Houston, Texas Personal Injury Lawyer

Stephens Law Firm

23922 Cinco Village Center Blvd.
Suite 200
Katy, Texas 77494
USA

(713) 224-0000

(713) 224-0055

www.joestephenslaw.com

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At Stephens Law Firm, Attorney Joe Stephens represents victims of a serious injury, car accident, truck accident, drunk driving accident, distracted driving accident, pedestrian accident, burn injury, head injury, brain injury, spine injury, back injury, neck injury, paralysis, medical malpractice, wrongful death, offshore and maritime injuries, or dangerous products injury.

Joe has handled the most complex and high profile cases in Houston. He has also handled the cases for the regular and common person who needs help on a simple claim, but cannot get the insurance company to be fair. He cares deeply for the unfortunate and oppressed victims who need aggressive and honest representation. Joe Stephens has over 25 years of experience including extraordinary settlement and verdicts against admiralty and maritime defendants, negligent healthcare providers, insurance companies, trucking companies and defective product manufacturers.

Attorney Joe Stephens is double board certified in Personal Injury Law and Civil Trial Law. He has tried many cases, several of them involving high profile national and Texas media coverage. He has been invited to speak about topics such as wrongful death, and personal injury by Fox, all the local Austin, San Antonio, and Houston TV affiliates for NBC, CBS, and ABC. His cases have been reported in all the major newspapers across in America. He has been featured or quoted in The Houston Chronicle, The San Antonio Express, the Austin Statesman, Dallas Morning News, The Texas Lawyer, The Texas Reporter, and The National Law Journal.

Practice Areas

Additional Practice Areas: Drunk Driving Accidents; Distracted Driving Accidents; Oil Field Accidents; Legal Malpractice; Refinery Accidents.

Practice Areas Description

Stephens Law Firm offers legal representation on the following areas of practice:

- Car Accidents

Houston car accident lawyers choose only a few of their peers each year as the best of the best. For several years, now, they have chosen Mr. Stephens as a Texas Super Lawyer. So, when calamity strikes due to a car accident, Houston car accident lawyer Joe Stephens is considered by many to be the best in the business. He has handled the highest profile car accident case in Houston history, the Clara Harris case. He has handled hundreds of car accident cases through the years. He hires the best car accident reconstruction experts to show the jury exactly how these your car accident happened. Thus, he can show why you deserve justice for the harm that was caused by the car crash.

- Burn Injuries

Burn injuries are the most expensive category of injuries to treat. Burns over 1/3 of the body almost always costs in excess of $250,000.00 for the initial hospitalization and fees. Victims of burn injuries of this nature usually do not survive due to complications. Lifelong medical care costs for these types of burns will add significant additional costs for multiple hospital admissions for repeat reconstructive surgeries and rehabilitation.

- Brain and Head Injuries

Attorney Joe Stephens has handled numerous brain injury cases. The brain injury cases he has handled range from oil field explosions, car accidents, refinery accidents, work safety accidents, to motorcycle accident cases. In most brain injury cases, it is necessary to hire a life-care planner to estimate the future medical needs of the victim. Further, it is important to employ a psychiatrist and/or psychologist to assist the brain injury victim because it is likely he or she will experience lifetime behavioral and cognitive deficits. A neuropsychologist is important to evaluate the loss of cognitive and behavioral function of the injured individual.

- Spine Injuries and Paralysis

If you or someone you love has suffered a spine injury, we can help. The Stephens Law Firm have a combined 23 years of experience successfully representing people who have been severely injured due to someone else’s negligence and have successfully handled many spinal cord injury cases over the years. A serious spine injury can be an incredibly devastating event not only for the injured but for loved ones as well. We will do whatever we can to help you get the compensation you deserve for your pain and suffering. If you or someone close to you has suffered a spinal cord injury caused by someone or something else such as a defective product, we believe we can help.

- Back and Neck Injuries

Accidents occur every day, in every state, county, city and town in our country. While many accidents do not result in death or serious injury, other accidents dramatically affect victims for the remainder of their lives. Back injuries involving disc herniation may result from a variety of accident types: auto, construction site, slip and fall, and others.

