Jeffrey C. Anderson - San Antonio, TX

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Jeffrey C. Anderson Overview

Jeffrey C. Anderson is originally from Medina, Texas, where he graduated third in his high school class in 1964. (There were eleven in his class). In 1968, he graduated from Southwest Texas State College with a degree in biology. After college, he entered the Army where he served as Commanding Officer of a medic training company at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. After completing his military service, he entered St. Mary's University School of Law, and graduated in 1974. He served two years as a briefing attorney for U.S. District Judge D.W. Suttle before becoming a member and partner of Southers & Lyons, Inc. In 1994, he opened his own law firm as a solo practitioner.

In addition to the Texas State Courts, Mr. Anderson is admitted to practice in the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Claims, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th and 11th Circuits, and the U.S. District Courts for the Western and Southern Districts. He was board certified in personal injury trial law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in 1981, and certified as a civil trial advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in 1987. He is a sustaining member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and the Texas Trial Lawyers Association. He is also a member of the American Bar Association, the San Antonio Trial Lawyers Association, the Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association, the College of The State Bar of Texas, the American Board of Trial Advocates, and the National Institute of Trial Advocacy. He is also a life fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation and the San Antonio Bar Foundation.

Mr. Anderson has been a member of the San Antonio Bar Association since 1976. He is currently serving as Chairman of the Medical/Legal Liaison Committee, where he has been a committee member for over ten years.

Mr. Anderson has authored numerous publications for CLE programs in Texas, and has frequently lectured on personal injury trial law. In 1996, Mr. Anderson was elected Chairman of the Alamo Public Telecommunications Counsel, the governing board of KLRN-TV9. He is the past president of the Community Advisory Board of KLRN, and has been active with the station for over thirty years.

Mr. Anderson's daughter graduated from St. Mary's Law School, practiced with the firm of Howie & Sweeney in Dallas, Texas, and is currently handling some case in the Dallas area while raising two kids.

Practice Areas

• Admiralty & Maritime Law
• Class Actions -- Plaintiff
• Social Security -- Disability
• Nursing Home
• Litigation & Appeals
• Military Law
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Products Liability Law
• Medical Malpractice
• Railroad Worker Injury/FELA
• Toxic Torts
• Aviation

Litigation

• 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Current Employment Position(s)

• Law Offices of Jeffrey C. Anderson, since 1994

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1974
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1977
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1981
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1981
• U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1979
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1982
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1975

Specialties and Certifications

• Board Certified Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Legal Board of Specialization, 1981 - Present
• Certified Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1987 - Present

Other Affiliations

• American Bar Association, 1974 - Present
• San Antonio Bar Association, 1976 - Present (Member (Past Chairman, Medical/Legal Liaison Committee))
• American Association for Justice, 1990 - Present (Sustaining Member)
• Texas Trial Lawyers Association, 1977 - Present (Sustaining Member)
• San Antonio Trial Lawyers Association, 1977 - Present
• Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association, 1976 - Present
• Texas Bar Foundation, 1989 - Present (Life Fellow)
• San Antonio Bar Foundation (Life Fellow)
• College of The State Board of Texas, 1991 - 2004
• American Board of Trial Advocates, 1986 - Present
• National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1982 - Present
• American College of Master Advocates and Barristers, 2004 - Present (Senior Counsel)
• National Lawyer Honor Society, 2003 - Present (Member)
• Roscoe Pound Institute, 2000 - Present (Supporting Fellow)

Education

• St. Mary's University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas, 1974
  Doctorate of Jurisprudence
  Law Journal: St. Mary's Law Journal, Assoc. Ed., 1974
• Southwest Texas State College (Southwest Texas State University), 1968
  Bachelor of Science
  Major: Biology

Past Positions

• U.S. Courts, 1974 - 1976
• Southers & Lyons, Inc., 1976 - 1994
• Law Offices of Jeffrey C. Anderson, 1994 - Present

