John W. Tavormina
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John W. Tavormina

Accomplishments

  • Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law
  • Advocate of the American Board of Trial Lawyers
  • Voted by peers as Personal Injury Super Lawyer in 2003 and 2004
  • Licensed to practice law in Texas, Louisiana and New York
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV Rating
  • Argued before the Supreme Court of the United States
  • Argued before the Supreme Court of Texas
  • Invited Speaker at Continuing Legal Education Seminars
  • Accepted into the Million Dollar Advocate Forum
  • Former partner in the law firm Helm Pletcher Bowen & Saunders, LLP

Memberships

  • Who's Who in American Law
  • The College of the State Bar of Texas
  • Houston and Texas Bar Foundations (Fellow)
  • Tulane University Law Review
  • Texas Trial Lawyers' Association
  • Houston Trial Lawyers' Association
  • Advisory Committee for University of Houston Law Foundation Medical Malpractice Seminar
  • Kappa Delta Phi Leadership Fraternity
  • American, Texas, Louisiana and New York Bar Associations



John Tavormina is a successful and very experienced trial lawyer with multiple jury verdicts in excess of $1 million dollars. His record of jury awards, which total more than $325 million, alerts companies and insurance carriers that John will absolutely try a lawsuit to a jury if the lawsuit settlement offer is inadequate.

John's success has been obtained in cases involving trucking company negligence, insurance company refusal-to-pay claims, medical malpractice, business disputes and defective products. To read newspaper reports about some of his results, go to the Newsroom.

John is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law and has many accomplishments including peer recognition as a "Personal Injury Super Lawyer" in 2003 and 2004. He is a regular speaker at Continuing Legal Education Seminars and has written numerous publications.

John attended Tulane Law School where he was a member of, and published articles for, the Tulane Law Review. He spent eight years as a trial lawyer for Exxon; and, since 1987, has represented individuals and companies with injury or business claims against others.

Select Publications

Opening Statement—It's Now or Never, University of Houston Advanced Personal Injury Seminar, Houston and Dallas, May 2004
Eighteen Wheeler Cases, University of Houston Advanced Personal Injury and Insurance Law Seminar 2003
What Jurors Tell Judges About What To Do and Not Do in a Trial, South Texas College of Law Personal Injury Law Conference 2001
Insurance Bad Faith, State Bar of Texas 17th Annual Advanced Personal Injury Law Conference 2001
Opening Statement, given at Litigation and Trial Tactics seminar in 1997, 1998 and 2000
How to Win Your Bad Faith Case During Voir Dire From the Plaintiff's Perspective, given at the Texas Insurance Law Symposium in 1998
How You Can Win Your Case in Voir Dire From The Plaintiff's Perspective, given at Insurance Litigation: From Nuts and Bolts to Tips and Tricks seminar in 1997
Suing and Defending Blood Banks and Blood Product Suppliers: The Plaintiff's Perspective, given at the TTLA Advanced Products Liability Seminar in 1996.