Benchmark Arbitrator Bob Black
Bob Black
BobBlack@MehaffyWeber.com
One Allen Center
500 Dallas, Suite 1200
Houston, Texas 77002
(713) 655-1200 FAX (713) 655-0222 |
Bank of America
2615 Calder, Suite 800
Beaumont, Texas 77702
(409) 835-5011 FAX (409) 839-0568 |
Types of Cases
Mediated:
Personal Injury, Construction Defect, Labor and Employment, Contracts, Oil & Gas.
Mediation& Arbitration
Experience:
Over 4,300 cases mediated with a 75% settlement percentage; extensive experience with insurance coverage, personal injury, and commercial litigation. Over 70 arbitrations of oil & gas, insurance, personal injury, commercial and contract cases. American Arbitration Association Roster of Neutrals.
Education:
J.D., Summa Cum Laude, Texas Tech School of Law, 1980. Casenote Editor, Law Review 1979-80. Order of the Coif. Seven American Jurisprudence Awards.
Legal
Experience:
MehaffyWeber, 1980 to date; Managing Partner, 1998-. Areas of practice include civil trial and personal injury trial law, primarily involving personal injury and products liability. Licensed by the Supreme Court of Texas in 1980; the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, 1980; the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, 1999; the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1982, the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, 1985; and admitted to the Bar of the United States Supreme Court, 1985.
Professional:
State Bar of Texas
President, 2011-2012
Recipient, NABE/Lexis Nexis Community Outreach and
Public Education Award, 2012 for his presidential initiative,
Oyez, Oyez, Oh Yay!
Immediate Past-President State Bar of Texas 2012-2013
President-Elect, 2010-2011
Chair, Board of Directors of the State Bar of Texas, 2006-2007
Board of Disciplinary Appeals, 2013-
Honored by Litigation Section in 2014
Texas Legal Legends
State Bar of Texas
Presidential Citation, 2006
Certificate of Merit, 2009
American Arbitration Association,
Roster of Neutrals
Ranked by Chambers and Partners® in the inaugural rankings for
Mediators Nationwide
Best Lawyers in America© (2003 – 2017 Editions)
Named, "Best Lawyers' 2011 and 2012 Beaumont Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants Lawyer of the Year" "Best Lawyers' 2016, 2017 Product Liability Litigation - Defendants"
Selected as a Texas Super Lawyer® in Texas Monthly Super Lawyer, 2004-2016
"Top 100 Lawyers in the Houston Region," 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017
AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5-Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Recognized by Martindale-Hubbell as a "Texas' Top Rated Lawyer®"
AV® Preeminent™ Rated-ADR, 2012-2013, 2014-2015, 2015-2016,
2016-2017
Houston's Top Lawyers 2014, 2015, 2016 H Texas, Mediation & Arbitration
Distinguished Alumnus Award Recipient,
Texas Tech University School of Law, 2011
Distinguished Alumnus Award Recipient,
University of Texas at El Paso, 2011
Texas Bar Foundation
Board of Trustees, 2007-2010
Fellow, 2000 – present
Texas Supreme Court Historical Society
Trustee, 2013 to present
American Bar Association Foundation
Fellow
Mackrell International Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators
Member, 2013 to present
Fees:
Parties are charged on a flat rate basis for mediation. Facilities are provided without cost to the parties in Beaumont and Houston. No half-day mediations.
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