Attorney R. Dean Gresham
R. Dean Gresham is a well-respected litigator that brings unique insight and a creative approach to high-stakes commercial, class action, and personal injury litigation. Mr. Gresham has focused his career on representing persons and families that have been the victims of corporate greed and irresponsibility, products liability, and consumer fraud. Mr. Gresham is known for his dedication to his clients as, his attention to detail and an innovative approach to legal analysis. Gresham has a keen ability to analyze complicated legal issues and provide unique, creative solutions to legal problems that other lawyers consider to be unsolvable.
A native Texan, Mr. Gresham earned his law degree, cum laude, from South Texas College of Law where he was awarded the American Jurisprudence award for outstanding achievement in the study of Conflict of Laws and Legal Research & Writing. While attending law school, Mr. Gresham honed his litigation skills under the counsel and direction of one of the Nation’s top trial advocacy programs. In addition to sharpening his litigation skills, Mr. Gresham served as distinguished member of the South Texas Law Review and was inducted into the elite Order of Lytae.
Mr. Gresham is admitted to practice in Texas by the Texas Supreme Court, as well as the United States District Court for the Eastern, Northern, and Southern Districts of Texas and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Mr. Gresham is a member of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, the American Bar Association, the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association, the Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America, the American Association of Justice, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, and the Pro Bono College of the State Bar of Texas. Mr. Gresham often speaks at various continuing legal education seminars throughout Texas.
After the horrific attack on our Country on September 11, 2001, Mr. Gresham joined forces with other trial lawyers across the country in what has been described as “the largest pro bono project in our nation's history.” Through the Trial Lawyers Care program, Mr. Gresham provided free legal representation to victims and their families of the September 11 tragedy. Mr. Gresham was one of the few lawyers who provided legal representation to over 1,700 victims and their families---over $200 million in legal services provided absolutely free of charge.
Trial Lawyers Care’s report to Congress, “Thousands of Heroes: The Rest of Us Could Only Help,” commemorates and tells the story of this unprecedented initiative.
Gresham’s accomplishments include:
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Authored & Co-Authored Articles:
• “Whose Your Daddy: How to Establish Vicarious Liability,” American Association of
Justice (Chicago, 2008).
• “The First 120 Days: From Investigation to Expert Report,” State Bar of Texas Advanced
Medical Malpractice Course (Santa Fe, 2005).
• “Trial by Fire: Smoking Out the Truth without Getting Burned,” Texas Trial Lawyers
Association 14th Annual Medical Malpractice Conference (Sept., 2003).
• LEVERAGE: Leading the Leprechaun Over the Rainbow to the Pot of Gold,” State Bar
of Texas Advanced Discovery Strategies Course (June, 2003).
• “Discovery Update,” Texas Trial Lawyers Association Advanced Personal Injury Course
(May, 2003).
• “Contribution and Indemnity on the Outer Continental Shelf,” University of Texas 11th
Annual Admiralty and Maritime Law Seminar (2002).
• “Settling A Maritime Personal Injury Case,” Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Annual Convention (Atlanta, 2002).
• “Contractual Risk Transfer in the Maritime Industry,” University of Texas 9th Annual
Admiralty and Maritime Law Seminar (2000).