About Daniel J. Christensen
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
- Car Accidents
- Medical Malpractice
- Litigation
- Wrongful Death
- Intellectual Property
Education
- University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, Iowa, 1994J.D.
- Honors: With Distinction
- Law Journal: Journal of Corporation Law, Editor-in-Chief, 1993 - 1994
- University of Iowa, 1991B.B.A.
- Major: Finance
- Honors: with Distinction and Honors
- Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyers College, 2006Honors: Grad I, 2007
- Honors: Grad II, 2008
Classes and Seminars
- Speaker, "Overcoming Juror Bias During Voir Dire," TTLA Car Wrecks Seminar, 2003 - Present
- Speaker, "Handling Property Damage Claims," TTLA Car Wrecks Seminar, 2004 - Present
- Speaker, "How to Prosecute the $5-$50k Car Wreck Case," UT CLE, Car Wrecks Seminar, 2004 - Present
- Speaker, "Common Evidentiary Issues and Problems," ABA, Ultimate Trial Network, 2005 - Present
- Speaker, "The Law of Voir Dire," TTLA, Advanced PI Conference, 2005 - Present
- Speaker, "Common Discovery Issues in Personal Injury Litigation," State Bar of Texas, CAU Seminar, 2005 - Present
- Speaker, "Voir Dire After Cortez," TTLA, New Techniques Under H84, 2005 - Present
- Speaker, "Voir Dire After Cortez," TTLA, Car Wrecks Seminar, 2005 - Present
- Speaker, "Voir Dire After Cortez," UT CLE, Car Wrecks Seminar, 2005 - Present
- Speaker, "Getting Extra From the Ordinary," TTLA Regional CLE Program, 2008 - Present
- Speaker, "Getting Extra From the Ordinary," CATLA Meeting, 2009 - Present
- Speaker, "Drunk is Different: Prosecuting the DWI Car Wreck," UT Car Wrecks Seminar, August, 2009 - Present
- Speaker, "Direct Examination of the Treating Doctor," TTLA Superpower Seminar and Annual Conference, 2010 - Present
- Speaker, Expert Panel, "Escabedo TTLA Rapid Response Webcast," July, 2011 - Present
- Speaker, "Getting Extra from the Ordinary," SCCTLA "Belli Seminar," October, 2011 - Present
- Speaker, "Winning Critical Evidentiary Battles with Trial Briefs," UT CLE Car Wrecks Seminar, 2012
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Texas
- California
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Other Affiliations
- American Board of Trial Advocacy (Associate)
- College of the State Bar of Texas (Member)
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Directors)
- Capital Area Trial Lawyers, 2011 - 2012 (President)
- Capital Area Trial Lawyers - Executive Committee, 2008 - Present
- American Association for Justice (Member)
- Austin Bar Association (Member)
- American Inns of Court, Robert Calvert Inn (Member)
- American Bar Association (Member)
- National Board of Trial Advocacy
- Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Past Positions
- U.S. Army JAG Corps, Trial Counsel, Senior Trial Counsel and Trial Defense Counsel
- University of Texas College of Law, Adjunct Professor in Trial Advocacy
Articles
Published Works
- An Equitable Approach to Applying the Attorney Client Privlege to Defunct Lenders, 19 J. CORP. L. 69, 1993
- Paving the Way for a Road Hazard Case, Trial, 2002
- When Poles in the Right-of-way are Wrong, Trial, 2003
- Proof of the Road Hazard Case, 71 AM. JUR PROOF of FACTS 3d 1, 2003
- Select the Right Jury for Your Case, Trial, 2004
- The Client Who Needed Me Most, Trial, 2005
- Voire Dire in Low Speed Collision Cases - Plaintiffs View, 96 Am Jur TRIALS 1, 2005
- In the Eyes of the Beholder, (an article on driver perception-reaction), TRIAL, February, 2007
- There I Was, Surrounded by the Enemy (an articl on jury selection), Trial, July, 2008
- Voir Dire: Strategies After Cortez and Hyundai (ABA Ultimate Trial Book), Sept., 2008
- Deposing the Adverse Medical Expert, UT Car Wrecks Seminar, Aug., 2009
- Preparing to Depose the Adverse Medical Expert, State Bar of Texas, Legal Assistant's University Annual Seminar, Sept., 2010
Office Info
Nearby Lawyers
- Personal Injury
- Car Accidents
- Medical Malpractice
- Litigation
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