Norton A. Colvin Jr.
Location: | Brownsville, Texas |
Phone: | 956-542-7441 |
866-330-6805 | |
Fax: | 956-541-2170 |
Email: | Email Me |
V-Card: | Download V-Card |
Position
- Partner
Areas of Practice
- Personal Injury Defense
- Trial Practice
- Civil Litigation Defense
- Toxic Tort and Environmental
- Commercial Litigation
- Complex Litigation
- Insurance Defense
- Railroad Defense
- White Collar Criminal Defense
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1974
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1975
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1979
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 2011
- U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 2013
- U.S. District Court District of Nebraska, 2012
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1980
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit 2019
- U.S. Tax Court, 1984
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1978
Certified Legal Specialties
- Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Education
- St. Mary’s University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas
- J.D. – 1974
- University of Texas, Austin, Texas
- B.B.A. in Finance- 1970
Classes/Seminars Taught
- “Lender Liability”, Texas Tech Univ. School of Banking, 1989 – 1991
- “Plaintiffs Tactics for Large Punitive Damages”, New York, 1995
- “Bankruptcy and Commercial Litigation”, NBI Conferences
- “Mediation of Nursing Home Cases”, American Health Care Association
- Conference, Nursing Home Defense, Chicago, 1998
- “Insurance Bad Faith”, South Padre Island, Texas, CLE, 2001
- “Preparing the Corporate Witness”, National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, Coeur d’Alene, 2006 “Insurance Coverage”, State Bar of Texas, South Padre Island, 2012
- Speaker at State Bar of Texas Advanced Insurance Law Course – San Antonio, 2015
- Speaker at South Texas Insurance Law Seminar 2016 & 2018
- Speaker at UT 21st Insurance Law Institute, Houston 2017
Honors and Awards
- AV Rated Martindale-Hubbell, 1984 – Present
- Texas Super Lawyers, 2007 – Present
- Forbes “Go To” Lawyer by Union Pacific Railroad Company, 2010
- Elite Lawyers of America
- Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- America’s Top 100 High States Litigators, 2018 – 2019
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association
- American Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
- Best Attorneys of America, Lifetime Member
- Cameron County Bar Association, 1975 – 1984, Board of Directors
- Cameron County Bar Association, 1984, President
- College of the State Bar of Texas
- Defense Research Institute Elite
- Lawyers of America
- Federal Bar Association
- Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
- Hidalgo County Bar Association
- Lawyers of Distinction – Civil Litigation, 2021
- Litigation Counsel of America, Charter Fellow
- Martindale-Hubbell, Av rated for over 34 years
- Multi-Million Dollar Advocate Forum
- National Association of Bank Counsel
- National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel Standing Committee on Bankruptcy Practices and Procedures, 1986-1990 (Southern District of Texas)
- State Bar of Texas, 1986 – 1989, Grievance Committee, District 12-B
- Texas Association of Defense Counsel
- Texas Association of Mediators, Member
- Texas Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
- Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
- Texas Pattern Jury Charge Oversight Committee, 2005 – 2011
- Texas Super Lawyers, 2007 – Present
Fraternities/Sororities
- Delta Theta Phi