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Brant J. Stogner

Brant Stogner grew up in El Campo, Texas – a small town about an hour southwest of Houston. In high school, Brant excelled at both athletics and academics. Brant graduated in the top ten percent of his high school class; in sports, Brant and the Ricebirds won six district championships in football and baseball during his three years starting on varsity. Brant earned all-district honors all three years in both sports while also participating in theater and the National Honor Society. Despite a knee injury and subsequent knee surgery in his senior year of high school, Brant accepted a full scholarship to the University of Houston to play linebacker for the Cougars under former head coach Kim Helton.

In college, Brant’s academic success continued. In his freshman year at the University of Houston, Brant earned the 1997 Conference USA Academic Excellence Award, earning the highest grade point average (GPA) of all football players in the conference. After playing two seasons, and having three surgeries in as many years, Brant decided to hang up his football cleats and transfer to Texas A&M University to complete his business degree. In College Station, Brant’s scholastic accolades continued to mount. Brant was a member of numerous honor societies and graduated in the top ten percent of his class with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting.

After graduation from Texas A&M University, Brant moved back to Houston to attend law school at South Texas College of Law Houston. In law school, Brant quickly became a member of the law school’s nationally ranked mock trial and moot court program under Dean T. Gerald Treece. Following just his third semester in law school, Brant won the Intramural Summer Academy Mock Trial Competition and received the Best Speaker Award.  Ultimately, Brant competed as a varsity advocate in 15 mock trial and moot court competitions across the country. In addition to numerous individual speaker awards, Brant won a state tournament championship, a regional moot court tournament championship, two regional mock trial tournament championships, and, ultimately, a National Championship in mock trial at the ATLA National Trial Competition in his final semester of law school. Brant graduated law school in May of 2006 in the top fifteen percent of his law school class, was admitted into the Order of Barristers, and received the 2006 Dean’s Outstanding Student Advocate Award.

Following graduation from law school and after taking the bar exam, Brant accepted an associate position at Houston law firm, Hays, McConn, Rice & Pickering (now named LeClair Ryan) while waiting for bar results. In November of 2006, Brant received his license to practice law from the State Bar of Texas while working at Hays McConn. As a licensed attorney, Brant continued to work with multiple partners on a wide range of cases in civil litigation, representing primarily defendants in personal injury and business disputes. Brant worked as a lawyer during the day and as a law professor at night while he coached South Texas College of Law Houston mock trial teams for his alma mater. After learning the ropes at Hays McConn for nearly two years, Brant accepted an associate position with Abraham Watkins in August of 2008. Brant has been with Abraham Watkins ever since and is now a firm partner with his name in the firm’s name.

At Abraham Watkins, Brant has continued to consistently try cases to verdict. Brant tried twelve cases to verdict in his first three years at the firm. Today, he exclusively represents plaintiffs. Brant’s practice focuses on catastrophic personal injury matters, including gas explosions, commercial auto and 18 wheeler cases, refinery and petrochemical explosions, product defect cases, commercial business disputes. Since joining the firm, Brant has helped hundreds of his clients obtain compensation for their injuries and damages caused by others. Brant is board certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Personal Injury Trial Law. He received this certification within his first five years of legal practice, which is the soonest an attorney can become board certified in Texas. In 2009, Brant received the largest verdict (over $20 million) in Texas for workplace safety and injuries and was listed in Verdict Search’s Top Texas Verdicts of 2009. Brant is a board member of the Houston Trial Lawyers Association and is a founding member of the South Texas College of Law Houston Young Alumni Council. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the South Texas College of Law Houston Alumni Association and served as President in 2019.

Brant was named to the Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star list from 2011 to 2013. He was named to H Texas Magazine’s “Houston’s Top Lawyers 2013” list and has been named to Houstonia Magazine’s “Top Lawyers” list since 2013. Despite being only thirty-four years old, Brant was selected to the Texas Super Lawyers list in 2013. He has been named to the Texas Super Lawyers list every year since 2013 and the Top 100: Texas Super Lawyers and Top 100: Houston Super Lawyers lists since 2019.  In 2014, Brant was also added to the Top 40 Texas Attorneys Under 40 list by the National Trial Lawyers Association and received the award each year until he turned 40 years old. Brant has also been named to the Nation’s Top One Percent list by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel since 2015. Brant was also nominated for and inducted into the prestigious American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) as a member in 2015 and was the youngest inductee in the 2015 class. In 2016, South Texas College of Law Houston honored Brant with the inaugural Young Alumni Award. He was the first recipient to receive this award from South Texas College of Law Houston.

