David P. Willis

David P. Willis

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Attorney
David P. Willis

"My firm is committed to representing individuals and families who have been the victims of a wrongful death or serious personal injury. Although monetary compensation cannot heal the emotional and physical scars left as the result of a serious accident, it can help in many cases to relieve much of the economic stress and hardship associated with the injury or loss of a loved one. Many times it is the only means of support and future security for the injured individual and their family. Litigation may not bring back a loved one, or heal a serious injury, but it may serve to help prevent others from having to endure the same loss."

Mr. Willis is committed to representing seriously injured people and their families. He was born and raised in Texas. He graduated from Baylor University in 1978 and then went on to graduate from the South Texas College of Law in Houston in 1982. Mr. Willis then went to serve as an Attorney on the Texas Supreme Court of Texas in Austin, Texas until 1984 when he began to practice plaintiff’s personal injury law in Houston. In 1992, Willis founded the Willis Law Firm, a personal injury law firm with a heavy emphasis in products liability, maritime and industrial litigation.

David P. Willis is a graduate of Baylor University (1978) and the South Texas College of Law (1982). He served as a briefing attorney on the Supreme Court of Texas (1983-1984), and is currently a member of the State Bar of Texas, the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Texas Bar Foundation and the American Trial Lawyers Association. He has been a Board Certified Personal Injury Trial Lawyer since 1988, certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, U.S. Patent Holder #4,673,202

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In 1992, Mr. Willis filed a personal injury lawsuit on a tire explosion case that involved a can of aerosol tire fixer. The client had been blinded in both eyes when the tire he was working on exploded. After approximately 12 months of litigation the nation’s largest manufacturer of fix a flat type of tire sealants stopped the manufacturer and sale of its butane filled tire sealant and switched to a safer formula.

In 1993, Mr. Willis and co-counsel R. Hopkins successfully represented the mother of a young girl found at the bottom of a crowded wave pool. She survived, but suffered anoxic brain damage. Willis sued not only the pool owner, but the wavepool designer, builder and equipment company. This case help raise an awareness in the entire water park industry that most wave pools have a design safety flaw. This litigation put the top water park safety consultants on notice of the defect and this helped to set in motion a new standard to wave pool design in the future.

In 1997, Mr. Willis was involved in one of the nation’s first Firestone ATX radial tread/belt separation and Ford Explorer rollover cases which occurred in Texas. A products liability lawsuit was filed in 1998 against Ford and Firestone due to the Ford Explorer going out of control and rolling after the back left Firestone ATX radial tire’s tread came off. After a long battle with Ford and Firestone a very significant confidential settlement was reached by all parties. On July 17, 2001 Mr. Willis was recognized as one of a very select group of products liability attorneys in the nation and was awarded the prestigious Steven J. Sharp Public Service Award for his contributions in investigating and gathering evidence pertaining to tire belt separation and vehicle rollovers in Firestone tire and Ford Explorer cases. The efforts by these selected attorneys and others helped lead to the largest recall in U.S. history. This award was presented to Mr. Willis by the president of the American Trial Lawyers Association.

In 1999, two Texas attorneys requested Mr Willis to handle a case in which a 5 year old girl was rendered permanently brain damaged as a result lack of a child proof cap on a bottle of Theophylline. The Pharmacist failed to re-package the prescription of asthma medication into a childproof container. After 10 months of legal maneuvers and depositions, one of the largest single plaintiff settlements in U.S. History was reached with a pharmacy, drug manufacturer and pharmacist. Not only did this confidential out-of-court settlement make a huge difference in the quality of life and medical care for this child and her parents, but the litigation also resulted in major internal changes as to child proof packaging procedures at this multi-billion dollar company.

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David P. Willis

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David P. Willis

AttorneyDavid P. Willis

We Get Results

No Fees or Expenses if No Recovery

Other Areas of Practice

Resources

Attorney
David P. Willis