email: wayne.gordon@tbjbs.com
Experience
Wayne Gordon has been practicing law at Touchstone Bernays for over 30 years. He has been a partner at Touchstone Bernays for over 25 years. Wayne has successfully tried numerous cases to jury verdict in both State and Federal courts throughout Texas. He is licensed in all State and Federal Courts in Texas and the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, in New Orleans. He handles a wide variety of cases, most of which involve the potential for large damages. Wayne has continuously been selected by Texas Monthly Magazine as a Texas Super Lawyer.
Areas of Practice
Personal Injury - Primarily Defense
Medical Malpractice - Primarily Defense
Employer Liability - Primarily Defense
Product Liability - Primarily Defense
Construction Defect - Primarily Defense
Business and Commercial Litigation
First Party Bad Faith, DTPA, and Insurance Code Violations - Primarily Defense
Recent Litigation Accomplishments
Defense jury verdict for beverage distributor in death case arising out of highway accident.
Large settlement recovery for retail grocery store against wholesale distributor arising out of botulism outbreak - settlement occurred after four weeks of trial.
Defendant jury verdict for electrical subcontractor - Plaintiff, an employee of another subcontractor, alleged brain injury as a result of electrical shock and fall from ladder on construction job.
Defense jury verdict for boat manufacturer - Plaintiffs, family members of drowning victim, alleged product liability wrongful death suit as a result of boat overturning.
Defense jury verdict for owners of commercial building - Plaintiff alleged personal injuries as a result of elevator malfunction.
Defense jury verdict for fire alarm and sprinkler system company - Plaintiffs, owners of a commercial business, alleged negligent design and installation of fire alarm and sprinkler system, resulting in fire loss to building and economic loss to company.
Defense award for general contractor in binding arbitration proceeding filed by owners of commercial building and business alleging various construction defects resulting in water leaks and mold development.
Summary judgment for general contractor based on contract language in total fire loss claim filed by owners of building.
Summary judgment for land developer, based on contract language, in claim made by home builder and owner alleging slope failure.
Summary judgment for landlord in premises liability case - accident happened inside leased space.
Representative Clients
AIG Insurance Group
Bituminous Insurance Group
CUNA Mutual Insurance Company
Hanover Insurance Company
Martin, Sprocket & Gear, Inc. - Ft. Worth
One Beacon Insurance Group
Sears Holdings/KMart
Service Lloyds Group
Town Talk Foods, Inc. - Ft. Worth
Dallas County and Dallas County Commissioners Court
Professional Affiliations
Defense Research Institute (DRI); Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC); Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Dallas Association of Defense Counsel; Dallas Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Member - Committee for a Qualified Judiciary.
Education
Baylor University School of Law, J.D., Cum Laude 1979, Waco, TX; Editor-in-Chief, Baylor Law Review, 1978 - 1979. Baylor University, B.A. 1977; Major: Business. Fraternal Associations: Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Alpha Delta.
Personal Information
Born and raised in Texas, Wayne and his wife Dixie and their three children live in Rockwall, where Wayne serves as a Deacon and Youth Group Sunday School teacher at First Baptist Rockwall.