Brant met his wife, Jennifer O’Brien Stogner, in law school and she was one of his mock trial partners when they won the ATLA Regional Championship in Dallas, Texas and the National Championship in Miami, Florida. Brant and Jennifer have two boys, Ryker and Beckett Stogner, and one girl, Holland Stogner.  Brant and Jennifer’s partnership continues as Jennifer joined the firm in 2018 as Of Counsel.

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2008

  • Personal Injury
  • Aviation Accidents
  • Wrongful Death
  • Catastrophic Injuries
  • Product Defects
  • 18 Wheeler & Commercial Truck Accidents
  • Admiralty & Maritime Accidents
  • Birth Injuries
  • Brain Damage
  • Burns
  • Construction Accidents
  • DWI Accidents
  • Electrocutions
  • Environmental Law
  • Explosions
  • Motorcycle Accidents
  • Nursing Home Negligence
  • Offshore Injuries
  • Paraplegia
  • Patent Infringement
  • Petrochemical Accidents
  • Pharmaceutical Litigation
  • Quadriplegia Spinal Cord Injuries
  • Swimming Pool Accidents
  • Workplace Injuries
  • Vehicular Accidents

100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

  • The College of the State Bar of Texas, 2012
  • Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2011
  • Texas, 2006
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 2006
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 2020
  • South Texas College of Law Houston, Houston, Texas
    • J.D. - 05/2006
    • Honors: GPA: 3.292 Rank: Top 15%
    • Honors: Competed in 15 Advocacy Tournaments as a Varsity Advocate
    • Honors: Order of the Barristers
    • Honors: Dean's Outstanding Student Advocate Award, 2006
    • Honors: National Champion, ATLA National Trial Competition, Miama, FL, 2006
    • Honors: National Best Advocate (Second Place), ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition, Chicago, IL, 2005
    • Honors: Regional Champion, ATLA National Trial Competition, Dallas, TX, 2006
    • Honors: Regional Champion, ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition, New Orleans, LA, 2004 - 2005
    • Honors: Regional Champion, TYLA National Trial Competition, Dallas, TX, 2004 - 2005
    • Honors: State Champion, Best Oralist, and 2nd Best Brief, SBOT Administrative & Public Law Moot Court Competition, Austin, TX, 2004
    • Honors: Tournament Champion and Best Oralist, T. Gerald Treece Summer Academy Mock Trial Competition, Houston, TX, 2004
  • Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
    • B.B.A. - 05/2001
    • Honors: National Society of Collegiate Scholars
    • Honors: Beta Alpha Psi Accounting Honors Society
    • Honors: Golden Key National Honor Society
    • Major: Accounting
  • University of Houston, Houston, Texas
    • Honors: Received full-paid football scholarship to the University of Houston
    • Honors: Played two seasons at linebacker under former coach, Kim Helton
    • Honors: Earned the 1997 Conference USA Academic Excellence Award (Highest GPA of football players in conference)
  • Presenting, Recovering, & Challenging Past Medical Expenses, Houston Bar Association, 2015
  • Presenting, Recovering, & Challenging Past Medical Expenses, Houston Metropolitan Paralegal Association March CLE Luncheon, 2014
  • Admitting and Providing Medical Expenses Post Haygood v. De Escabedo, Houston Bar Association 2011-2012 Winter Seminars, 2011
  • Lessons to be Learned from In re Weekley Homes, L.P., The Houston Lawyer (Online Edition), September/October, 2010
  • Shifting Liability, State Bar of Texas: 33rd Annual Advanced Estate Planning & Probate Course (Litigation Section) (Co-Author), 2009
  • Paid or Incurred, Why Does it Matter, & What to Look for in Medical Records, State Bar of Texas: 2008 Annual Convention (Paralegal Division), 2008
  • Chapter 3 Contract Issues: Construction Industry Perspective, Construction Defects: Claims & Coverage, Defense Research Institute, 2007
  • Advocacy in Mediation and Arbitration, Houston Bar Association, Houston Young Lawyers Association, and South Texas College of Law Houston (Served as Speaker on the Panel), 2021
  • Honors & Awards Ceremony (Spring Awards), South Texas College of Law Houston (Presenter), 2019
  • New Student Orientation – Professionalism (Spring Orientation), South Texas College of Law Houston (Served as Alumni Association President and Speaker on the Panel), 2019
  • When Harvey Comes A-Callin’ (Again) – Practical Tips and Suggestions for Your Office and Clients, State Bar of Texas: Texas Bar College 20th Annual Summer School (Served as Moderator for the Panel), 2018
