John Engvall, Jr.

Martindale-Hubbell rating: AV

After graduating from Baylor University (B.B.A. 1989, J.D. 1992), John worked for a medium sized firm in Houston for 6 years, 4 as an associate and 2 as a partner, then started his own firm in 1998.

At Baylor, he was named to the GTE Southwest Conference All Academic Athletic team while lettering in track in 10,000 meters. John also received the Legal Professionalism Award from Baylor Law School in 1991.

In 2006, he was nominated to the Texas Bar Foundation Fellows, at age 39.

John has tried a total of three cases alleging brain injury to verdict, in 2003, 2005 and 2007.

He has also defended commercial and property cases to verdicts involving 7 and 8 figure damage allegations, which were not awarded. He divides his time between severe injury cases, real estate and construction disputes, insurance coverage disputes and contractual indemnity disputes.

John has enjoyed picking juries from panels as large as 100 members for two days, and in counties all over Texas. More recently he has handled complex injury and coverage cases outside the state of Texas.

After turning his Blackberry off, John enjoys playing super heros with his 3 and 5 year-old boys. He also enjoys running marathons, quail hunting (without politicians), fly fishing and cycling.

Representative cases include:

U.S. Rentals, Inc. v. Mundy Service, Corp., 901 S.W.2d 789 (Tex.App.--Houston [14th Dist.] 1995, no writ);
Celanese Ltd. v. Chemical Waste Management, Inc., 75 S.W.3d 593 (Tex.App.-Texarkana 2002, pet. denied);
Mid-Continent Casualty Co. v. Daneshjou Company, Inc., 210 Fed.Appx. 374 (5th Cir. 2006); and
Lamar Homes, Inc. v. Mid-Continent Casualty Co., - S.W.3d -, 2007 W.L. 2459193 (Tex. 2007).

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration Degree, Baylor University, 1989
Doctor of Jurisprudence, Baylor University, 1992

Court Admissions

Texas
U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas