BRETT WAGNER

DOHERTY WAGNER
13810 Champion Forest Drive Suite 225
Houston, Texas 77069
(281) 583-8700 — Phone
(281) 583-8701 — Facsimile

 Brett Wagner

BIOGRAPHY

I am one of the partners in Doherty Wagner. Our firm focuses on legal malpractice and personal injury cases, and has handled legal malpractice cases since its inception. We are one of only a handful of firms in the country whose practice is primarily composed of Plaintiff's legal malpractice.

I have practiced law with Larry Doherty since I was licensed. I have dedicated my professional life to the prosecution of claims on behalf of clients against their former Attorneys. I believe that lawyers, more than any other profession, must be accountable to those upon whom they have inflicted damage through their negligence, misrepresentation and/or breach of fiduciary duty. Doherty Wagner's focus is upon making lawyers own up to this obligation of accountability.

PREPARATORY & LEGAL EDUCATION

  • Rice University (B.S. — 1983)
  • South Texas College of Law (J.D. — 1985)
  • Licensed by Supreme Court of Texas (1986)
  • Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization (1992)

MEMBERSHIPS

  • National Academy of Legal Malpractice Attorneys
  • State Bar of Texas
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
  • American Association for Justice
  • Houston Trial Lawyers Association
  • Houston Bar Association
  • American Bar Association

HONORS

Named as a “Top-Notch” Lawyer in Legal Malpractice by the Go-To Guide Published by the Texas Lawyer on October 8, 2007.

Named as a Texas Super Lawyer in Professional Liability by Law and Politics and the Publishers of Texas Monthly in 2008 and 2009.

LEGAL ARTICLES, PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS

SEMINAR:

“Texas Legal Ethics” sponsored by Lorman Educational Services - Houston, Texas, August 21, 2001

Oral Presentation: (Updated)    “Fee Disgorgement: Losing Your Fee After It is Spent”


SEMINAR:

“Personal Injury Seminar” sponsored by Jefferson County Bar Association, Beaumont, Texas, May 21, 1996

Oral Presentation:    “Legal Malpractice Prevention”


SEMINAR:

“Ethics Enhancement and Malpractice Prevention” sponsored by Texas Lawyers Insurance Exchange, Houston, Texas, April 3, 1997
Panel Discussion:


SEMINAR:

“Walking the Walk on Legal Ethics and Legal Malpractice Issues” sponsored by Texas Lawyers Insurance Exchange, Houston, Texas, May 14, 1998
Oral Presentation:    “Malpractice Prevention & Discussion Seminar”


SEMINAR:

“Domestic Violence” sponsored by The Tarrant County Bar Association, Fort Worth, Texas, February 28, 2003

Oral Presentation:    “Representing a Victim of Domestic Violence: Lawyer Ethical Duties and Malpractice Exposure”


SEMINAR:

“Bankruptcy Law Conference” sponsored by South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas, April 10, 2003

Written and Oral Presentation:    “10 Things Bankruptcy Lawyers Do That Will Get Them Sued (Ethics topic)”


SEMINAR:

“Texas Legal Ethics” sponsored by Lorman Education Services, Houston, Texas, June 12, 2003

Written and Oral Presentation:    “Fee Disgorgement: Losing Your Fee After It Is Spent (Update)”


ARTICLE:

“Not Quite Saying What They Mean”

    Published in the February 14, 2005 Texas Lawyer


SEMINAR:

“Texas Legal Ethics” sponsored by Lorman Educational Services - Houston, Texas, June of 2005

Oral Presentation:    “Ten Things That Will Get you Sued”




Brett Wagner was selected as a “Top Notch Lawyer” in legal malpractice as reported by The Texas Lawyer Go-To Guide, October 8, 2007

Texas Lawyer Go-To Guide, October 8, 2007

Super Lawyer

Brett Wagner was named as a Super Lawyer in 2008 and 2009 as published by Law & Politics





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