G. Robert Sonnier

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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

Practice Areas:

Automotive Product Liability

Commercial Litigation


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G. Robert Sonnier
Mr. Sonnier has significant experience in representing manufacturers in product liability litigation in several states across the country in both state and federal courts. He has an emphasis in automotive product liability litigation and has handled hundreds of automotive defect cases and acted as national and regional counsel for automotive manufacturers. He has also served as regional counsel for several tire manufacturers. In addition to product liability litigation, he has an active practice in premises liability, toxic tort, and general civil litigation. 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 several automotive product liability cases involving air bag and fuel system defect 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
  • Pharmaceutical Companies
  • Trucking/transportation Companies
  • Insurance Companies

Professional and Legal Affiliations

  • Texas Association of Defense Counsel (TADC)
    • Member
  • Defense Research Institute (DRI)
    • Member
  • Travis County Bar Association
    • Member
  • American Bar Association (ABA)
    • Member

Publications and Presentations

  • 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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