- Wrongful Death

The Texas legislature enacted the Wrongful Death Act which allows one to make a claim, and to sue if necessary, when a company, person, or defective product wrongfully kills someone. Usually, the person bringing the claim, the "Plaintiff", must prove that the defendant's negligence caused the decedent's death. A corporation is liable if its on-the-job employee negligently caused the death (other than an employee of the same company covered by workers' compensations).

- Medical Malpractice

Attorney Joe Stephens has been privileged to try and handle many medical malpractice cases. One of his cases resulted in a $10.7 million dollar verdict against a doctor, and a medical clinic for prescribing highly addictive pain medication out of their “Pill Mill.” They gave the medication to a man who came in with back problems, and he was killed as a result of taking the medication in combination with his preexisting conditions.

- Defective Products

Attorney Joe Stephens has handled many types of defective product cases ranging from breathing monitors for children, defective tires, GM cars, Ford Trucks, Helicopters, Chairs, Concrete Trucks, Pharmaceutical Drugs, Medical Apnea Monitors for New Born Infants, Oil Field Blowout Preventer Equipment, Refinery equipment which failed causing an explosion, conveyor belt systems, and so on. Mr. Stephens hires the world’s best engineers to analyze the accident, and the particular product involved to determine if the case has merit.

- Truck Accidents

It is important to understand just how dangerous a negligent truck driver can be to other motorists. Houston truck accidents needlessly endanger and injure folks every day. A truck accident is especially dangerous because it has the capacity to cause a calamity involving 25 vehicles or more. Worst of all, someone is injured or killed almost every time a truck accident occurs. As a Houston Truck Accident attorney for over 26 years, Double Board certified lawyer Joe Stephens has learned firsthand why auto accidents involving 18 wheelers, dump trucks, box trucks and other large commercial trucks are different than an ordinary car crash.

- Pedestrian Accidents

Every year pedestrians, runners, joggers, and bicyclists are injured on Texas roadways. More times than not, the injuries are serious, or cause death. Pedestrian accident lawyer Joe Stephens has 26 years of experience in handling cases involving pedestrian and crosswalk accidents. He has tried many bicycle accident cases, one of them a $4,000,000 verdict in Liberty County for a paralyzed cyclist. If you, or someone you know has been injured or killed due to the negligence of the driver that has caused pedestrian injuries, Joe Stephens will give you a free consultation to discuss the matter.

- Refinery Accidents

The most common refinery accidents involve falls, lifting, defective machinery, defective scaffolding, toxic fumes, explosions, fires, and electrocution. Workers’ Compensation provides small, often inadequate payments for medical treatment and lost wages, and allows no compensation for the pain, suffering, and trauma these families have experienced. However, depending on the circumstances surrounding the accident, a worker may be entitled to claims against third parties. At our firm, we are committed to helping refinery employees and their families recover the compensation they need to rebuild their lives after refinery accidents.

- Jones Act Maritime

Maritime law is very specialized and has evolved over the last 200 years in the United States. Only lawyers trained and experienced in that area are familiar with the rules and laws that apply. Joe Stephens is double-board certified in two areas which demonstrates his knowledge and competence to try cases involving this field. He has extensive experience handling maritime cases. He has recovered millions of dollars in trials and settlements involving offshore claims. Each case rises and falls on its own merits, and your recovery, if any, must stand on its own merits. But Joe Stephens has the competency to let you know what your case may be worth.

- Construction Accident Injury

Houston construction accident lawyer Joe Stephens is an accomplished advocate for workers who have sustained serious injuries on construction sites. As a Houston personal injury lawyer and wrongful death attorney, he also represents the families of construction workers who have lost their lives on the job. At the Stephens Law Firm, we have built a respected practice dedicated to helping injury victims and the loved ones left behind when construction accidents claim the lives of hard-working employees. When such hardship or tragedy strikes, construction industry workers know they can depend on the proven professional skills of Joe Stephens and his dedicated staff.