  • New Student Orientation (Spring Orientation), South Texas College of Law Houston (Served as Speaker on a Panel), 2017
  • Presenting, Recovering, & Challenging Past Medical Expenses, Houston Bar Association (MCLE Presentation), 2015
  • Presenting, Recovering, & Challenging Past Medical Expenses, Houston Metropolitan Paralegal Association March CLE Luncheon (MCLE Presentation), 2014
  • Admitting and Providing Medical Expenses Post Haygood v. De Escabedo, Houston Bar Association 2011-2012 Winter Seminars (MCLE Presentation), 2011
  • What Do Lawyers Do?, Law School Admission Council: Law School Forums (Served as Speaker on the Panel), 2010, 2013
  • Judges Panel: Courtroom Etiquette from the Bench, State Bar of Texas: Texas Minority Attorney Program (Served as Moderator for the Judicial Panel), 2009
  • Paid or Incurred, Why Does it Matter, & What to Look for in Medical Records, State Bar of Texas: 2008 Annual Convention (Paralegal Division) (MCLE Presentation), 2008
  • Shifting Liability (MCLE Presentation), State Bar of Texas: 33rd Annual Advanced Estate Planning & Probate Course (Litigation Section), 2009
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, Best Lawyers, 2024
  • Texas Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers, 2013 to 2023
  • Top 100: Houston Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers, 2019 to 2023
  • Top 100: Texas Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers, 2019 to 2023
  • Top 10 Attorneys Personal Injury, America’s Best Advocates, 2023
  • Top Texas Injury Attorney, Elite Lawyer, 2022 to 2023
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, The Best Lawyers in America, 2023
  • Top 50 Attorney of Houston, Attorney Intel, 2022
  • Attorney of the Year Personal Injury Law, National Alliance of Attorneys, 2021
  • Litigator of the Year, Personal Injury, American Institute of Trial Lawyers, 2021
  • America’s Most Honored Lawyers – Top 1%, American Registry, 2021 to 2022
  • Top-Ranking Attorney for Texas, America’s Best Attorneys, 2021 to 2022
  • National Aviation Trial Lawyers Top 10, The National Trial Lawyers, 2021
  • Top 10 Personal Injury Law Attorney for Texas, Best of the Best Attorneys, 2020 to 2023
  • Top 10 Attorney List, American Association of Attorney Advocates, 2020 to 2022
  • Texas Top 10 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers, 2020
  • America’s Most Honored Lawyers – Top 5%, American Registry, 2020
  • Texas Top 100 Personal Injury, Association of American Trial Lawyers, 2019
  • Top 40 Under 40, American Institute of Trial Lawyers, 2019
  • Texas Top 40 Under 40, American Academy of Attorneys, 2019
  • Leading Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Attorney of the Year, Texas, Acquisition International Magazine, 2018, 2021
  • 10 Best High Verdict & Settlement Winners for Texas, American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys, 2018 to 2023
  • Texas Top 10 Personal Injury Law Attorney, Attorney and Practice Magazine, 2018 to 2022
  • Top 25 in Texas - Motor Vehicle, The National Trial Lawyers, 2018
  • Lawyers of Distinction - Texas list, 2018 to 2023
  • 10 Best Under 40 Personal Injury Attorneys, American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys, 2018 to 2019
  • Top 10 Personal Injury Attorneys, American Jurist Institute, 2018
  • Texas' Top 10 Attorney, National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys, 2016 to 2017
  • Young Alumni Award (inaugural recipient), South Texas College of Law Houston, 2016
  • 10 Best Attorneys for Texas, American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys, 2016 to 2022
  • Texas' Top 10 Under 40, National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys, 2016 to 2019
  • Top 100 Trial Lawyers, Civil Plaintiff, The National Trial Lawyers, 2016 to 2017, 2019 to 2020
  • Clients’ Choice Award, Avvo, 2015
  • Nation's Top One Percent, National Association of Distinguished Counsel, 2015 to 2023
  • Texas' Top 40 Under 40, The National Trial Lawyers, 2014 to 2018
  • Top Lawyers List, Personal Injury, Houstonia Magazine, 2013 to 2020
  • Houston's Top Lawyers, Personal Injury, H Texas Magazine, 2013, 2015 to 2016, 2018 to 2023
  • Texas Rising Stars, Super Lawyers, 2011 to 2013
  • Avvo Peer/Client Rated 10 of 10 since 2011 to 2023
  • Verdict Search's Top Texas Verdicts of 2009 (#1 Verdict - Workplace Safety), 2009