Classes and Seminars

• "Psychiatric Malpractice", Medical Malpractice Conference, April 11, 1986 - Present
• "Jury Selection", Premises Liability Seminar, January 20, 1993 - Present
• "Federal Tort Claims Act Liability", Medical Malpractice Conference, April 6, 1995 - Present
• "Keeping Your Neck Out of the Noose: Legal Aspects of Emergency Medicine, Part 1 and 2", Joint Service Symposium on Emergency Medicine on the Riverwalk, March 28, 1996 - Present
• "Handling a Federal Tort Claims Act Case: A Plaintiff's Lawyer's Perspective", Federal Bar Association, May 15, 1996 - Present
• "Proving Anesthesia Malpractice", Medical Malpractice Conference, April 11, 1996 - Present
• "Presenting the Plaintiff on Direct", TTLA Car Wrecks Seminar, November 1, 1996 - Present
• "Cosmetic Surgery Misadventures", Medical Malpractice Conference, April 4, 1997 - Present
• "The Negligent Podiatrist", Medical Malpractice Conference, April 2, 1998 - Present
• "The Ten Least Favorite Things About Handling Federal Tort Claims Act Cases", Federal Bar Association Presentation, May 20, 1998 - Present
• "Liability of the Plastic Surgeon" - Medical Malpractice Conference, April 9, 1999 - Present
• "Problems in Proving Breast Cancer Causation" - Medical Malpractice Conference, November 2, 2000 - Present
• "Pretrial Conferences; Scheduling Orders; Pretrial Orders; Amendments to Federal and Local Civil Rules", Federal Bar Association, November 17, 2000 - Present
• "The New Local Rules", United States District Court Training Center, November 27, 2000 - Present
• Death by Headache, Medical Malpractice Conference , November 16, 2001 - Present
• Bariatric Surgery: The Diet of Last Resort, Medical Malpractice Conference , November 8, 2002 - Present
• How I Decided to Sue You: Misadventures in Psychiatry, The 136th Annual Session of the Texas Medical Association, April 4, 2003 - Present
• A Plaintiff's Perspective on House Bill 4, Texas Tort Reform Act Conference , September 19, 2003 - Present
• Ethical Considerations in Prosecuting and Defending Medical Malpractice Lawsuits, Advanced Medical Malpractice Course, March 14, 2008 - Present
• "Accidents at the Track: Who is Responsible and Who Pays?", Professional Motorsport Circuit Owners, Investors, and Suppliers Forum, 2010
• "The Best & Worst of the Federal Tort Claims Act", 27th Advanced Personal Injury Law Course, 2011

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Address

9601 McAllister Freeway
Suite 1250
San Antonio, TX 78216

Phones

210-340-8880
800-980-8880

Faxes

210-340-8885

Emails

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Offers Free Initial Consultation

Yes

Accepts Credit Cards

Yes

Websites

http://www.texaslawfirm.com

Articles

"Sovereign Immunity - Texas Tort Claims Act", 5 St. Mary's L.J. 152, Spring, 1973

"LAL: Another Assault on the Tax Shelter", 5 St. Mary's L.J. 586, Fall, 1973

"Preparing for the Tardive Dyskinesia Epidemic", Tx Personal Inj. Law Rpt., Nov, Vol 3, No. 4,, 1985

"A Lawyers Guide to Tardive Dyskinesia: An Overview of Litigation & Medicine", Med. Mal., Verdicts, Settlements & Exp., Feb., Vol 2, No. 2, 1986

"Psychiatric Malpractice", Part One, Tx Personal Inj. Law Rpt., May, Vol. 4, No. 1, 1986

"Psychiatric Malpractice", Part Two, Tx Personal Inj. Law Rpt., July, Vol. 4, No. 2, 1986

"Federal Tort Claims Act Liability: 50 Years After the Crash", Tx Personal Inj. Law Rpt., December, Vol. 13, No. 3, 1995

Doctors and Lawyers Join to Cull the Herd of HIPPAA Forms, San Antonio Lawyer, January - February, 2006