Ronald D. Krist

Phi Alpha Delta. Honorary Order of Barristers. Named by the Best Lawyers in America as the "Houston Best Lawyers Personal Injury Litigator of the Year" for 2009. Awarded The University of Texas School of Law Outstanding Alumnus Award for 2006. Listed in the Best Lawyers in America, since 1989, Most Successful Small-Firm Lawyers in America, Lawyers Weekly, U.S.A.; Forbes' Most Successful Lawyers in America. Named, No. 1 Personal Injury Trial Lawyer in the State of Texas, Texas Lawyer Magazine; Top 100 of Texas Super Lawyers, Texas Monthly Magazine. Recipient: Distinguished Lecturer Award, Pepperdine University School of Law, 1978, 1980, 1981; Author, "Measuring Diminished Earnings," Texas Bar Journal, May 1973. Contributing Author: "Summation and Argument in Negligence Case Involving Ruptured Intervertebral Disc," Personal Injury Deskbook, 1982, Matthew Bender & Company Incorporated, New York, 1982; "Cross Examination of Non-Medical Experts," Art of Advocacy, Matthew Bender & Company Incorporated, New York, 1984; and Krist, "Wide View of Tort Reform," 24 Pepperdine Law Review 899, 1997. Member, 1992-1997 and Chairman, 1993, Public Safety Commission. Ex Officio Member, Texas Racing Commission. Member, State Commission on Judicial Conduct, 2001-2007.

International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member, Board of Directors, 1988-1993; Dean, 1996; Vice-President, 1997; President, 1999); International Society of Barristers (Member, Board of Directors, 1999-2006); American College of Trial Lawyers (Member, Texas State Committee, 2001-2005); The National Judicial College (Member, Advisory Council, 2002); National Institute for Trial Advocacy (Member, Board of Trustees, 2002-2005); Texas Bar Foundation.

(Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization)