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Lance P. Olinde

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281.598.8740

lolinde@macdonalddevin.com

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Lance brings 35 years of experience handling complex commercial and personal injury litigation throughout Texas and Louisiana, with in excess of 75 jury verdicts and numerous appeals. He has successfully represented clients in professional liability, personal injury, first-party bad faith, transportation, products liability, premises liability and commercial litigation and arbitration.

Overview

As part of his practice to better represent his clients, he has become a committed and enthusiastic student of subjects as diverse as medicine, accounting, construction, engineering, and technology in the courtroom. His training as a mediator provides additional insight for his clients in mediation and arbitration. He has written and spoken at continuing legal education programs and before transportation companies, trade associations, insurance companies and a variety of professional organizations.

Lance has played guitar since high school. Since that time, he has acquired quite a collection of acoustic and electric guitars and puts them to use in a small recording studio in his house. During college football season, he can be found in the kitchen making gumbo, jambalaya or etouffee before L.S.U. games.

Professional Affiliations
  • State Bar of Texas
  • American Bar Association
  • Houston Bar Association
  • American Board of Trial Advocates
  • American Society for Healthcare Risk Management
  • Greater Houston Society for Healthcare Risk Management
  • Texas Trucking Association
Educational and Professional Background
  • A.A. White Dispute Resolution Center 2002
  • University of Houston
  • South Texas College of Law, J.D., 1985
  • Louisiana State University, B.A. 1982
Publications & Speeches
  • Proving Business Damages and Managing the CPA Expert
  • Employee Relations and Avoiding Some of the Traps
  • You’ve Been Sued: What Next?
  • Developments in Trade Secret Litigation
  • Debt Collection and Unreasonable Collection Efforts
  • Navigating Through the Federal Motor Carrier Regulations