David Hodges is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He is licensed to practice law by the Supreme Court of Texas and admitted to practice before:

• the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, United States District Court for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas.

He is an active member of many organizations, including:

• The State Bar of Texas, 
• Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Trustee, TTLA PAC), 
• Christian Trial Lawyers Association, 
• Houston Trial Lawyers Association, 
• Houston Trial Lawyers Foundation, 
• The Texas Association of Civil Trial and Appellate Specialists,
• Million Dollar Advocates Forum Member - A national organization whose membership is limited to trial lawyers who have demonstrated exceptional skill, experience and excellence in advocacy by achieving a trial verdict, award or settlement in the amount of one million dollars or more.

Many state and national news organizations have interviewed and featured Mr. Hodges concerning his representation of various clients. He has also been interviewed on the subject of tort reform and Texas medical malpractice law.

Representative cases:

• Represented a two year old child that experienced a near-fatal seizure after being given the wrong medication from a pharmacist. 
• Represented a patient against a national pharmacy when the patient ingested a near fatal dose of a powerful central nervous system stimulant. The pharmacist had mislabeled this medication as Vicodin. 
• Represented a patient who was instructed to take a near-fatal dose of Ambien. The dosage that the pharmacist instructed was contrary to the written orders of the patient's doctor.
• Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy suffered during birth. In this case, Mr. Hodges represented the family of a girl who suffered injury at birth due to the hospital's and doctors' negligence. The case settled for a confidential amount.
• Shoulder Dystocia and resulting brachial plexus injury. During a vaginal delivery, a baby's shoulder may become stuck and injured if not handled appropriately. Mr. Hodges has handled several of these cases, including ones in which a complete avulsion occurred, rendering the babies' arms almost useless for life.

Areas of Practice: 
-Pharmacy Errors
-Medical Malpractice 
-Personal Injury 

Professional Achievements

David Hodges was born in the Texas Valley and grew up in Houston. After graduating from Cy-Fair Senior High School, he attended Texas A&M University where he was a member of the Corps of Cadets. At A&M, Mr. Hodges was an NROTC scholarship recipient and recognized as a Distinguished Student. Upon graduation, he served in the United States Navy as an Intelligence Officer. He saw service in Desert Storm and was awarded the Sea Strike Intelligence Officer of the Year Award.

Mr. Hodges left active duty in order to return to his hometown and attend the University of Houston Law Center. As with his naval career, his law school career was marked with excellence. Mr. Hodges teamed up with his current law partner, Galvin Kennedy, and won the Hippard Mock Trial Tournament. Mr. Hodges was dedicated to trial advocacy and other extracurricular activities including

• U.S. Navy Reserves and he graduated in the top 10% of his law school class.
• Editor: Houston Journal of International Law; 
• Head of the Order of the Barons (the Law Center's honor society)l
• Member: National Order of the Barristers.

After graduating with honors from the University of Houston Law Center, Mr. Hodges began a six-year career of representing defendants and their insurers. During the last years of his defense practice Mr. Hodges dedicated his time to representing hospitals, doctors, nurses and allied health care professionals. While working at Mayor, Day, Caldwell & Keeton, L.L.P. (which became Andrews & Kurth, L.L.P.), Mr. Hodges was responsible for every stage of a medical malpractice case, from the initial filing of the lawsuit through the appellate process.

Certification/Specialties:
Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Professional Associations and Memberships:
-Texas Trial Lawyers Association
-Texas Trial Lawyers Association
-Trustee, TTLA PAC
-Christian Trial Lawyers Association
-Houston Trial Lawyers Association
-Houston Trial Lawyers Foundation
-Texas Association of Civil Trial and Appellate Specialists
-American Association for Justice (AAJ)

Education:
University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas
Juris Doctor
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