Patrick Connell McGinnis

Born Beaumont, Texas, September 8, 1965. Admitted to Texas bar, 1991. Preparatory education, University of Texas (B.A., 1988); legal education, Texas Tech University (J.D., 1991).

Board Certified - Personal Injury Trial Law - Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

June 2009 - Present

Partner in Houston office of Gauthier, Houghtaling & Williams LLP. Mr. McGinnis joined forces with GHW and continues to represent persons and businesses with Hurricane claims, and persons who have suffered personal injuries in Houston, The Woodlands and Beaumont.

July 2006 - June 2009

Patrick McGinnis, Attorney at Law. Mr. McGinnis maintained a solo practice litigating many personal injury, criminal, family and commercial litigation cases for his clients.

June 1994 - July 2006

Partner at Heartfield & McGinnis, LLP. Mr. McGinnis personally handled hundreds of personal injury and commercial litigation cases and tried many of those cases to verdict or settled them during trial.

August 1993 - June 1994

Associate Ferguson Firm. During this time Mr. McGinnis tried approximately 10 personal injury plaintiff's cases to verdict.

January 1993 - August 1993

Associate at Hobson and Ferguson Law Firm.

August 1991-January 1993

Senior Briefing Attorney to the Honorable Joe J. Fisher, Chief Judge Emeritus of the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont Division.

Memberships

State of Texas Bar Association; Fifth Circuit Bar Association; Jefferson County Bar Association; Woodlands Bar Association; State Bar of Texas, Professional Enhancement Program, District 3 (Chairman); Texas Trial Lawyers Association; National Diocesan Attorneys Association; Texas Catholic Conference; United States Catholic Conference.

Representative

Clients Roman Catholic Diocese of Beaumont, Texas, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Beaumont, Inc., The Catholic Foundation of the Diocese of Beaumont, Inc., M & T Pallet Company, Piping Accessories, Inc., Southwest Structural Steel, Inc., Eagle Pro Engineering, Inc., Spider Be Gone Systems, Inc.