Riley Law Firm
A Texas Civil Trial Law Firm
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Tim Riley* Riley Law Firm Principal Office Houston, Texas
The Civil Justice Center (driving directions
here) Rio Grande Valley Office (meetings by appointment only) 1002 E.
Taylor St. *
Board-Certified, Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury |
News:
April 1, 2008. H-Texas Magazine selects Riley as one of "Houston's Top Lawyers," to be profiled in June 2008 edition. Click here for announcement.
March 14, 2008. Riley participates as discussion panel member on Economic Damages at State Bar of Texas Advanced Medical Malpractice Seminar in San Antonio.
February 2008. Riley qualifies for admission to the College of the State Bar of Texas. Honorary society established by order of the Texas Supreme Court to recognize attorneys who complete considerably more than required continuing legal education courses.
December 2007. Riley again selected by H-Texas Magazine as one
of "Houston's Top Lawyers for the People," to be profiled in Feb. 2008 edition.
Click here for
announcement.
September 11, 2007. Riley re-certified as specialist in Civil
Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Denotes completion
of 15th year of board-certification in Civil Trial Law to go with completion of
16th year of board-certification in Personal Injury Trial Law.
August 2007. Riley receives award from University of Houston Law Center for five years of teaching at night law school.
August 2007. Firm settles medical malpractice/wrongful death suit in part as to hospital defendant only. Remainder of case set for trial. Details of partial settlement confidential. (See cautionary disclaimer regarding case individuality factors below.)
July 2007. Firm settles medical malpractice/wrongful death suit in mediation. Case involves allegations of intra-operative anesthesia and nurse negligence. Settlement details confidential. (See cautionary disclaimer regarding case individuality factors below.)
May 2007. Riley selected by H-Texas Magazine as one of "Houston's Top Lawyers." To be featured in June 2007 publication. See the announcement here.
April 2007. Firm settles large international commercial
arbitration matter. Firm's client was a small Florida-based water service
company, suing a Paris-based international conglomerate. Case arose over
dispute in Middle East, arbitrated using British law under rules of United
Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). (See cautionary
disclaimer regarding case individuality factors below.)
March 2007. Firm files appeal to United States Supreme Court in
important medical device products liability case. Read the brief
here.
March 2007. Firm settles medical malpractice suit shortly prior to trial. Case involves allegations of surgical misadventure. Settlement details confidential. (See cautionary disclaimer regarding case individuality factors below.)
February 2007. Firm settles medical malpractice suit shortly prior to trial. Case involves complication from colonoscopy. Settlement details confidential. (See cautionary disclaimer regarding case individuality factors below.)
February 2007. Riley selected by H-Texas Magazine as one of
"Houston's Top Lawyers for the People," profiled in Feb. 2007 edition.
Click on photo above to read copy.
December 2006. Firm tries construction arbitration dispute
before American Arbitration Association, and prevails on all issues for
builder-client. (See cautionary disclaimer regarding case individuality
factors below.)
November 2006. Riley accepts part-time appointment to teach course in evening program for law students at University of Houston Law Center during Spring 2007.
November 2, 2006. Shortly prior to trial insurance carrier for physician defendant agrees to settle East Texas case arising from improper orthopedic surgery allegations. Settlement details confidential. (See cautionary disclaimer regarding case individuality factors below.)
September 2006. Riley re-certified in Personal Injury
Trial Law by Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Completes 15 years as
Board-Certified specialist.
August 2006. Riley elected by peers to American
Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA).
August 2006. Shortly prior to trial hospital agrees to settle East Texas wrongful death case arising from insufficient anesthesia monitoring allegations. Settlement details confidential. (See cautionary disclaimer regarding case individuality factors below.)
July 2006. Riley Law Firm again recognized by Martindale-Hubbell in 2006 Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.
September 7, 2003. Riley appears on WB Channel 39 to oppose Proposition 12 on 9-13-03 ballot. Download the video clip here.
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Welcome to Riley Law Firm. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas, and also has an office in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. This law firm is exclusively dedicated to Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law.
