Norton A. Colvin Jr.
Partner
| Location: | Brownsville, Texas |
| Phone: | 956-542-7441 |
| 866-330-6805 | |
| Fax: | 956-541-2170 |
| Email: | Email Me |
| V-Card: | Download V-Card |
Areas of Practice
- Personal Injury Defense
- Trial Practice
- Toxic Tort and Environmental
- Insurance Law
- Railroad Defense
- Complex Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- White Collar Criminal Defense
Certified Legal Specialties
- Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
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. Tax Court, 1984
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1978
Education
- St. Mary’s University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas
- J.D. – 1974
- Honors: Member, Delta Theta Phi
- University of Texas, Austin, Texas
- B.B.A. – 1970
- Major: Finance
Classes/Seminars
- “Lender Liability”, Texas Tech University 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
Honors and Awards
- AV Rated Martindale-Hubbell, for 32 years
- Texas Super Lawyer, by Thomson Reuters, 2007 – Present
- Forbes’ “Go To” Lawyer for Union Pacific Railroad Company, 2010
- Elite Lawyers of America, 2014
- Multi-Million Dollar Advocate Forum
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Texas Pattern Jury Charge Oversight Committee, 2005 – 2011
- United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, Standing Committee on Bankruptcy Practices and Procedures, 1986 – 1990
- State Bar of Texas, Grievance Committee, District 12-B, 1986 – 1989
- Cameron County Bar Association, President, 1984 – Present
- Cameron County Bar Association, Board of Directors, 1975 – 1984
- American Bar Association
- College of the State Bar of Texas
- Defense Research Institute
- Federal Bar Association
- Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
- Litigation Counsel of America, Charter Fellow
- National Association of Bank Counsel
- National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
- Texas Association of Defense Counsel
- Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
- American Bar Foundation, Fellow
- Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow
- Texas Association of Mediators, Member
Fraternities/Sororities
- Delta Theta Phi
