Roger A. Rider
Work in The Rider Law Firm
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 49 years of experience
Admiralty & Maritime Law, Business Law, Consumer Law, Class Actions, Social Security, Personal Injury, Car Accidents, Wrongful Death, Medical Malpractice, Toxic Mold, Whistleblower, Product Liability
4615 Southwest Freeway, Suite 600, Houston, TX 77027
About Roger A. Rider
Practice Areas
- Admiralty & Maritime Law
- Business Law
- Consumer Law
- Class Actions
- Social Security
- Personal Injury
- Car Accidents
- Wrongful Death
- Medical Malpractice
- Toxic Mold
- Whistleblower
- Product Liability
Education
- University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, 1974J.D.
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Honors: With High Honors
- Honors: Chief, Order of the Barons Honor Society, 1974
- Law Review: Houston Law Review, Editor, 1974
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, 1971B.S.
Classes and Seminars
- Presenter, Advanced Civil Discovery, University of Houston Law Center, 1991
- Presenter, Advanced Civil Discovery, University of Houston Law Center, 1992
- Presenter, Civil Litigation Seminar, Gulf Coast Legal Foundation, 1995
- Presenter, Advanced Business Litigation, Pleadings-Special Exceptions; University of Houston Law Center, 1996
- Presenter, Advanced Civil Discovery, Selected Business Torts, University of Houston Law Center, 1998
- Presenter, Sanctions for Discovery Abuse, University of Houston Law Center
- Presenter, Sanctions for Discovery Abuse, Nursing Home Negligence for Professional Systems (Orlando), 2000
- Presenter, Sanctions for Discovery Abuse, Nursing Home Negligence for Professional Systems (Las Vegas), 2000
- Presenter, Sanctions for Discovery Abuse, Nursing Home Negligence for Professional Systems (Houston, Dallas and Austin), 2001
- Presenter, Hurricane Ike, Bad Faith Claims, South Texas Law Insurance Symposium, 2009
- Presenter, Sanctions for Discovery Abuse, Nursing Home Negligence for Professional Systems (Houston, Dallas and San Antonio), 2000
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1974
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1975
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1975
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1980
Other Affiliations
- Houston Young Lawyers Association, 1980 - 1981 (President)
- Houston Bar Association, 1981 - 1986 (Director)
- Houston Bar Association, 1990 - 1991 (Secretary)
- CLE Task Force, State Bar of Texas, 1986 - Present (Member)
- State Bar of Texas, 1995 - 1998 (Member, Law Focused Education Committee)
- American Bar Association, Torts and Insurance Practice Section (Member)
- American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate)
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum (Member)
- Texas Bar Foundation (Sustaining Life Fellow)
- Houston Bar Foundation (Life Fellow)
- Houston Young Lawyers Foundation (Fellow)
- College of the State Bar of Texas (Member)
- Board of Directors of the Inns of Court Club, 1985 - 1991 (Member)
- Board of Directors of the Inns of Court Club, 1989 - 1991 (Chairman)
- Houston Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
- American Association for Justice (Member)
- Texas Association of Civil Trail and Appellate Specialists (Member)
- Gulf Coast Legal Foundation, 1979 - 1984 (Director)
Past Positions
- United States Marine Corps, 1966 - 1968
- United States Marine Corps, Republic of Vietnam, 1967 - 1968
Fees
- Offers Free Initial Consultation
- Accepts Credit Cards
Office Info
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