Riley Law Firm was founded by Tim Riley. Mr. Riley has been practicing civil trial and personal injury trial law for more than 24 years. He has tried scores of lawsuits and settled hundreds of cases prior to trial. Mr. Riley personally handles every lawsuit his firm accepts. He is Board-Certified, in both Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law, by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Mr. Riley has also been honored by his peers, for many years, in the Martindale-Hubbell publication with the highest possible designation of "a-v." He also has been elected as an Advocate Member of the prestigious American Board of Trial Advocates.
This firm's philosophies are that: (a) aggressiveness and excellence in representation lead to the best results; (b) all clients have a right to full information about their lawyer and their case; (c) the vast majority of cases benefit from being developed under the assumption that the case is likely to be tried; and (d) all clients should be afforded the right to participate in case development decisions.
In accordance with those philosophies, this website is intended to be a comprehensive information source for potential clients. To read Mr. Riley's full resume, just click here. Click here to see the short version of the resume. Mr. Riley's published appellate cases can be viewed by clicking here. His published papers are available here. Short topic papers are listed below. We also encourage you to contact us, which you can do by calling Mr. Riley personally, at 713.646.1000, or by e-mail by clicking here. You can request a case review, make a suggestion or comment, or raise a complaint. Whatever you have to say about the website, we would like to hear from you.
In addition to his private law practice, Mr. Riley also serves part-time as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center. In March 2002, Riley was elected, in a contested primary, as the Democratic nominee for the 22nd Congressional District of Texas. However, the 18 year Republican incumbent, Tom DeLay, prevailed in the November 5, 2002, general election.
Again, thanks for visiting the website. If you would like to provide feedback or contact us with a problem, click here.
Tim Riley
Current Practice and Interest Areas for Riley Law Firm:
Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
Medical Device and Products Litigation
Automobile Accidents
Products Liability
Auto Dealer Extended Warranty Claims
Legal Malpractice
Insurance Disputes from Policyholder's Perspective
Sexual Harassment
Class Actions
Wrongful Discharge and Employment Litigation
Important Notices:
The information on this site is for informational purposes. Neither the posting of this website nor your response to same creates an attorney-client relationship.
However, if you are seeking legal counsel, ordinarily an inquiry to a lawyer regarding same would be deemed privileged by the attorney-client privilege, even if no attorney-client relationship is ultimately created. That result cannot be guaranteed, though, and if you are concerned about the confidentiality of a communication you should not send it.
We make diligent efforts to respond to each legitimate and appropriate e-mail inquiry on a timely basis. However, you are not guaranteed to receive a response to any e-mail inquiry, and the firm is not obligating itself to consult with anyone or provide any analysis or response by the posting of this website. Neither the posting of this web page, the acceptance of e-mail, nor the return of an e-mail inquiry, is intended to create an attorney-client relationship, and does not create any obligation on behalf of either side. Riley Law Firm will only enter into a lawyer-client relationship when a complete contract has been signed by both the client and the law firm, after a full and thorough discussion and an appropriate investigation of the applicable facts.
Tim Riley is the only lawyer employed with Riley Law Firm. Mr. Riley is Board-Certified in Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
Riley Law Firm cannot and does not guarantee the success of any case the firm may handle on behalf of a client. Your ability to prevail in any claim is entirely dependent on the individual facts of your claim. Past success in similar claims is no guarantee or indication that similar results necessarily can be obtained with respect to your claim. Also, even if you are able to prevail on a claim, that does not necessarily mean that you will be able to collect on the claim or judgment. In addition, any amounts received in settlement or payment of a judgment would not be net amounts payable to the client. From the recovery, ordinarily all attorneys' fees and expenses of litigation must be deducted. Moreover, any recovery may be subject to federal or state income taxes.
Claims can be handled on an hourly fee basis, a pure contingency fee basis, or a negotiated partial hourly/partial contingency fee basis. If handled on a pure contingency fee basis, the recovery to the attorney is negotiable, but those fees generally range from 33 1/3% to 50% of any recovery, depending on many factors. Although this is also negotiable, if accepted on a contingency fee basis, in most instances the client is not required to advance any fees, expenses, or costs in connection with the claim. However, in that instance any expenses incurred in connection with the claim would be reimbursed to the law firm out of the client's portion of any recovery. In other words, the contingent fee calculation is based on the gross amount of the recovery, before subtraction of expenses.
