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John H. Martin

John H. Martin

Partner
 
Thompson & Knight LLP
One Arts Plaza, 1722 Routh Street, Suite 1500
Dallas, Texas  75201
(Collin, Dallas & Denton Cos.)

Telephone: 214.969.1229
Fax: 214.969.1751
http://www.tklaw.com



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Practice AreasAviation Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Mass Torts; Products Liability Defense; Professional Liability Defense; Toxic Torts; Insurance Coverage Litigation; Electronic Discovery
 
EducationUniversity of Texas School of Law, J.D., with honors, 1974, Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1968
 
Admitted1974, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal, Fifth and Eighth Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court
 
MembershipsDallas (Member, Litigation Section) and American (Member: Litigation Section, Aviation Litigation Committee; Tort and Insurance Practice Section, Aviation and Space Law Committee; Forum on Air and Space Law) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Past Chair, Discovery Subcommittee; Past Member, Court Rules Committee; Member, Aviation Law Section); Texas Association of Defense Counsel (President, 1996-1997); Dallas Association of Defense Counsel (Chairman, 1985-1986); DRI (Immediate Past President, 2008-2009; President, 2007-2008; President-Elect, 2006-2007; First Vice President, 2005-2006; Second Vice President, 2004-2005; Secretary-Treasurer, 2003-2004; Southwest Region Director, 2000-2003; Texas State Representative, 1998-2000; Member, Aerospace Law, Professional Liability, Product Liability, Commercial Litigation, Diversity Committees); International Association of Defense Counsel; Committee for a Qualified Judiciary; The Center for American and International Law (Research Fellow); College of the State Bar of Texas; Texas Bar Foundation; Dallas Bar Foundation (Chair, Dallas Bar Foundation Fellows, 1999). Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; International Academy of Trial Lawyers; American Bar Foundation; Litigation Counsel of America.
 
MilitaryU.S. Naval Officer, 1968-1971
 
BiographyAssociate Editor, Texas Law Review, 1973-1974. Named as Dallas Personal Injury Litigator of the Year, The Best Lawyers in America, 2010. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2003-2004 and previous editions - Business Litigation, Personal Injury and Civil Litigation; 2005-2006 - Business Litigation and Personal Injury Litigation; 2006-2007, 2009-2010 Bet-the-Company Litigation, 2006-2010 Commercial Litigation and Personal Injury Litigation; 2007-2010 Transportation Law. Listed in D Magazine's 2001, 2003 and 2008 listings of the "Best Lawyers in Dallas." Listed, Texas Super Lawyers (Class Action/Mass Torts, Professional Liability, defense, Business Litigation), 2003-2009. Named one of Texas' Top 100 Super Lawyers in 2003-2007, and 2009 by Texas Monthly Magazine. Listed in Who's Who Legal: Texas (Aviation), 2007-2008. Listed in 500 Leading Lawyers in America, Lawdragon, 2007-2008. Master, Patrick E. Higginbotham American Inn of Court. President-Elect, 2009-2010 and Vice President, 2008-2009, Lawyers for Civil Justice. Member, Texas Supreme Court Rules Advisory Committee, 2000-2005. Member: Board of Directors, National Foundation for Judicial Excellence; Lawyers Committee, National Center for State Courts. Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Sustaining Life Fellow, Dallas Bar Foundation.
 
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