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G. Robert Sonnier
Shareholder
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Mailing Address
P.O. Box 1148
Austin, TX 78767
Street Address
300 West 6th Street
15th Floor
Austin, TX 78701
P: 512-495-8846
F: 512-474-1129
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G. Robert Sonnier
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Mr. Sonnier has significant experience representing clients in litigation throughout several states in both state and federal courts with an emphasis on products, premises liability, toxic torts, trucking, and general civil litigation. He has handled hundreds of product defect and other personal injury and death cases, and acted as national and regional counsel for an automotive manufacturer. He has tried numerous cases to jury verdict in Texas including automotive products, premises liability, asbestos, trucking, railroad, and general negligence cases.
Representative Experiences
- Served as national counsel for an automotive product manufacturer in selected design defect cases.
- Developed national testifying and consulting experts in automotive product liability litigation.
- Served as trial counsel for major pharmaceutical company in an asbestos premises liability case - resulted in a defense verdict.
- Served as trial counsel in automotive product liability cases involving fuel system, air bag and seat belt claims.
- Served as trial counsel for clients in numerous jury trials including product liability, asbestos, premises, railroad, trucking, and general negligence cases.
Representative Client Industries
- Product Manufacturers
- Premises Owners
- Trucking/transportation Companies
- Oil and Petrochemical Companies
- Pharmaceutical Companies
- Insurance Companies
Professional and Legal Affiliations
- Texas Association of Defense Counsel (TADC)
- Board of Directors (2009-present)
- Defense Research Institute (DRI)
- Member
- Travis County Bar Association
- Member
- American Bar Association (ABA)
- Member
Publications and Presentations
- 2010 - "Distracted Driving Issues" - For The Defense; DRI Magazine, February 2010
- 2009 - Program Chairman - Texas Associaton of Defense Counsel Winter Meeting
- 2006 - "Manufacturer's Duty to Indemnify and Liability of Non-Manufacturing Sellers" - Texas Association of Defense Counsel Winter Meeting
Education
- Texas Tech University School of Law (J.D.) 1990; (Board of Barristers; Phi Delta Phi)
- The University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A.) 1986
Professional Licenses
- State Bar of Texas, 1990
- State Bar of Oklahoma, 2005
- United States District Court, Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas
- United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
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