Attorney Joel M. Fineberg
Joel M. Fineberg has built a nationally recognized practice and successfully represents plaintiffs in sophisticated commercial litigation, as well as class actions, catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases resulting from work place, aircraft and truck accidents. Mr. Fineberg has built a reputation as a dedicated advocate on behalf of his clients’ rights. Each case is thoroughly investigated, analyzed and prosecuted with a single goal – the relentless pursuit of justice. Mr. Fineberg has been successfully litigating complex commercial, catastrophic injury, and wrongful death cases for almost 20 years.
Mr. Fineberg is admitted to practice in Texas by the Texas Supreme Court, as well as in the United States District Court for the Eastern and Northern Districts of Texas. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Mr. Fineberg is a graduate of Emory University and Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law.
Mr. Fineberg served as a Briefing Attorney for the Texas Supreme Court from 1991 – 1992. He served as a Director of the Texas Trial Lawyers Associations and is a member of both the Texas and Dallas Trial Lawyers Associations, both the Texas and Dallas Bar Associations, and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Mr. Fineberg is often asked to speak at various Continuing Legal Education Seminars and has served as the Course Director for the Texas State Bar Advanced Personal Injury Course.
Joel Fineberg’s memberships and accomplishments include:
Memberships:
• State Bar of Texas
• College of the State Bar of Texas
• Dallas Trial Lawyers Association (Director, 1995-2002)
• Texas Trial Lawyers Association (TTLA) (Associate Director, 1996-1998, Director
1998-2002, Fellowship Member)
• Texas Bar Foundation
• Texas Bar College
Accomplishments:
Chosen by his peers to be included in the following:
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Texas Super Lawyers 2009 – Super Lawyers supplement to Law & Politics magazine May 2009
Lectures and Articles:
- "FOLLOW THE MONEY: Pleading and Pursuing Qui Tam and Whistleblower Cases," University of Texas School of Law 33rd Annual Page Keeton Civil Litigation Seminar (2009)
- “LEVERAGE: Leading the Leprechaun Over the Rainbow to the Pot of Gold,” State Bar of Texas Advanced Discovery Strategies Course (2003)
- “TRIAL BY FIRE: Smoking out the Truth Without Getting Burned,” TTLA 14th Annual Medical Malpractice Conference (2003)
- “TRIAL BY FIRE: Smoking out the Truth Without Getting Burned,” Corpus Christi Bar Association Advanced Civil Trial Law Seminar (2003)
- “TRIAL BY FIRE: Smoking out the Truth Without Getting Burned,” 11th Annual Advanced Medical Malpractice Course (2003)
- “Discovery Update,” TTLA Advanced Personal Injury Course (2003)
- “Dollar for Dollar Credit, or Fair Compensation,” TTLA 12th Annual Medical Malpractice Conference (2001)
- “Discovery Update,” State Bar of Texas Advanced Personal Injury Law Course (2001)
- “Discovery Update,” State Bar of Texas Advanced Civil Trial Course (2001)
- “THE BUSINESS OF MEDICINE: Finding Corporate Gems,” State Bar of Texas Advanced Personal Injury Law Course (2000)
- “DIRT: Where to Find it, When to Use it and How to Wash it,” TTLA Advanced Personal Injury Course (2000)
- “DIRT: Where to Find it, When to Use it and How to Wash it,” State Bar of Texas Advanced Personal Injury Law Course (2000)
- "NEW INVESTIGATIVE DISCOVERY: Depositions, How Do You Investigate Your Claim, Preparation, Rule 202, Deposition in Anticipation of Filing,” State Bar of Texas Advanced Personal Injury Course (2000)
- “THE BUSINESS OF MEDICINE: Finding Corporate Gems,” TTLA 10th Annual Advanced Medical Malpractice Conference (1999)
- “Champagne Discovery on a Beer Budget,” San Antonio Trial Lawyers Association Seminar (1999)
- “Multi-Party and Complex Settlements,” TTLA Advanced Personal Injury Course (1998)
- “Products Liability Update,” University of Houston DTPA and Consumer Law Institute (1997)
Co-author:
- “Stowers Bad Faith, Equitable Subrogation & Pre-Trial Covenants Not to Execute,” 27 Forum 23, 1993