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| | Address | | Tower II, 555 North Carancahua, Suite 400 | | Corpus Christi, Texas 78478 | | (Nueces Co.) | | Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2624, Corpus Christi, TX, 78403 | |  | Accepts Credit Cards |
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| | Contact Information | | Phone: 361-888-5551 | | Fax: 361-880-5618 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.dakpc.com | | | Send Us Email |  |
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(Main Office)
| Donnell, Abernethy & Kieschnick,
A Professional Corporation practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Practice. Trials. General Insurance Defense, including Health Care Litigation defending physicians and health care institutions. Wills and Probate. Family Law. Corporate Law. | | Year Established: 1973 | Firm Profile:
Donnell, Abernethy & Kieschnick was founded in 1973 as Meredith & Donnell. The firm engages in a general civil practice. Since its founding it has been actively engaged in major civil trial and appellate litigation, as well as substantial health care litigation in the defense of physicians, hospitals, and other health care institutions. The firm maintains two fully staffed offices and offers a wide variety of legal services. | | Firm Size: 11 | Representative Clients:
A.I. Management and Professional Liability Claim Adjusters (AIG); Allstate Insurance Company; CHRISTUS Spohn Health System Corporation; City of Corpus Christi; C.L. Frates Co.; CNA San Francisco Specialty Claims; Crawford & Company; Deep South Insurance Company; ENSCO Drilling Company; Equistar Chemicals, L.P.; Equity Investment Group; Farmland Insurance Co.; Frontier Insurance Co.; Great American Insurance Company; Gulf Insurance Company; Halliburton Company; Highlands Insurance; James Construction; K&K Insurance Group; Kellogg Brown & Root HIC; Liberty International Underwriters; Koerhing Crane Manufacturer; Liberty Mutual Insurance Company; Little Giant Pump Co.; Lloyd's of London (certain underwriters); Markel Southwest Underwriters, Inc.; McCoy Corporation; M-I, L.L.C.; MetLife; National American Ins. Co.; Nielsen Media Research; Occidental Chemical Corporation; Old Republic Ins. Co.; Ophthalmic Mutual Ins. Co.; Oxy Petrochemical Corporation; Penn America Ins. Co.; Philip Industrial Services Corporation; Provident Companies; RSK Co.; Republic Group; Sentry Insurance; Service Lloyds Insurance Company; State Farm Insurance; Tecumseh Products Company; Tetra Technology, Inc.; TEREX Corporation; Texas Farm Bureau; Texas Medical Liability Trust; The United Fire Group; Universal Underwriters Group; Wausau Insurance Company; The Republic Office; Texas Farm Bureau. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Accepts Major Credit Cards
 Visa
MasterCard |
Other Office Locations of Donnell, Abernethy & Kieschnick,
A Professional Corporation
Edinburg, Texas, U.S.A.
| | Ben A. Donnell (Member) born Wichita Falls, Texas, November 18, 1936; admitted to bar, 1961, Texas, U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1959; LL.B., 1961). Phi Alpha Delta. Briefing Attorney, Supreme Court of Texas, 1961-1962. Texas Monthly Super Lawyer, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. Member: Corpus Christi and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; American Board of Trial Advocates; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; American Health Lawyers Association. Fellow: American Bar Association; Texas Bar Foundation. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Civil Law; Product Liability Litigation; Energy Litigation; Health Care Litigation; Medical Malpractice. Email: Ben A. Donnell | | William A. Abernethy (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, July 7, 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, Texas, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Education: Texas Tech University (B.B.A., 1969); South Texas College of Law (J.D., with honors, 1974). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Order of the Lytae. Comments Editor, South Texas Law Journal, 1974. Briefing Attorney, Thirteenth Court of Civil Appeals, 1974-1976. Listed in: Best Lawyer in America 1995-2007; Texas Monthly Super Lawyer 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. Member: Corpus Christi and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation; American Board of Trial Advocates. Practice Areas: Civil Law; Health Care Litigation; Personal Injury Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense; Product Liability Litigation; Industrial Litigation; Petrochemical Litigation. Email: William A. Abernethy | | Rebecca R. Kieschnick (Member) born Austin, Texas, February 1, 1946; admitted to bar, 1981, Texas, U.S. District Court, Southern and Western Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Arkansas (B.A., 1968); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1980). Phi Beta Kappa. Texas Monthly Super Lawyer, 2005, 2006 and 2007. Life Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation; American Board of Trial Advocates. Member: Corpus Christi and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Chair, District Grievance Committee, 1997-1998); Texas Association of Defense Counsel (Member, Board of Directors); International Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Trial Practice; Workers