Background
Krist, Scott C. was born on November 17, 1965 in Tyler, Texas, United States.
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Scott C. Krist
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University of Texas (Bachelor of Business Administration, 1988. Juris Doctor, with honors, 1990).
Career
Worked at Krist Weller Neumann. Admitted to the bar, 1991, Texas and United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
1992, United States.
District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts. Author: "Liability of Insurance Agents: Misrepresentation and Failure to Provide Adequate Coverage," University of Houston Law Foundation, 1993. "Course of Action Against An Insurance Agent.
Extending Liability to the Insurer," University of Houston Law Foundation, 1994.
"Proving Non-Pecuniary Losses", 5th Annual Medical Malpractice Conference, 1994. "Non-Economic Damages", 6th Annual Medical Malpractice Conference, 1995.
Member: Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism. Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group.
Member: Galveston, Houston and American Bar Associations.
Texas Trial Lawyers Association. Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Texas Young Lawyers Association.
Houston Trial Lawyers Association. College of the State Bar of Texas.
The firm was established in 1968, and has operated primarily as a firm dedicated to the prosecution and trial of serious personal injury and wrongful death cases. In the last several years, the firm has undertaken the prosecution and trial (on a contingent fee basis only) of significant contested commercial matters.
The firm prides itself in having tried and established the first crashworthiness case in the State of Texas, and was also the principal counsel involved in both the Apollo space disaster as well as the Challenger mishap.
The firm has recently expanded its quarters by building a new 20,000 square foot facility to house the firm.
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Membership
Member: Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism. Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group. Member: Galveston, Houston and American Bar Associations.
Texas Trial Lawyers Association.
Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Texas Young Lawyers Association. Houston Trial Lawyers Association.
College of the State Bar of Texas.
