate Specialists
• Texas Bar Foundation
• Texas Trial Lawyers Association Board of Directors
• The Association of Trial Lawyers of America
• National Board of Trial Advocacy
• American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow
• Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers

In a career that has spanned over three decades, Alton Todd has accepted an impressive assortment of awards, highlighted last year with his selection as one of the Top Ten Texas Super Lawyers, an elite list compiled by Texas Monthly and chosen from responses to 5,000 ballots and further review and ranking by a Blue Ribbon panel.

Practice Areas

• Admiralty & Maritime Law
• Aviation
• Business & Commercial Law
• Business Organizations
• Complex Business Litigation
• Contracts
• Environmental Law
• Litigation & Appeals
• Medical Malpractice
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Nursing Home
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Products Liability Law
• Railroad Worker Injury/FELA
• Toxic Torts
• Whistleblower/Qui Tam
• Catastrophic Injuries
• Plant Explosions

Languages

• Spanish