Compensation; Trucking Law; Mediation; Insurance Defense; Bad Faith; Uninsured and Underinsured Motorists. Email: Rebecca R. Kieschnick | | Sandra Sterba-Boatwright (Member) born Gainesville, Florida, August 28, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Texas, U.S. District Court, Southern and Western Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Swarthmore College (B.A., 1980); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1984); LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas (Master of Public Affairs, 1984). Editor-in-Chief, American Journal of Criminal Law, 1983-1984. Briefing Attorney, Texas Supreme Court, 1984-1985. Member: Corpus Christi Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Coastal Bend Women Lawyers Association (Secretary, 2005-2006; Treasurer, 2006-2007; Vice President, 2007-2008). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Personal Injury; Insurance Defense Trial; Workers Compensation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Sandra Sterba-Boatwright | | Patrick Wolter (Member) born Waco, Texas, June 19, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1979); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1983). Phi Alpha Delta. Assistant District Attorney, Nueces, Kennedy and Kleberg Counties, 1984-1987. Outstanding Young Lawyer, Nueces County, 1990-1991. Member, Texas Agricultural Law Committee, 2001-2003. Member: Corpus Christi Bar Association (President, 2005); Board Member and Treasurer, 1987-1992); State Bar of Texas; Corpus Christi Young Lawyer's Association (President, 1987-1988); Texas Association of Defense Counsel. Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Workers Compensation; Agricultural Law; Toxic Torts; Products Liability. Email: Patrick Wolter | | Clay E. Coalson (Member) born Kingsville, Texas, August 25, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: Texas A & I University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1983); University of Houston (J.D., cum laude, 1987). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif; Order of the Barons. Research Editor, Houston Law Review, 1986-1987. Member: State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified, Civil Appellate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Insurance; Civil Litigation. Email: Clay E. Coalson | | Jose L. Gamez (Member) born McAllen, Texas, April 13, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: University of Texas, Austin (B.A., magna cum laude, 1979); University of Houston (J.D., 1984). Delta Theta Phi. Member: Cameron County and Hidalgo County Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. (Resident, Edinburg Office). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Civil Law; Medical Malpractice; Products Liability; Discrimination Law; Construction Defects; Construction Litigation; Environmental Contamination; Personal Injury Defense; Litigation. Email: Jose L. Gamez | | Robert J. Sigler (Member) born Corpus Christi, Texas, January 30, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas; 1991, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Trinity University (B.A., cum laude, 1987); University of Houston (J.D., 1990). Phi Delta Phi. Texas Rising Star Award 2004 and 2005. Member: Corpus Christi Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Reynaldo G. Garza American Inn of Court; American Board of Trial Advocates; Texas Association of Defense Counsel. (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Civil Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense. Email: Robert J. Sigler | | —————————— | | Melody Causey Rodney (Associate) born Opelousas, Louisiana, November 24, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Texas; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., cum laude, 2001); Texas Tech School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Member: Corpus Christi Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense. Email: Melody Causey Rodney | | R. Reagan Sahadi (Associate) born Temple, Texas, August 30, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas. Education: St. Edwards University (B.A., summa cum laude, with honors, 2001); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2005). Member: Corpus Christi Bar Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Probate; Business Law; Corporate Law. Email: R. Reagan Sahadi | | Christine Cone (Associate) born Galveston, Texas, August 3, 1967; admitted to bar, 2006, Texas. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.F.A., 1988); University of South Carolina (M.M.C., 1991); Texas Tech University, Rawls School of Business (M.B.A., 2002); Texas Tech University, School of Law (J.D., 2005). Member: American Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Texas Young Lawyers Association; Corpus Christi Bar Association; Corpus Christi Women Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Consumer Law; Corporate Law; Real Estate; Commercial Law; Probate; Wills; Trusts and Estates; Family Law; Debtor and Creditor. | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Edinburg, Texas Office: Wells Fargo Building, 2830 West Trenton, 78539. Telephone: 956-618-4477. Fax: 956-618-4557.
Rockport, Texas Office: 2902 Traylor Blvd., Ste. 205, 78382. Telephone: 361-727-0480. Fax: 361-727-9382.
| | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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