Criminal Law

• Wrongful Death
  Practice Areas: Premises liability; products liability; construction litigation; insurance defense; personal injury and wrongful death; maritime torts; bad faith litigation; business disputes; motor vehicle liability; casualty; insurance law; and environment/ toxic torts

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
• Business Disputes
• Business Transactions
  Our transactional practice includes legal entity planning and formation. We assist clients in determining the most advantageous type of entity to create and negotiate and prepare documents which reflect their relationships with fellow owners and business participants. We represent business in their day-to-day commercial transactions and legal needs. We negotiate and prepare documents needed for loans, product distribution, employee relations, vender procurements, customer sales, facilities construction, software licenses, technology licenses, confidentiality agreements, product development, consulting, management, and many other commercial transactions. We also assist businesses and owners in commercial transactions which are not routine, like the sale of a business, the purchase of a business, and the formation of a joint venture company with another business.

Property Law

• Premises Liability
  Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Construction Defect; Toxic Torts; Personal Injury; Business Disputes; Products Liability; Premises Liability; Corporate and Commercial Law; Insurance Law; Casualty; and Appellate Advocacy
• Construction Litigation
  Bateman | Pugh handles a wide variety of tort based or contract driven disputes which result in litigation. Our experience includes both personal injury and property damage cases involving, for example, construction defects, product liability, premises cases, maritime disputes, toxic torts, nursing home suits, trucking and auto accidents, breaches of contract, wrongful death, statutory indemnity, business disparagement, malpractice claims, all forms of statutory claims common to the Federal and State courts in Texas, such as the Deceptive Trade Practice Act, statutory fraud, FELA, RCLA, RICO, as well as many other diverse areas commonly encountered by the insurance industry or large and small businesses. Our familiarity in working with a variety of software programs and billing formats will provide you with greater ease in forming a successful and economincal partnership with our firm. Most of all, each of us will bring a level of commitment to our work which is founded on our aggressive pursuit of trial work..
• Property Damage

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Houston Bar Foundation; College of the State Bar of Texas (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization)
• Auto Accidents