With a combined 60 years of experience, the attorneys at Shaw and Associates have tried and defended more than 1,000 cases, ranging from minor accidental injury to complex medical malpractice to product liability litigation.
Each attorney is a litigation specialist with experience in medical malpractice defense. Other areas of expertise include healthcare professional liability, employment issues, products liability, insurance coverage, bad faith claims, commercial litigation, fraud, defamation and anti-trust violations.
Shaw & Associates has earned a reputation for early dismissals, tough negotiations and aggressive litigation tactics that result in positive outcomes:
| Year | Case | Outcome |
| 2009 | Zwigart v. OST | Wrongful death 18-wheeler case, early resolution within 9 months. |
| 2007 | Starks v. Seligman | Medical malpractice, ureter injury, successful defense verdict. |
| 2006 | Quach v. Ramirez | Medical malpractice, hysterectomy without pregnancy, defense verdict. |
| 2005 | Lewis v. Lefholz | Medical malpractice, wrongful death claim, resulted in mistrial with a jury split of nine for the defendants and three for plaintiff. |
| 2004 | Holbein v. Bazaldua; Tarrant County | Medical malpractice, wrongful death claim, defense verdict. |
| 2003 | Perryman v. Garrison; Ellis County | Medical malpractice, ureter injury, successful defense verdict. |
| 2003 | Humphreys v. Decker; Tarrant County | Medical malpractice, hysterectomy without pregnancy, defense verdict. |
| 2002 | Ostrom v. Yurvati/Wallace; Tarrant County | Medical malpractice, wrongful death claim, resulted in mistrial with a jury split of nine for the defendants and three for plaintiff. |
| 2002 | Mongrain v. Loyola; Dallas County | Medical malpractice, wrongful death claim, successful defense verdict. |
| 2002 | Bragg v. Bazaldua; Tarrant County | Medical malpractice, wrongful death claim, successful defense verdict. |
| 2002 | Wright v. Adams; Tarrant County | Medical malpractice, wrongful death claim, successful defense verdict. |
| 2002 | Gandy v. McKenzie; Tarrant County | Medical malpractice. |
| 2001 | Willhun v. Brettell; Tarrant County | Medical malpractice claim, successful defense. |
| 2000 | Scroggins v. Brotherton; Tarrant County | Medical malpractice claim, successful defense verdict. |
| 2000 | Weir v. Malik; Dallas County | Medical malpractice claim, successful defense verdict and 100% negligence against plaintiff. |
| 2000 | Lahmer v. Lonergan, et al; Tarrant County | Medical malpractice claim, successful defense verdict. |
| 1999 | Wright v. Dr. Hodde | Court of Appeals remanded a 4590i dismissal. |
| 1998 | Heidi Horsley-Layman v. Dr. Angeles | Court of Appeals remanded a 4590i Dismissal. |
| 1998 | Case v. Galatzan; Tarrant County | Medical malpractice wrongful death. Plaintiff settled on the evening of trial for cost of trial. |
| 1998 | Rhone v. Fontenot; Wichita Falls | Medical malpractice claim with alleged quadriplegic injury, settled during the third week of trial. |
| 1997 | Neal v. Romack, M.D.; Tarrant County, Texas | Medical malpractice. Plaintiff settled on the evening of trial for court costs. |
| 1996 | Ronald Dale Alexander, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Jesse Brown, et al., Defendants, M.H.M.R. Centre, Defendant- Appellee; United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Successful defense of appeal. |
| 1996 | Mary J. Jackson and Martha E. Bruce, Appellants v. Dallas County Mental Health and Retardation, Mental Diagnostic Center, Dallas Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit, Dr. Pearl N. Diana and Dr. Sammy Lee Ross, Appelles; Court of Appeals for the Fifth District of Texas at Dallas | Successful defense of appeal. |
| 1995 | Smith v. DCMHMR; Dallas County, Texas | Automobile collision; plaintiff dismissed case on day of trial. |
| 1995 | Holden, et al v. Emerald Services Corporation, et al; Tulsa, Oklahoma | State and federal securities fraud, misrepresentation, libel, slander, successfully defended and prevailed on plaintiff’s counter claim for legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty for an amount which exceeded plaintiff’s breach of contract claim. |
| 1994 | Tom Shepard v. Jack H. Castle, D.D.S., et al.; Harris County, Texas | Dental malpractice case; successful defense verdict |
| 1994 | Betsy Rouse, et al v. Beech Aircraft Corporation, et al.; Dallas County, Texas | Products liability/wrongful death case; represented one of three plaintiffs; successful plaintiff verdict |
| 1993 | Eldridge Edwards, Jr., et al. Denton A. Cooley, M.D, et.; Harris County, Texas | Medical malpractice case; summery judgment of plaintiffs wrongful death case at the time of trial. Won all appeals |
| 1993 | Louis Earl Presely v. The City of Benbrook, Sam Horan and David Wallace; United States court of appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Successful appeal |
| 1992 | Ralph Gaeta, et al. v. Denton A. Cooley, M.D., et al.; Harris County, Texas | Wrong artery by-passed; successful defense verdict. Medical malpractice. |
| 1992 | Gerald Andert, et al. v. Greg Bewley and Larry Traweek; United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division | Multiple § 1983 claim, including bodily injury and excessive force; successful defense verdict. |
| 1991 | Shoemaker v. City of Keller; United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division | Successful defense verdict. Civil rights claim for excessive force causing permanent disabling injury. |
| 1991 | Presley v. City of Benbrook; United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division | Successful defense verdict. Civil rights. Successful appeal. |
| 1991 | Wheeler v. Huang; Galveston County, Texas | Hung jury. Medical malpractice. Retried and won. (Assisted Dick Wiles) |
| 1991 | Houston General Insurance Company v. Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company; Dallas County, Texas | Represented plaintiff in bad faith claim for full recovery of $500,000. |
| 1990 | Owen v. Espinoza; Freestone County , Texas | Case involving a brain damaged child, settled on first day of trial. |
| 1990 | Krysten v. Denton A. Colley, M.D.; Harris County, Texas | Successful defense verdict of alleged wrongful death. Medical malpractice. |
| 1989 | Buffalo v. Robbins; Harris County, Texas | Successful defense verdict. |
| 1988 | Davis v. Winters; Harris County, Texas | Successful defense verdict for physician obstetrician/gynecologist. Medical malpractice. |
| 1987 | Womble v. Wal-Mart; Cause No. 85-16777; 192nd Judicial District Court, Dallas County, Texas | Plaintiff’s verdict returned for less than defendant’s offer to settle (represented defendant). Personal injury. |
| 1986 | Spring Branch v. Jacob Gabriel v. Memorial Hospital; Harris County, Texas | Successful defense verdict for physician pulmonologist. Medical malpractice. |
| 1986 | Terreo v. Flores; Dallas County, Texas | Successful plaintiff verdict and defeated counterclaim. Property damage. |
| 1986 | Nevill v. Parsi; Gregg County, Texas | Verdict for plaintiff. Medical malpractice. (Assisted David R. Norton.) |
| 1985 | Bowers v. Firestone, General Motors and The Budd Company, U.S. District Court, Wichita Falls | Successful plaintiff verdict. Products liability and negligence personal injury claim. (Assisted Ken Patterson.) |
| 1984 | Pine Top Insurance Co. v. The Home Indemnity Co. | Represented the plaintiff in two bad faith cases which settled prior to trial for $1.5 million and $200,000. Contract claims. (Assisted C. Edward Fowler.) |