Patrick Short - Rockwall, Texas

About

Board Certified with the aid of Texas Board of Legal Specialization Personal Injury Trial Lawyer Criminal Law Patrick Short is a trial legal professional primarily based in Rockwall County, Texas, the county east of Dallas County with over 36 years of experience representing clients in East and North Texas in private damage, wrongful loss of life, crook protection, and selected civil litigation matters. Patrick is Board Certified in Criminal Law through the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and in Criminal Trial Advocacy via the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He is also Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by using the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Patrick is one in every of five attorneys within the State of Texas that are double Board Certified by means of the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in both Personal Injury Trial Law and Criminal Law. Patrick has been selected as a Texas Super Lawyer every year for the reason that 2006 further to his invitation-best selection of the American Trial Lawyers Association’s Top 100 Trial Lawyers in 2009 and 2011. He has been decided on to the invitation-best Best Lawyers of America. Patrick is admitted to exercise regulation before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the U.S. District Court for the Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas, in addition to Texas state courts. He earned his J.D. (Juris Doctorate) from California Western Law School in 1982 and his B.A. in psychology from Baylor University in 1979. He graduated from the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming in July 2009. Patrick served 4 two-year terms (2009-2017) on the McLendon-Chisholm City Council, Place three. He did no longer are seeking reelection. A Spanish-speaker, he served as interim Hispanic pastor from 2004 to 2007 at Lake Pointe Church, where he and his wife have remained contributors considering that 1985. Prior to beginning his own regulation workplace, Patrick served because the Assistant Criminal District Lawyer in Rockwall County, Texas from 1985 to 1986. › ›

Legal Issues

Personal Injury

Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death

Criminal Law

Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes

DUI & DWI

Products Liability

Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts

Nursing Home Abuse

Medical Malpractice

Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors

Asbestos & Mesothelioma

Animal & Dog Law

• Dog Bite Cases
• Expunction of Criminal Record
• Nondisclosure of Criminal Record
• Sealing of Record
• Drug Charges

Costs

• Free Consultation
  I provide a rate session both over the phone or in man or woman. Typically, I can do that in no greater than 15 mins. I assume it’s essential to have an honest dialogue approximately what you're dealing with as a consumer. What I assume the preliminary felony problems are and whether I’m the proper legal professional for you. Call me.
• Payment With Credit Card
  All Major Credit Cards
• Conditional Fees
  I do a contingent charge settlement with clients involving personal damage cases. Depending at the form of case, the complexity of the legal troubles, the time worried, coupled with my over 33 years of enjoy, I shape the contingent charge to fit your case. Typically, that rate ranges from 35% prior to match being filed, forty%+ after in shape is filed through mediation and/or trial. If I receive your case, then I typically strengthen the expenses to carry your case and I am reimbursed the value of these charges as soon as the case is resolved. There are instances clients wish to participate in paying for his or her personal charges of litigation. In that occasion, I don't forget decreasing my criminal rate percent based totally on the case. The costs are taken out of the overall recuperation. Your portion of restoration is the amount after legal prices and the fees of cases fees are paid to me. I take the danger. If we lose, you do now not pay me something for expenses or prison charges. Call me, allow’s talk approximately your private harm case.
• Retaines and Rates
  Often in criminal instances, I will fee a flat fee based at the stage of the case and what it's far you think you want to accomplish on your criminal case. Call me in your crook count and we are able to talk approximately it. On event, I will do a case on an hourly price arrangement. Depending at the case, the state of affairs, and your capability to fund illustration, we are able to speak this. Typically this is completed in commercial enterprise litigation cases. Call me; we are able to talk about an hourly rate arrangement and your case.

Certificates

Languages

• Spanish: Spoken

Accepted Jurisdictions

Experience

• 
  Rockwall County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
  
• Trial Lawyer
  Law Office of Patrick Short
  1993
• Trial Lawyer, Partner
  Woodall, Short & Reed
  1989
• Trial Lawyer, Partner
  Woodall & Westerbeck
  1987
• Trial Lawyer
  Law Office of Patrick Westerbeck
  1986
• First Assistant District Lawyer
  Rockwall County Criminal District Lawyer s Office
  1985

Educations

Video Call/Chat Support