  • Invited to join Million Dollar Advocates & Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
  • South Texas College of Law Houston Alumni Association, Past President, 2019 to 2020.
  • Houston Bar Association, Co-Chair Membership Committee, 2019 to 2020
  • South Texas College of Law Houston, Board of Directors, 2019
  • South Texas College of Law Houston Alumni Association, President, 2018 to 2019
  • State Bar of Texas, Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow, 2018- Present
  • South Texas College of Law Houston Alumni Association, President-Elect, 2017 to 2018
  • State Bar of Texas, Pattern Jury Charge Committee for Negligence, Member, 2017 to 2018
  • South Texas College of Law Houston Alumni Association, Vice President of Development, 2016 to 2017
  • Houston Bar Association, Membership Committee, 2016 to 2017
  • American Board of Trial Advocates, Membership Committee, 2015 to 2017
  • American Board of Trial Advocates, Member, 2015 to Present
  • South Texas College of Law Houston Alumni Association, Vice President of Admissions, 2015 to 2016
  • Lawyers of Distinction, Board Advisor, 2015 to 2016
  • Texas Association of Civil Trial and Appellate Specialists (TACTAS), Member, 2014 to 2015
  • Houston Trial Lawyers Association, Vice President, 2013 to 2015
  • South Texas College of Law Houston Alumni Association, Board of Directors, 2012 to 2021.
  • Houston Bar Association, Houston Lawyer Referral Service Board of Trustees, 2011 to 2012
  • Houston Trial Lawyers Association, Membership Committee, Chair, 2010 to 2015
  • South Texas College of Law Houston Young Alumni Council, Founding Board Member, 2010 to 2012
  • Houston Trial Lawyers Association, Board of Directors, 2009 to 2016
  • South Texas College of Law Houston, Adjunct Advocacy Professor/Varsity Coach/Consultant, 2006 to Present
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association
  • American Association of Justice
  • Houston Bar Association
  • Houston Trial Lawyers Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Hispanic National Bar Association, Affiliate Member
  • National League of Renowned Attorneys, Invitation
  • Rue Rating's Best Attorneys of America, Lifetime Charter Membership Invitation
  • Invited to join Million Dollar Advocates & Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
  • Hays, McConn, Rice & Pickering, P.C. (now LeClairRyan), Associate
  • Ebanks, Smith, & Carlson, L.L.P., Summer Associate/Law Clerk, Summer 2005
  • 1st Court of Appeals, Semester Intern, Spring 2005
  • Represented Dorothy Dillard, pro bono, in her trial against the Estate of Joe Milton. This trial was held in the 80th District Court of Harris County under cause number 2008-42497. Brant was asked by the judge on the date of trial to represent this plaintiff because she had a breach of contract claim and DTPA claim against the deceased contractor that was called for trial. Brant was able to obtain the relief the plaintiff requested and was successful in the trial on October 20, 2010.
  • Represented O.C. Jackson, pro bono, in his trespass to try title trial. This trial took place in the 61st District Court of Harris County under cause number 2008-11967.  Brant was asked by the judge to represent this individual in his claim for title to the property. This was called to trial on March 9, 2009 and Brant was able to successfully vest title in the pro bono client.
  • Houston Bar Association, Legal Lines Volunteer, 2007 to Present
  • Houston Bar Association, Law Day Readings, 2012
  • Houston Bar Association, Mentor/Protégé Program, Mentor, 2012 to 2017
  • Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program, Pro Bono Divorce Volunteer, 2012 to 2014
  • Houston Trial Lawyers Foundation, JFK Elementary Santa and Classroom Sponsor, 2013 to Present
  • South Texas College of Law Houston, Adjunct Advocacy Professor/Varsity Coach/Consultant, 2006 to Present
  • Spring Branch American Little League, Timbergrove Sports Association, Spring Branch-Memorial Sports Association, Marucci Elite Texas, Head Coach (Baseball, Basketball, Soccer, Football), 2017 to Present
  • Spring Branch American Little League, Team Manager and Sponsor, 2017
  • Monarch Oaks Civic Association, Vice President, 2016 to 2019
  • Monarch Oaks Civic Association, Board of Directors, 2016 to 2019

Attorney Awards

Brant Stogner Super Lawyers Award for 10 Years of excellent ratings Brant Stogner Super Lawyers Top 100 in Houston Award National Trial Lawyers - Top 100 Top 20 Motor Vehicle Accidents - Brant Stogner.